Burlington Free Press reports on an article in Country Homes Magazine, that Burlington Vermont is the nations most eco-friendly city. The report used data from U.S. Census Bureau, the U.S. Department of Transportation, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Green Building Council, and more.  They rated environmental issues such as the use of mass transit, air and watershed qualities, organic farmers and farmers markets. Country Homes magazine has a circulation of over million, so it’s wonderful to see our little city get this great national exposure.
-Nancy

Burlington is nation's most eco-friendly city, magazine says
Published: Thursday, March 8, 2007
By John Curran

The city that has been named among the nation's safest, fittest and most livable has a new claim to fame -- America's most eco-friendly place.

So says Country Home magazine, which ranked Burlington tops among 379 metropolitan areas in a "Best Green Places" survey that rated cities based on air and watershed quality, mass transit use, power use and number of organic producers and farmers' markets. (read more)