green jobs

While there is no universally accepted definition for “green jobs” (or the related term "green collar jobs") this phrase has generally been used to refer to occupations that contribute to positive impacts on the environment.

Green jobs can be in the public, private, or non-profit sector and include jobs in areas such as energy efficiency, green building, natural resource management, recycling, and renewable energy. Other definitions of green jobs reflect a broader view of sustainability and include areas such as fair trade or corporate social responsibility.

Organizations including the U.S. Conference of Mayors and the American Solar Energy Society have produced reports on green jobs that document the number of such jobs and project future employment trends. The green jobs sector has also seen the development of specialized education and training programs, green job fairs, and other services to meet current and future needs. Blogs and the mainstream media are providing resources for green job seekers as well as highlighting the potential opportunities and challenges facing this sector.

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “green jobs”

• Solar Powered Lies

  
  PA Pundits - International — Authority: 548
  By Alan Caruba I lived in Florida for some five years between attending the University of Miami and returning after service in the Army for a job I left on news of JFK’s assassination. Some five years ago my older brother, a resident of Boynton Beach, urged me to relocate. As the exit doors of the Palm Beach ...
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• Green Jobs: Expensive and Not Worth It.

  
  Radioactive Communist Zombies — Authority: 128
  The State of Oregon is learning a lesson in so-called "green jobs."  Oregon has subsidized green technology to the tune of $68 million at a time when the state can hardly afford it, and yet it also has 11.5% unemployment.  Why?  Because a lot of the money went to waste.  As an editorial in the (Longview, WA) ...
  12 hours ago

• The More You Know Goes Green

  
  TakePart Social Action Network — Authority: 622
  Yesterday Giulia told us about NBC’s upcoming Green Week , which will feature environmentally-themed programming, and to help viewers get involved the network has launched a new series of “The More You Know” clips with NBC stars sharing eco-friendly tips.  The campaign is a great way to remind people that ...
  13 hours ago

• Green shoots: Clean tech is the fastest growing job market

  
  WalletPop Blog — Authority: 718
  Filed under: Career , Green Jobs in the clean technology industry are growing twice as fast as the national average. So thats where the jobs are. Walletpop spoke with Ron Pernick, co-founder of West Coast-based Clean Edge and the author of The Clean Tech Revolution , to find out what these jobs are, how to ...
  15 hours ago

• Moving Sustainability Forward in Portland

  
  Green Inc. — Authority: 740
  At a meeting of the Portland Metro Climate Prosperity Project, efficiency was billed as an economic opportunity.
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• Train to be a Green Ambassador in your Community

  
  KFTC Blog — Authority: 423
  Kentuckys Clean Energy Corps will be training Green Ambassadors to teach their communities how to save on their utility bills, as they protect the environment and help promote demand for the creation of green collar jobs. According to Jonathan Miller, Kentuckys Secretary of Finance: "To be a Green Ambassador, you ...
  21 hours ago

• Export-Import Bank Adopts Carbon Policy to Encourage Renewable Energy

  
  New articles on eBoom — Authority: 126
  US-ExportImportBank-Seal.png The Export-Import Bank of the United States became the first Export Credit Agency (ECA) to adopt a comprehensive Carbon Policy to guide its support of United States exports in light of climate change concerns.
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• Colorado State University Announces Veterans Green Jobs Education Initiative

  
  MYGreen Education and Career — Authority: 134
  FORT COLLINS – Colorado State University and Veterans Green Jobs announced today, Veterans Day, the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding to create the Veterans Green Jobs Education Initiative at the university. CSU is the first four-year university to partner with Veterans Green Jobs to provide “green” ...
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• Navigating the Jobs Crisis: Our Most ‘Expensive’ Citizens Can Become Our Climate Change Heroes

  
  New Deal 2.0 — Authority: 137
  In the wake of the highest unemployment rate in 25 years, the Roosevelt Institute asked historians, economists and other public thinkers to reflect on the lessons of the New Deal and explore new, big ideas for how to get America back to work. Majora Carter argues for a massive scale, green-collar-job creation effort ...
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• Squashing Some Green Job Hunting Myths

