Misc

Leech Lake Tribal College has been awarded a 2010 Green Building 101 Technical Assistance Grant of $2,000.

Gurdwara green is slated to be the shade of the new Sikh temple on South George Washington Boulevard. The Guru Nanak Sikh Society has cleared almost all hurdles toward starting construction — including a battle with Sutter County and a hearing at…

State Rep. Paul Drucker is working on the approval of his “green schools” bill (House Bill 689), which passed the House of Representatives recently and is now in the State Senate for consideration.

MONTICELLO — Some of Sullivan County’s green initiatives are now a “go” — with some green from the state heading the county’s way.

Broadway is about to get the roof blown off by the political anthems of Green Day’s “American Idiot,” and front man Billie Joe Armstrong has no qualms about it.

Susan BarrKern Valley Sun The Family Life Center in Wofford Heights was a hive of activity Saturday as locals and visitors alike took in the Living Green Expo and various Green Workshops.

Pre-engineering students at Washington County Technical High School have designed an energy-independent portable classroom that, among other green features, would have a wall of grass.

The crowds have flocked to the Lawton Homebuilders Association annual Home and Garden Show. It’s been going on since Friday and organizers said everyone’s asking about two things this year–how can I go green and how much will it cost me? Energy Star experts said for every one person that asked about energy efficiency last year, five are asking for it in 2010.

WEST MILTON — Kim Dohrman jokes that she and her family are on the “freak level” when it comes to recycling and being good stewards of the environment.Not only do the Dohrmans recycle aluminum cans, paper and cardboard at their Williams Drive home, they reuse the wax paper bags in cereal boxes to cover food dishes in the microwave. They’ve also constructed a 300-gallon rain harvesting system for …

As firefighters sent streams of water onto the smoldering ashes of the Pink Lady cluster of businesses on Fort Campbell Boulevard about 7 a.m. Friday, a bright green substance began to wash out of the Army Supply building.