Being green can have everything to do with saving money, which is why I love shopping at second-hand shops.  There are charity shops, dress agencies and also the school second-hand shop for used school uniform.   The internet is also a great place to pick up second-hand goodies, good places to start includingFreecycleandEbay.

If your impression of second-hand things is dull and dowdy, take a look at these

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Warren County Kentucky is building the first net-zero energy school in the country. Richardsville Elementary Schoolwill operate free of the grid by generating its own renewable energy, incorporating smart architectural features and a major emphasis on

Photo viaUSA TodayVolkswagen has recently announced some pretty ambitious goals: it’s looking to have 300,000 of the cars it sells yearly–3% of global deliveries–be electric by

Eco Factor:Texas sets new record for wind generation.

Texas, the nation’s wind energy leader, set a new record for wind generation when 19 percent of the electricity of the state’s main grid was supplied by wind turbines. The 6272MW peak was generated, which didn’t include the energy being generated by the turbines in the windy Panhandle, because they are on a

Here’s  a head’s up on a new, exciting opportunity from the Sierra Club that could just be The Best Internship on Earth. One lucky young person will get to spend this summer travelling around the US to Sierra Club’s outdoor youth programs, including Inner City Outings, Volunteer Vacations, and Building Bridges to the Outdoors.  The intern will video-blog about all of the outdoor adventures that he or she will have (backpacking, rafting, hiking, etc).   As the cherry

A new report from technology research corporation iSuppli warns that we’re facing a globalLEDshortage in 2010.  Hooray!

Why am I cheering?  Because the reason for this shortage is a huge surge in demand for the energy-efficient lighting in the electronics industry.  Yes, it’s bad that the supply is low, but

Image credit: GristAfter months of debate, Lindsey Graham is reportedly set to unveil aclimate billto the Senate. That bill, he has said, will be a moderate one. But what ever happened to the American Clean Energy & Security Act (ACES), better

Eco Factor:Sustainable skyscraper to produce fresh water from seawater.

The UNO and the World Water Council estimate that there is only about 1 percent of liquid fresh water present in the world, and the world might be heading toward a crisis affecting half the worldwide population by 2030. Designers over at theDesign Crew for