  
  CT Green Scene — Authority: 124
  by Anneli C. Olila, Editor-in-Chief of Boston GreenScene / Principal of Olila Documents & Communication Strategies Each week, I spend hours talking to job seekers of all levels—from those just graduating from school to highly-experienced C-level executives. Many are contemplating...
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• Straws and Camels’ Backs

  
  Opinion Forum — Authority: 431
  Seems like everything is coming to a head at the same time. Unemployment passed 10 percent and is still rising. Obama and company continue their drive to create a monster and call it health care reform. Our military in Afghanistan continues to operate without proper attention from the Commander in Chief. We’d be ...
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• Barack Obama Breaks Energy-Related Promises

  
  Bob McCarty Writes — Authority: 566
  In a post one year ago today, I opined about the nation’s energy future under then-President-Elect Barack Obama:While Americans wait for Barack Obama to take office, the nation’s energy future hangs in the balance.  Still, amidst so much uncertainty, a review of the president-elect’s statements and actions in ...
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• Jerome Ringo, President of the Apollo Alliance

  
  TreeHugger — Authority: 727
  A healthy and high-tech green collar economy has been a great promise of the Obama administration. On the front lines of the fight to create green jobs and spur the economy is the Apollo Alliance, an amalgam of labor, business, and environmental groups. Jerome Ringo, President of Apollo, speaks with TreeHugger Radio ...
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• Repower America Launches New Ad: "Climate Change Threatens Our National Security"

  
  Fired Up! Missouri — Authority: 512
  Repower America began a new ad on national cable yesterday to highlight the national security concerns of veterans and national security leaders about destabilizing climate change. The ad features Iraq War veterans alongside General Brent Scowcroft and General Wesley Clark.  General Scowcroft was U.S. National ...
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• USGBC Study Finds Green Building Spurs Green Jobs

  
  MYGreen Education and Career — Authority: 134
  The USGBC released the results of a green jobs study yesterday at Greenbuild 2009, according to the Mother Nature Network.  The study concluded that green building definitely leads to green jobs. The U.S. Green Building Council released the results of a green jobs study that examined the impact that the green ...
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• Super Solar Project to Bring Green Jobs to Nevada and Power to National Guard

  
  MYGreen Education and Career — Authority: 134
  Sierra Nevada Corporation President, Eren Ozmen, announced Sierra Solar I (SSI) LCC has won the competitive Nevada Army National Guard’s Super Solar Phase I project to collaborate on solar energy generation projects at three National Guard sites.  SSI will provide solar photovoltaic (PV) parking lot structures at ...
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• NRDC Leader Says The Time is Now to Act on Climate

  
  ClimateBiz.com — Authority: 431
  Frances Beineckes new book -- a straightforward, easy-to-read argument -- attempts to connect the climate issue to everyday concerns like jobs, the economy and national security.
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• NRDC Leader Says The Time is Now to Act on Climate

  
  GreenBiz.com Green Business News — Authority: 635
  Frances Beineckes new book -- a straightforward, easy-to-read argument -- attempts to connect the climate issue to everyday concerns like jobs, the economy and national security.
  2 days ago

• ‘Green’ Building Sector to Contribute $554B to GDP from 2009-13

  
  Environmental Leader — Authority: 621
  While the green building industry added $173 billion to the U.S. gross domestic product from 2000-08, that’s just the beginning. From 2009 to 2013, that amount will more than triple to $554 billion, according to a new report from the U.S. Green Building Council and Booz Allen Hamilton.The return on energy savings is ...
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• The USGBCs 2009 Green Jobs Report

  
  GreenBiz.com Green Business News — Authority: 635
  This study, conducted by the U.S. Green Building Council and Booz Allen Hamilton, predicts that the green building industry will be responsible for the creation or support of 7.9 million jobs, contributing $554 billion to the U.S. GDP, in the next four years.
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