green jobs

Why Architecture Needs to Take Advantage of Natural Resources

Autodesk Sustainable Blogging Team — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 10:00:08 -0400

Sitting in the Offices of the Chief Architect of the General Services Administration, a nearly 100-year-old building a few blocks from the White House, I mused over the building's features. Natural light poured in through the tall windows under high ceilings and embedded in masonry walls. Seeing that the windows were operable, I tried to open one. To my surprise, it lifted right up.

What is Your State’s Green Economy Profile? It Could Be the Key to Your Business and Career Success

Tracey de Morsella — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 14:41:25 -0400

With experts predicting a jobless recovery, there is one hopeful statistic emerging that is contradicting that prediction. According to The National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA), every state is seeing growth in at least one green industry segment. In most instances, this business growth stems from existing strengths in the state. As part of an effort to help states continue to grow these industries, the NGA Center has created a series of reports analyzing emerging "green" economies in each state in terms of the scope of green business activit

Recycle Your Used College Textbooks at GreenTextbooks.org - Green Textbooks

green textbooks — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:49:26 -0400

Where Are All the Green Jobs?

Clay Dillow — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 10:25:34 -0400

During the 2008 campaign season, voters heard a lot about green jobs that were going to help reverse slipping employment numbers while reducing American dependence on foreign oil. America, it was said, would lead the world in creating a green economy that would triply silence threats to our economy, security, and environment. So where are all these green jobs? They're coming, Labor Secretary Hilda Solis told the Associated Press Monday, but don't hold your breath.

20 Ways to Fund Green Business

Meredith Gossland — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 23:33:08 -0400

Here are some places to find money for green business. I will be adding 10 a day until I can’t find anymore resources. But I promise that within 10 days I will list 100 funding sources for green business!

6 Ways for Obama to Green Public Housing

Cliff Kuang — Tue, 26 May 2009 13:27:31 -0400

Yesterday in Denver, members of the Obama administration outlined how $4 billion will be spent to green the nation's public housing projects. $500 million will be spent on training workers to do the retrofitting work, and the rest will go towards the improvements themselves. The list of initiatives that have been made public so far are fairly rudimentary, and include better windows, insulation, and, of course, changing light bulbs.

How Can Cities Create a Green Economy?

Ariel Schwartz — Thu, 07 May 2009 15:58:07 -0400

The "Green Cities: How Urban Sustainability Can and Must Drive America's Climate Change Policies" report, released yesterday by Living Cities, explores the ways in which big cities can combat climate change, create better jobs, and further economic recovery efforts--all at the same time. The report surveyed 40 of the largest cities in the U.S.--including New York City, Los Angeles, Nashville, Denver, and Atlanta--to find out what they have acc

2 Green Entrepreneurs Take on Coffee Waste

Tom Musbach — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 14:44:54 -0400

Nikhil Arora (pictured) and Alex Velez are two college seniors who aren't worried about finding a job after graduation; they're going to create jobs instead.

Both are graduating from the Haas School of Business at the University of California at Berkeley to work at their new company, BTTR Ventures. The company grows specialty mushrooms from tons of coffee waste generated by java joints throughout the San Francisco Bay Area.

Green Collar Van Jones Officially Joins Obama Team

Danielle Sacks — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 17:10:43 -0400

If Obama had a long lost environmental brother, he'd be Van Jones. Born of the same oratorical cloth, Van "green collar" Jones, who we first profiled last April, today was just named by the Obama administration as the special adviser on green jobs.

Renewable Energy Technology Conference & Exhibition

Fast Company Calendar — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 09:00:00 -0500

Ah, Vegas: the lights! The millions of sparkly, shiny, it-looks-like-it's-day-even-at-night lights! Sin City's electrical consumption means about 1.2 million metric tons of CO2 emissions per year, which makes it the perfect place to explore the promise of renewable energy. Sessions on green jobs and eco-driven venture capital have been added in anticipation of the new management in the White House, specifically that $150 billion investment in renewables that Barack Obama touted during his campaign.

Four Tips for Breaking into the Green-Collar Job Market

Kate Rockwood — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 16:58:14 -0500

Green entrepreneur. Solar-power installer. Urban planner. These are just some of the top green jobs for that next decade that we already told you would solar-charge your career. But how can you smartly plunge into the green-collar job market? First step might be to pop over to SustainLane.com, a green living Web guide with 25 million users. A newly launched green job board there iss already attracting 100+ listings each week across several industries.

Ten Best Green Jobs for the Next Decade

Anya Kamenetz — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 18:00:00 -0500

"It's time to bail out the people and the planet," says Van Jones, author of The Green Collar Economy: How One Solution Can Fix Our Two Biggest Problems. We agree, and this guide to to sustainability-focused career paths will help retrofit and solar-charge your work life.

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