Archive for April 13th, 2012

Nine-year-old Caine Monroy spent his summer at his dad’s used auto parts store exercising his imagination and performing a little green construction by creating his own business. But Caine wasn’t interested in selling Country Time lemonade. Instead, the boy built an elaborate DIY arcade from recycled materials. Read the rest of this entry »

The State Budget Solutions (SBS) describes itself as a “non-partisan, positive, pro-reform, proactive” project whose mission is to “engage political journalists and bloggers, state officials and opinion leaders in a new way of thinking about state government and budgets, fundamental reforms, transparency and accountability.” To that end, it’s produced a report titled Green Jobs Don’t Grow On Trees, which takes a cool, dispassionate look at how “green jobs” fit in with the overall economy, primarily at the state level. Read the rest of this entry »