The New Green Economy

Green School in Bali, Indonesia has broken the mold of traditional education, offering a holistic, whole-child approach to learning while fostering in students a deep sense of appreciation and respect for the Earth. Its founders, John and Cynthia Hardy, have created a school that seeks to leave a minimal carbon footprint by combining the latest in green technology and the use of sustainable natural resources.

This past Friday, plans for the world's first offshore wind farm took a big step towards approval. In what has now become a rather bitter fight, the decision over whether to build 130 windmills across 25 miles of federal waters in the Nantucket Sound hurdled past proposed environmental concerns.