Released on: March 28, 2008, 11:26 am

Press Release Author: Green Log Awards, Inc.

Industry: Environment

Press Release Summary: The Academy Awards of Green Home and Lifestyle products, the
GREEN LOG Home and Lifestyle Awards, asks the question \"Can the Internet save our
planet from an early greenhouse gas demise?\" Conceived as a grassroots Social Media
campaign in the fullest sense of the word, the GREEN LOG Awards are rallying
bloggers, Websites and their visitors to cast their votes for the best in Green
Products and Services from polling places across the Web.

Press Release Body: Today's news headlines are rife with warnings of environmental
meltdown, spelling out the dire consequences of failing to reduce, if not reverse,
the carbon footprint of our daily lives.

So a non-profit organization known as the Green Log Awards, together with the
Environment News Service, have set out to turn the headlines and the outcome around.

To provide both information and inspiration for building a healthier home
environment, the inaugural GREEN LOG Home and Lifestyle Awards have been founded as
a "bottom up" social media initiative to engage Internet users and connect
individual home owners with the products, services, and websites that are "Building
a Greener World One Home at a Time."

From home energy systems to home furnishings, green building processes and materials
to landscaping, and from the best blogs to get helpful tips on healthier living to
the best podcasts and television shows, the 2008 GREEN LOG Home & Lifestyle Awards
are awarding the Green Log emblem to nominees, finalists and winners.

Voting for the Finalists of the 2008 GREEN LOG Home and Lifestyle Awards will be
open to the public beginning in April at polling places on blogs and Websites around
the Web. A voting widget makes it possible. The public will be able to choose from
among dozens of outstanding eco-sustainable solutions and learn more about the
companies who make them.
Green Log Awards co-founder Jim Young, who is also the president of PrecisionCraft
Log Homes, is about as organic a builder as it gets. "Log Homes are actually the
most natural, organic and environmentally sustainable dwellings in the history of
homebuilding," said Young, who is also the incoming president of the Log Homes
Council for the National Association of Home Builders. "So we appreciate that how a
home is made and what goes into maintaining a green home and a green lifestyle are
paramount."

According to Tim Schafer, Lead Architect at co-founder, Mountain Architects, "Every
green building project begins with thoughtful design and planning. In fact, the
majority of the work and attention to green building occurs in the design of the
home." With the right design in place, the next step is to ensure the home is built
and finished with green, environmentally friendly products and systems."
The Environment News Service, a global news bureau and wire service reporting on all
aspects of the environment, is lending its expertise in judging and advisory
services in the selection and awards process. ENS is at
.

Behind every great initiative, there are a host of great sponsors. For Green Log
Awards, the sponsors are champions for the best in environmentally sustainable green
products, green solutions and green knowledge from the worlds of publishing, media
and entertainment.

Chase Home Finance is proud to be part of an emerging market focus towards energy
efficient homes. Chase customers including energy efficient improvements to their
homes can now qualify for "Green Mortgages" which offer a reduction in their closing
costs. Chase Home Finance is pleased to offer this savings which in turn is helping
to make homes more affordable.
Home Buyer Publications, a division of Active Interest Media, publishes Log Home
Living, Log Home Design, Timber Home Living, Building Systems, Old-House Journal and
New Old House magazines, produces The Log & Timber Home Shows & Seminars,
www.loghome.com, and individual magazine websites. Home Buyer is dedicated to
educating consumers, in print, in person and interactively, about the ways they can
build and restore greener, more sustainable, earth-friendly and healthier homes. It
is their goal is to incorporate 'green' content into everything they do.

Media Affiliates:
Ecological Home Ideas regularly delivers innovative ideas you can use to build a
healthier home for your family. Learn how to save money and your family's health by
building or remodeling green. For all the right products, builders and techniques,
subscribe at www.ecologicalhomeideas.com.
Green Building Journal is where leaders in green building can share their ideas,
experience and information with each other and those builders interested in
entering the field. Green Building Journal is hosted at www.BuildGreenRadio.com and
is part of the BuilderRadio Media Network in association with J. Rouleau &
Associates LLC.

Web Site: http://www.greenlogawards.com/

Contact Details: Jennifer Hetherington
Green Log Awards, Inc.
711 E. Broadway Ave, Meridian, ID 83642
800.729.1320
jhetherington@greenlogawards.com
http://www.greenlogawards.com