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by Joe Laur

10 Great Green Jobs for 2010!

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We are leaving the “aughts” behind, the decade of 2000-2009, when the housing market, retirement plans, bank balances and job prospects seemed to produce more zeros than anything else.

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by georgesdyer

Green buildings, jobs, and subsidies

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In case you missed it in the flurry of announcements and news timed for release around GreenBuild in November, a recent study from Booze Allen and the USGBC finds that green building will support nearly 8 million jobs and generate $554 billion dollars for the US economy over the next four years.

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MTurking: The Green Job for me

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So I have recently discovered a new way to easliy make money from home (which as you all know means no driving, carpooling, and wasting gas). It's not something that you can easily make TONS of money doing, but if you're a stay at home mom, student wanting to make extra cash while doing not a hwole lot on the internet, than this is the job for YOU.

Mechanical Turking. go to www.mturk.com and find out all the good details on Artificial Artifical Intelegence. and yes, I meant to type that twice. If you already know about this, forget this blog was ever written.

 

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Pew Study Names TopCities for Green Jobs

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According to a report by the Pew Charitable Trusts, a non-profit
organization that provides grants to improve public policy, the U.S.
states of Oregon, Colorado and Tennessee have emerged as the top
leaders for job growth in the clean-energy sector.

The study looked at green job growth in 38 states from 1998 to 2007.

Some other findings from the Pew report are:

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The Need for Holistic Economics

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There's a deeper, darker recession that has been stealthily growing
since long before the Lehmans and Madoffs of this world were consumed
by their own greed. No doubt the financial crisis will affect many of
us over the coming years. Its speed, coupled with the related financial
tendrils that creep into many of our lives are surely cause for
concern. Yet there is another financial disaster occurring that we've
largely ignored as we've gorged on cheap money. One that's less easily
solved, taking place far from the trading desks and skyscrapers - the
environmental crisis.

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Smart Grid 101

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Smart Grid 101: Definitions and Opportunities (originally posted on brightestgreen.wordpress.com)

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Clean Tech Open to Create 100,000 Jobs

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Clean Tech Open, the innovation catalyst that helps great ideas become viable clean tech businesses, today challenged entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, government agencies, universities, and non-government organizations (NGOs) to participate in the Clean Tech Open’s 100K Jobs Challenge — to create 100,000 clean tech jobs in America over the next five years.

“Entrepreneurs are the key to re-building the nation’s economy; their optimism and innovation

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Questions about Greening Your Job

A few of us have banded togethere to create a World Cafe around Greening Our Jobs.  The most important step in this creation is choosing "questions that matter."  We generated a list of questions and we were hoping that you could read through them and let us know which ones really resonate with you.  If you feel compelled, also take some time to answer those questions.

Possible World Cafe questions:

In your job, are you evaluated on any green / sustainability / environmental job attributes?

Yes, I have an environmental / green job. (For example, Director of Sustainability).
100% (4 votes)
Yes, although I don't have an environmental / green job I am evaluated on some green attributes. (Ex - increase recycling)
0% (0 votes)
No, I am not evaluated on green attributes but I choose to do them anyway.
0% (0 votes)
No, green is not any part of my job.
0% (0 votes)
I have no idea what you are talking about.
0% (0 votes)
Total votes: 4

Greening Our Jobs

Learning and Mentoring community for making our jobs greener in every way.

To learn, share, mentor and support individuals and teams who want to create greener jobs and workplaces, and transform the workplace in the process.


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