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Find Green Job Recruiters on Twitter

Cindy Tickle — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 23:42:34 +0000

Are you looking for a green job? Or a job in corporate social responsibility and sustainable business? Well, all you need to do is Twitter. “Green” recruiters understand the best way to reach the new generation of “green” talent is via social media…Facebook, Linkedin, blogs, Flickr, YouTube and of course, Twitter. So fire up your laptop and hop on Twitter. Who knows? You may find a career that aligns with your life’s passion.

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Thinking of Starting a Small Green Business? Start by Interning for One.

Scott Cooney — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 19:38:02 +0000

There can be no greater thrill in the world than watching your hard work pay off in the form of a successful green business venture. But how to learn about the world of running a small green business before simply launching in? Try doing a green internship. The connections will be tremendous, the learning opportunities varied and interesting, and the work gratifying.

Companies looking for highly skilled, motivated and energetic interns may find volunteers coming out of the woodwork if they are in a green industry and can help train the next generation of ecopreneurs.

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Greening Children in Michigan

Heidi Suydam — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 16:40:35 +0000

Today NPR News aired a story about a rural Michigan school district that is pursuing green by using wind turbines to power their schools and offices. The Jr. High Principal, Kathy Dickens, took the initiative three years ago by applying for grants to pursue wind harvesting. As a result of her efforts The Lakers School District was awarded a quarter million dollar grant from the Michigan Public Service Commission.

With that money they purchased three large refurbished wind turbines which now power their elementary school and the superintendent’s office. They have since received another grant and energy smart incentives. The Lakers School District now owns a biodiesel processor in addition to their wind turbines. This spring their high school students will have a “Pressing Party”. They will gather sunflower seeds from the plants growing beneath their wind turbines, combine them with soybeans then press these seeds and beans to obtain oil to make alternative fuel.

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The State of Green Jobs

Carol McClelland — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 09:22:09 +0000

If you are trying to plug into the green economy as a business owner or a green employee, I encourage you to read Kevin Doyle’s recent Hire Definition post on the GRIST blog.

Kevin Doyle, the president of Green Economy, a Boston-based training, consulting, and research firm and coauthor of The ECO Guide to Careers That Make a Difference: Environmental Work for a Sustainable World, provides us with the best “State of the Green Job” summary I’ve seen.

If you are looking for clear-cut data about the number of green jobs and which industries provide the most green jobs, you are likely to be a bit frustrated by Kevin’s assessment of green employment.

Much like the recent GreenBiz’s State of Green Business report I wrote about recently, Kevin’s post highlights more questions than it answers.

The fact is the green economy is too new to quantify in any meaningful way. Not having clearly understood definitions of the variables that need to be measured is the biggest obstacle to solid statistics.

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Popular Science Highlights America’s 50 Greenest Cities

Carol McClelland — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 22:34:39 +0000

Drawing from US Census Data and National Geographic Society’s Green Guide that collected data on thirty characteristics for American cities over 100,000 people, Popular Science create a list of America’s 50 Greenest Cities. Combining the data into four categories (electricity, transportation, green building/spaces, recycling), Popular Science determined green scores (see article for details) for the various cities and identified the cities who are at the forefront.

The top ten cities are: Portland, OR; San Francisco, CA; Boston, MA; Oakland, CA; Eugene, OR; Cambridge, MA; Berkeley, CA; Seattle, WA; Chicago, IL; Austin, TX. If you enjoy a visual, an industrious blogger from Austin TX placed all of the data on a map for easy viewing.

I found this list to be an interesting resource for people who are looking for green careers, start a green business, or grow their green business.

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What’s Hot in CleanTech

Carol McClelland — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 05:39:49 +0000

Editor’s note: We’re pleased to have Carol McClelland, founder of Green Career Central, join sustainablog as a weekly columnist on green careers. Carol’s columns will appear every Thursday.

As a green career consultant, one of the questions I hear most frequently is what’s hot in cleantech? In greentech? In renewable energy?

Although I can give green career changers my impression, I always encourage them to connect with experts in their fields of choice to understand the hottest trends and future directions. In my mind, those who live, breathe, and work in a field are going to know much more than someone looking at it from the outside.

Recently I clicked on a link from Inside Cleantech by the Cleantech Group to discover a gold mine of information for green job seekers who are getting up to speed on cleantech.

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