The buzzwords for 2007 are all synonymous with green

Green hasn't gone away. In fact, green -- as in energy efficient, sustainably harvested, nontoxic, organic -- will be one of the public watchwords of 2007, as "green design" has been with an ever-growing number of designers, architects and builders in 2006. Thanks to a steady media drumbeat and celebrity pushes, such as Al Gore's documentary "An Inconvenient Truth," global warming (what was called the greenhouse effect in the 1980s) has finally moved into the common consciousness. Even those who don't intend to give up their Hummers or stop burning their fireplaces are nodding and agreeing that something must be done.