The White Deer Park Nature Center has been awarded a 2011 Southeast Wood Design Award by WoodWorks, an initiative of the Wood Products Council, for its sustainable and eye-pleasing design.

Are you looking to renovate your home to make it more environmentally friendly? Be careful of getting greenwashed.

Keeping your skills updated is often key to for keeping a job or getting a new one.

The City of Raleigh has a new program that could help you with that goal if you're in the construction industry: green building training and certification.

The program is free and is funded by the federal government's stimulus program.

The idea is that companies who have workers trained to build green will be able to market themselves in the burgeoning green economy.

For the city, the program is an effort to make sure that the area has a skilled workforce trained in cutting edge technologies.

To be eligible, participants must have a valid business license with the City of Raleigh. For a calendar of courses and to register go here.

Are you looking to put a little more green in your home? Have you seen
great ideas on TV, but want to see how the results look in person? Now
you can with the 5th Annual Green Home Tour.