Green Jobs
The purpose of this group is to serve as a clearinghouse for employment opportunities concerned with addressing environmental degradation. Hopefully, potential employees will join, describe the green work they're looking for, even link to a resume. Employers will join, describe the positions available, and hopefully find employees.
Last week, President-Elect Barack Obama’s said that his economic stimulus plan will create half a million new green jobs for America.
“We’ll create nearly half a million jobs by investing in clean energy – by committing to double the production of alternative energy in the next three years, and by modernizing more than 75% of federal buildings and improving the energy efficiency of two million American homes,” the president elect said. These made-in-America jobs building solar panels and wind turbines, developing fuel-efficient cars and new energy technologies pay well, and they can’t be outsourced.”
The number of unemployed individuals in the United States rose by 632,000 to hit 11.1 million in December, according to the Department of Labor. The U.S. economy shed 1.9 million jobs in the last four months of 2008 alone. But rather than dwell on this dire economic data a number of states are taking a proactive approach to stimulating economic growth by creating new green jobs. Read More »
Headed to San Fran today to interview with Saatchi & Saatchi S, previously called Act Now for consulting on business sustainability. Found them by searching for green businesses in the San Francisco area, anyone looking for employment in the field should do the same whether you're an engineer, biologist, communicator, or manager, etc..
If America is to achieve Energy Independence then we must allow small and moderate sized electricity projects that contribute to the electricity supply of our country.
Currently, each electricity provider has different procedures, requirements and pay rates.
We must begin to treat the Electricity grid as a national system. There must be a standard across the nation for interconnection as well as a National Electricity Backbone, that will connect the rural low electricity demand areas with their large and renewable resources in our countryside with our high electricity demand urban centers on the coasts.
Currently, each electricity provider has different procedures, requirements and pay rates.
We must begin to treat the Electricity grid as a national system. There must be a standard across the nation for interconnection as well as a National Electricity Backbone, that will connect the rural low electricity demand areas with their large and renewable resources in our countryside with our high electricity demand urban centers on the coasts.
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better for the enviroment and healthier....I've been doing it for years....
going quiet for a while.waddle along without me.
sean
better for the enviroment and healthier....I've been doing it for years....
going quiet for a while.waddle along without me.
sean
More news of Poo peeps. There was a great interview on N.P.R (National Public Radio for our friends to the north and south) from BBC about the new trend in fertilizer. That's right Guys...... Human waste as fertilizer. Now just to clarify I DON'T mean the kinda stuff that the Granola heads are doing with dry composting toilets but rather a great new addition of the huge problem of sewage treatment. It appears that after it has been treated what is left over, from the huge amount of poo and pee we generate each day, makes excellent fertilizer that is 99% sterile (that's the same as the organic fertilizer the granola heads tout.)
Now there does appear to be one small drawback..... It stinks. A problem that is easily rectified by immediately turning it into the soil according to one British farmer that uses it. It's so popular with brit farmers that apparently the waste treatment plants have sold all they have on hand this season....But the real problem appears to be us. The stigma attached to human waste is huge. Well for me pile it on them tomatos I got no issue with it....
world without end,
sean
Now there does appear to be one small drawback..... It stinks. A problem that is easily rectified by immediately turning it into the soil according to one British farmer that uses it. It's so popular with brit farmers that apparently the waste treatment plants have sold all they have on hand this season....But the real problem appears to be us. The stigma attached to human waste is huge. Well for me pile it on them tomatos I got no issue with it....
world without end,
sean
I saw the following article here.
by Heather Boerner, for Yahoo! HotJobs
White-hot jobs are opening up in the power sector.
"These aren't just hot jobs, they're sizzling jobs," said Christine Real de Azua, spokeswoman for the American Wind Energy Association. Wind energy grew by 45 percent last year. "We need every type of job candidate." Read More »
by Heather Boerner, for Yahoo! HotJobs
White-hot jobs are opening up in the power sector.
"These aren't just hot jobs, they're sizzling jobs," said Christine Real de Azua, spokeswoman for the American Wind Energy Association. Wind energy grew by 45 percent last year. "We need every type of job candidate." Read More »
I just watched this great video in which activists helped a business improve its revenue while becoming more energy efficient. You can watch the video here, and I highly recommend you do. The group is called Carrotmob ("carrot," as in using carrots and not sticks). They're also hiring and looking for volutneers. Read More »
I realize there's not a lot happening on the Green Jobs and Green Volunteers groups. I would encourage you to be patient with these groups. Their success and usefulness depend on a large membership, which we have yet to achieve. Hopefully, that will change with time. The We community in general is just getting started and still growing.
GreenForAll.org is an organization devoted to finding environmentally friendly work that also addresses issues of poverty. It's based in Oakland, CA.
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