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Aug 31, 2009
MSNBC
There’s a lot of talk about so-called “green” jobs lately, and many of you are wondering how you can get a piece of the action, especially if you’re out of work.
Aug 28, 2009
WCCO
Minnesota's unemployment rate is sitting around the 8 percent mark. That's leading people to search for new angles when it comes to looking for a job, even at the Minnesota State Fair.
Aug 27, 2009
IndyWeek.com
The definition of a "green" job is one that pays a livable wage and has a net positive impact, either direct or indirect, on the environment, according to Wake Tech's Green Jobs Web page.
Aug 26, 2009
Reuters
Green jobs have been a cornerstone of the stimulus program, although what we hear most of with regards to those funds are building efficiency retrofits or renewable energy installation training programs rather than more IT-specific programs. Earlier this summer, our own Sarah Terry-Cobo wrote about one of those programs:
Aug 25, 2009
EconomicTimes.IndiaTimes.com
WASHINGTON: A recent report suggests that a 150 billion dollars national investment in a "green economy" could not only boost the employment
picture in the US, but also create new pathways out of poverty for many low-income workers in the country.
Aug 19, 2009
NY Times
Will Allen, a farmer of Bunyonesque proportions, ascended a berm of wood chips and brewer’s mash and gently probed it with a pitchfork. “Look at this,” he said, pleased with the treasure he unearthed. A writhing mass of red worms dangled from his tines. He bent over, raked another section with his fingers and palmed a few beauties.
Aug 11, 2009
BloggingStocks.com
If you want to feel like what you do for a living makes a difference, you'll soon face an embarrassment of riches.
Aug 10, 2009
AP
LAS VEGAS — A high-profile cast of politicians and alternative energy leaders is meeting in Las Vegas to talk about prospects for the fledgling industry.
Aug 10, 2009
The Providence Journal
PROVIDENCE — Three hundred Rhode Islanders packed a free workshop Sunday afternoon, clambering to learn more about “the next big thing” in this state: the green jobs movement.
Aug 7, 2009
www.DenverUrbanSpectrum.com
Urban agriculture and food security are only a part of the green revolution aimed at building an economy strong enough to lift communities and people out of poverty and into sustainable living, but terms and ideals such as these are mostly regulated to the dialogue of professional “enviro” workers whereas everyday folks just know that food has to be near-center of the movement because even activists who work and struggle for class, race, and gender equity, have to eat!
Aug 7, 2009
blogs.westword.com
In a grassy lot in north Park Hill, not too far away from where the Holly Shopping Center burned down last year in an alleged gang-related fire bombing, corn is growing tall. Here, in the backyard of the Zion Baptist Church and Ministries' senior center and health clinic and the Liggins Tower assisted living facility, yellow, black and other corn varieties reach into the sky.
Aug 4, 2009
DUSA Blog
The beacon of green light is shining bright from the city of Pueblo. Pueblo
is located in Southern Colorado and is known as one of the largest steel
producing cities in the United States. Now it will be known as one of the
pioneers of the green ecolution.
Aug 4, 2009
Boston Herald
PHILADELPHIA — When Ronald Tucker, a sheet-metal worker who had bounced among at least five New Jersey companies over 20 years, was laid off again in March, he decided it was time to trade a job surrounded by silver for one based on green.
Aug 3, 2009
USA Today
Students interested in pursuing a job in sustainability now can choose from a variety of "green" degree programs.
Jul 31, 2009
Beloit Daily News
When Regina Prude approached DeCarlos and Michelle Nora about letting five energy advocates tour their Beloit home and offer ways to make their house more energy efficient, they happily obliged.
Jul 29, 2009
WLNS.com
The fight for clean energy and green jobs continues at the State Capitol. Hundreds of environmental activists flood the Capitol lawn to speak out for clean energy and against coal.
Jul 28, 2009
Examiner.com
Jul 26, 2009
wnct.com
Could greener jobs be the answer to getting out of the recession?
The federal government is pinning a lot of hopes on it by sending millions of dollars in that direction.
Jul 23, 2009
CNN
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Van Jones defies environmentalist stereotypes. He's not the earthy-crunchy, Birkenstock-wearing type. Nor is he a contemporary and corporate version -- a hedge fund-fueled entrepreneur looking to make millions by building wind farms and solar-powered corporate headquarters.
Jul 22, 2009
ABC CHICAGO WLS
A new initiative designed to train Chicagoan's for green jobs of the future kicked off on Wednesday.
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