The beginning of the year is the best time of the year to think about making changes in your home. Whether is it to renovate one particular room or simply make your home more eco friendly, it is a good time to look at different trends, costs of the materials and DIY eco-friendly options.

For those living in colder climates, it is also a time when it is essential to make sure that your home is prepared for winter as the temperature continues to drop. There are many areas in a house to inspect to make sure that your home is well-insulated. Also, there have been debates over which type of heating system is more economical as well as good for the environment.

 In this segment of The Organic View Radio Show, tune in to host, June Stoyer talk to expert Jessica Kellner who is the author of Housing Reclaimed and who is also the editor of Natural Home and Garden Magazine. We will discuss the new trends of 2012 and how you can reduce the costs of heating your home. Stay tuned!

Bio: Jessica Kellner is editor of Natural Home & Garden magazine and a passionate advocate of using architectural salvage to create aesthetically beautiful, low-cost housing. She writes and speaks about practical, easy and inexpensive solutions for healthier and more environmentally sound homes and lifestyles, with an emphasis on the values of recycling and using reclaimed materials. Inspired by common-sense ways to achieve the good life, Jessica loves living and working in the overlap between modern technology and ancient wisdom.