Green Collar Jobs Defined

Angelique van Engelen — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 10:15:29 +0000

Green collar jobs are rapidly becoming fashionable. The new trend represents a shift to the mainstream of the good old environmentalist approach to life. But what exactly makes a job green? The experts are far from agreed.

Green collar jobs have a magic lure to them. Not only because the people involved in the sector are supposedly making a conscious effort to salvage what’s left of the earth’s natural resources, but also because they’re hoping to drag the ailing economy out of its current quagmire.

The environmentalist visionary Van Jones, who heads up the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights in Oakland, is drawing massive crowds across the country to his speeches about the green sector. He has helped initiate a green jobs program in Oakland and it is in part due to his work that the Presidential candidates have included green collar jobs in their programs.

Green Labor Shortage Creates Additional Green Careers

Carol McClelland — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 06:49:43 +0000

Several organizations, including the California Public Utilities Commission, California Clean Energy Fund and the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, came together earlier this week to sponsor a one-day summit Advancing the New Energy Economy in San Francisco.

As a collective, the attendees discussed ways to “advance long-term investment, job creation, and financial growth within the green technology industry with a focus on engaging low-income communities.”

One of the critical issues to come out of the summit is the shortage of green laborers who have the skills to retrofit buildings, build new green construction, install solar panels and build wind farms.

This news has a number of implications for green careers of all kinds.

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Green Collar Jobs Defined

Green Labor Shortage Creates Additional Green Careers