Press Kit Fact Sheet

							Media and Event Kit Fact Sheet – Book Info


Title: Natural Remodeling for the Not-So-Green-House
Subtitle: Bringing Your Home into Harmony with Nature
Authors: Carol Venolia and Kelly Lerner
Publisher: Lark Books, a Division of Sterling Publishing Co., Inc.
Publisher’s Website:
www.sterlingpub.com/book/CategoryBookDisplay.asp?BookKey=933147
Publisher’s Sales & Distribution Contact: Sterling Customer Service –
Phone: 1-800-359-1680, Fax: 1-800-542-7567
Publisher’s Publicity Contact: Leigh Ann Ambrosi – Director of Marketing & Publicity
Email: lambrosi@sterlingpub.com
Authors’ Publicity Contact: Deborah McCandless - Phone: 509-838-8812,
Fax: 509-838-8806, Email: debmc@one-world-design.com
Book Category: Green Building, Do-It-Yourself, House & Home, Remodeling &
Renovation, Ecological or Green Living
Format: Quality Paperback with Flaps – Full color with photographs and illustrations

Book Website: www.naturalremodeling.com
First Print Run: 10,000

ISBN: 1-57990-654-0 and 978-1-57990-654-2

Publication date: August 2006

Language: English

Number of Pages: 280 – All color

Color Photographs: 408

Price: $24.95 US - $32.95 Canadian

Trim Size: 10.0 x 8.6 x 0.8 inches




Publicity Contact: Deborah McCandless     debmc@one-world-design.com     509-838-8812

                           www.naturalremodeling.com
Press Kit Fact Sheet - Author Info
Authors’ city and state of residence:
      Carol Venolia        Santa Rosa, CA
      Kelly Lerner         Spokane, WA
Authors’ previous books:
      Carol: Author - Healing Environments: Your Guide to Indoor Well-Being;
       contributor to The Art of Natural Building, The Healthy Home, and Better
       Basics for the Home.
      Kelly: Contributor - Alternative Construction, Building without Borders, and
       Plastered Strawbale Buildings
Awards:
      Carol: Named one of the Top Green Design Trailblazers in the US
      Kelly: Named one of Top 10 Eco-Architects in the US; received the BSHF/UN
       World Habitat Award at the United Nations World Habitat Day from the Building
       Social Housing Foundation
Publications featuring authors’ design work and articles:
      Carol: columnist for Natural Home Magazine; design work featured in The
       Natural House Catalog, Earth to Spirit, The Healthy House, and Healthy by
       Design; articles in The Urban Ecologist, Sunworld, and San Jose Mercury-News;
       publisher/editor of Building with Nature Newsletter (1989-2000).
      Kelly: Books: The New Strawbale Home, More Straw Bale Building, Green by
       Design, The Straw Bale House, Straw Bale Building, Serious Straw Bale.
       Publications: Landscape Architecture Magazine, Metropolis Magazine, Natural
       Home Magazine, Mother Earth News, Alternative Technology (UK), Living
       Lightly (UK), LaRevue Durable (France), and The Last Straw.
Authors’ Websites:
      Book:           www.naturalremodeling.com
      Carol:          www.carolvenolia.com
      Kelly:          www.one-world-design.com




Publicity Contact: Deborah McCandless     debmc@one-world-design.com      509-838-8812

                             www.naturalremodeling.com
Press Kit Fact Sheet - Author Info (continued)


Authors’ Bios:
      Carol Venolia is an architect and educator who has been involved with
       ecological building for over 30 years. Named a Green Design Trailblazer by
       Natural Home Magazine, she has designed numerous context-responsive homes
       of straw, earth, and “good wood” and consulted on schools, healing centers,
       and eco-villages. Her first book, Healing Environments: Your Guide to Indoor
       Well-Being, advocates restoring the vital connections between humans and the
       rest of the living world. In addition to her architectural practice, Carol directs
       the EcoDwelling program at New College of California and writes the “Design
       for Life” column for Natural Home Magazine. Her design work has been
       featured in The Natural House Catalog, Earth to Spirit, The Healthy House,
       and Environ Magazine, and she travels widely to lecture and teach. For more
       information, visit: www.carolvenolia.com.
      Kelly Lerner is an innovative, award-winning architect who has been fixing up
       houses since she could hold a tape measure and pound nails with a toy
       hammer. Her firm, One World Design Architecture, designs delightful, energy-
       efficient, naturally sustainable remodeling projects and new homes throughout
       the western United States. In 2005, Natural Home Magazine named her one of
       the top 10 eco-architects in the United States. Kelly also travels worldwide
       designing and teaching natural building, passive solar design, and sustainable
       development. She received the 2005 World Habitat Award at the United
       Nations World Habitat Day for spearheading a project that introduced straw-
       bale construction to China and built over 600 sustainable, straw-bale homes.
       Her projects have been featured in: Landscape Architecture Magazine,
       Metropolis Magazine, Natural Home Magazine, Mother Earth News, Alternative
       Technology (UK), Living Lightly (UK), LaRevue Durable (France), The New
       Straw Bale Home, Serious Strawbale, and Green by Design. For more
       information visit: www.one-world-design.com




Publicity Contact: Deborah McCandless     debmc@one-world-design.com        509-838-8812

                            www.naturalremodeling.com