:: South Florida Designers' Show house- March 1 through March 18

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Bernadette Upton: "Green" Design

Ft Lauderdale, FL - There's a growing interest in protecting the environment, with "green" becoming a popular term these days. And this is great news for interior designer, lecturer, and consultant Bernadette Upton, who has been a "green" designer since the early 1980s.

"Back then I called myself an 'environmental designer,' before 'green' became the popular term for environmental responsibility," said Upton, one of twenty-two professional interior designers and landscapers whose work will be showcased at the Broward Red Cross Designers' Show House in March.

A long time activist and educator, Upton was recently featured on Bob Vila's TV show, wherein she explained eco-friendly spaces. Upton also teaches parents how to provide children with a healthy and safe environment, free of toxins and harmful materials. She is offering designers a Continuing Education Unit for stopping by to see her at the Show House.

Although Al Gore's "An Inconvenient Truth" has increased environmental awareness to an all-time high, Upton has long been using only environmentally-friendly materials, such as furniture made from fallen trees. "With increasing environmental awareness in today's society and the availability of eco-friendly products, it truly is easy being green!"

The Show House features 22 locally and nationally-recognized interior and landscape designers transforming 22 spaces to reflect their own styles and talents. The house, a Key West style mansion situated on historic Idlewyld Drive in Fort Lauderdale, will be open to the public from March 1 through March 18, 2007. Tickets are $25; group discounts available. Call 954-797-3842 or visit http://www.browardredcross.org for more information. Trolley service available from Las Olas Blvd. All proceeds to benefit the Broward Chapter of the American Red Cross.