https://www.earthmagazine.org/tags/green-building/ Recent content in Green Building on EARTH Magazine Hugo en-US American Geosciences Institute. All rights reserved. Thu, 05 Jan 2012 06:41:58 -0500 https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/raising-bees-and-capturing-rainwater-us-prisons-go-green/ Thu, 05 Jan 2012 06:41:58 -0500 https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/raising-bees-and-capturing-rainwater-us-prisons-go-green/ <p>The flagging economy may complicate federal aspirations for a green revolution, but at least one government entity has adopted the movement in stride: state prisons.</p> <p>According to a recent <a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/11/02/MNBF13SGCM.DTL">report by the Associated Press</a>, prisons across America now host the likes of compost heaps, organic gardens and solar panels in an attempt to save precious state budget money.</p>