Green Options » Good Jobs http://greenoptions.com/tag/good-jobs Posts tagged 'Good Jobs' Fri, 14 Mar 2008 03:27:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Reporting in from Good Jobs, Green Jobs: A National Green Jobs Conference http://sustainablog.org/2008/03/13/reporting-in-from-good-jobs-green-jobs-a-national-green-jobs-conference/ http://sustainablog.org/2008/03/13/reporting-in-from-good-jobs-green-jobs-a-national-green-jobs-conference/#comments Fri, 14 Mar 2008 03:27:45 +0000 Carol McClelland http://sustainablog.org/2008/03/13/reporting-in-from-good-jobs-green-jobs-a-national-green-jobs-conference/ hands linked togetherI’m in Pittsburgh, PA this week for Good Jobs, Green Jobs: A National Green Jobs Conference. Although we are only half way through the event, I have a few insights to share tonight.

As the conference started this morning, it was immediately clear that this gathering was a bit different from most. The conference has been coordinated by Blue Green Alliance, a strategic partnership between the United Steelworkers and the Sierra Club. Not an alliance I would have imagined! Would you?

The groups that came together to convene this meeting include a number of other unions, environmental advocacy groups, businesses, foundations, academic institutions, selected cities and states. As noted by a number of speakers, at first glance these groups might not seem to have much in common…except for one thing. The environment and the need to find ways to reduce greenhouse gases.

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]]> http://sustainablog.org/2008/03/13/reporting-in-from-good-jobs-green-jobs-a-national-green-jobs-conference/feed/ Good Jobs, Green Jobs: A National Green Jobs Conference http://sustainablog.org/2008/03/10/good-jobs-green-jobs-a-national-green-jobs-conference/ http://sustainablog.org/2008/03/10/good-jobs-green-jobs-a-national-green-jobs-conference/#comments Mon, 10 Mar 2008 06:39:25 +0000 Carol McClelland http://sustainablog.org/2008/03/10/good-jobs-green-jobs-a-national-green-jobs-conference/ Good Jobs, Green Jobs: A National Green Jobs ConferenceLater this week I’ll be attending the Good Jobs, Green Jobs Conference in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania with Karin Marcus, the Green Career Central’s Green Niche Coach.

Blue Green Alliance, a strategic partnership between the United Steelworkers and the Sierra Club, is coordinating this conference to bring together a variety of stakeholders including: local, state and federal policy makers; labor; business; the environment and public health; economic and workforce development specialists; investors; and scientists and technology experts.

The goal of the conference is to help jump-start a nationwide green economic renaissance by finding a way to blend environmental solutions with business solutions. The hope is to:

  • Revitalize the manufacturing sector
  • Drive green building
  • Promote safer chemicals
  • Realize the economic benefits of global warming solutions

I’ll be blogging while I’m there…I look forward to sharing what I learn.

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