“JONATHON PORRITT, one of Gordon Brown’s leading green advisers, is to warn that Britain must drastically reduce its population if it is to build a sustainable society."

COLUMBUS — Lawmakers plan to introduce legislation next week that would require Ohio schools to install rooftop solar panels as a way to cut their electric bills and boost the state's green energy industry.

Painted in bright pastels, the new South Pointe Elementary School stands in startling contrast to the crumbling buildings and vacant lots around it.

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Recycled freight containers offer a strong, cheap, modular building material that can be used in efficient, affordable green homes.

SHW Group Detroit office has designed two LEED certified facilities for local colleges in Michigan. Flint's Kettering University has a newly designed 12,000 sq. ft. Science and Technology Incubator which will be the first U.S, Green Building Council LEED certified in Flint. Earlier, the Group designed a 32,000 sq. ft. facility for M.S.U. in Dubai.

Imagine you’re in another country where no one speaks English, and you just want to find your way to the hotel. How do you communicate? Carefully, right? You’ll have a similar problem if you are a first-time homebuilder communicating with a building inspector...especially about green

Inhabitat, a leading blog on environmental and sustainability issues, covers the design competition open-call for students, architects, engineers, designers to submit a green city block design. Re:Vision DALLAS is building the first sustainable city block ever to set a new green city standard for future urban planning.

These complete step-by-step instructions and easy to follow videos for building a solar panel will have you generating your own electricity for less than $200!

It would certainly be helpful if there were an "official" definition for what makes a building, project, or product "green," but, at this point, there isn't. At least, not yet, but it's coming. The National Association of Homebuilders is working on a national green building standard, and they have certified several hundred contractors in green.

"And now, without sacrificing a square foot, he's gone certifiably green. "Acqua Lina" is his $29 million, 15,000 square foot, double-waterfront offering in Manalapan Beach."

Innovation in green building includes finding creative ways to reclaim by-products. Kirei leads the pack in this effort with a striking new line of textured coconut shell tiles. Typically, shells left over after harvest are discarded or burned, adding to landfill waste and air pollution. Now, some are repurposed into these decorative tiles

Could this old plan be implemented to reduce the UK's population by 30 million, as will be outlined by Jonathan Porritt, one of Gordon Brown’s leading green advisers in his plan to build a sustainable society this week? Worse...could this be implemented globally?

Obamanism has taken off. The high level of expectations for President-elect Barack Obama’s economic recovery plan is reaching a level of absurdity, but certain aspects of the plan are clear: It’s going to be huge, it’s going to be green, and the New New Deal of public-works spending is going to be about building stuff, not mailing checks.

Learn where to buy a 532 nm 5mW green laser pointer, the latest necessity in a true geek's arsenal, for a mere $11.99. There is no tax, and no shipping and handling, and the laser is of a good build. Make your friends and family "green" with envy!

With help from Washington, a new crop of entrepreneurs are building pragmatic, planet-friendly enterprises.

Making choices that help the environment doesn't mean sacrificing comfort and, in fact, many green-home products are downright luxurious.

In the near future, not all jobs in the emerging 'clean-tech' sector will be limited to solar panel and wind farm installation...or building better batteries to power the next generation of hybrid cars. Companies that go 'green' will need knowledgeable folks who can educate the public about their mission. Here's a video about Ben Digman.

The unusual stepped roof and S-shaped design reminds us a bit of terraced farming — an age-old agricultural method — and provides ample space for budding urban gardeners to sow their seeds. When you consider the stepped terrace with the contemporary look-and-feel of the building’s facade, we know this green and attractive addition to the urban grid

another perfect example of "greenwashing". how can you have a green building in the middle of nowhere, built ground-up, huge parking decks and call it "green"?