How Green is Your City?
Country Home magazine has released its 2007 list of Best Green Places in America, and Burlington, Vermont has taken top honors.
Cited for its many unique green attributes, Burlington was noted for its advanced community compost facility and it's Eco Info Project.
Country Home examined 24 data metrics in five major categories to determine which of 379 metro areas are best for those wanting to live a green life. The study collected data on traits such as air and watershed quality, mass transit use, energy use, organic food producers, farmers markets, and number of green-certified buildings.
Rounding out the top ten were–
2. Ithaca, NY
3. Corvallis, OR
4. Springfield, MA
5. Wenatchee, WA
6. Charlottesville, VA
7. Boulder, CO
8. Madison, WI
9. Binghamton, NY
10. Champaign-Urbana, IL
The study is featured in Country Home's green April issue, which hit newsstands yesterday.
What do Green Options readers think? What makes where you live worthy of green distinction? Country Home is welcoming suggestions for other green communties. Go to Country Home to nominate your city, or comment below.
March 9th, 2007 at 3:57 pm
Very interesting I would like to see the full list and all of the traits considered — guess I need to buy the magazine. thanks for the info!
March 9th, 2007 at 4:28 pm
I plan on checking out the entire list to see where St Louis stands. We have a long way to go to be entirely green, but our new light-rail extension is helping. And, I can't wait for farmers market season to start. Fresh asparagus….