Green Software Unconference - August 19 2009

We are geniuses at technical invention.   The green space is crying out for invention in software.  If you are interested in meeting with others in technology who wish to make a change, this unconference may be for you.    The unconference will be held August 19 at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View.  This sustainability unconference is all about generating change in your profession.  Sign up early and a Tree will be planted for you.

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It turns out that there are a  lot of loose definitions on what constitutes a "green" job.  With so much money being diverted there are many jobs being re-classified green to take advantage of the cash.   We are going to do a better job of defining what is a green job and what is not if we want to prevent waste and fraud.   .... read more
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Solar, wind and other emerging technology jobs grew faster in the last ten years than any other sector - according to a recent study released by the Pew Charitable Trusts.  In fact it grew 2 and 1/2 times faster.   Small businesses see it as a market opportunity.  ...read more
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Sustainability is more than just going solar.  We have to look at the whole picture and the history of an area.


At Hunters Point Shipyard and Candlestick Point, "sustainability" means directly acknowledging the economic role the Shipyard played in the Bayview Hunters Point community's history and the devastating impacts of its closure in 1974 on that community, as well as the impacts of a persistent unwillingness by private capital to invest in the area. ... read more
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Women seeking jobs in the "green" sector may get help from Wal-Mart and the Business and Professional Women's organization.  "Women are underrepresented in 'green' and 'greener' sector jobs, and we are focusing our efforts to make sure women are trained, recruited and retained for the sustainable jobs of the future," said foundation chairwoman Roslyn Ridgeway.  ...read more
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What better place to be green?   I am thinking about getting a job over there.


Economic Opportunity (MEO) Inc.has received $100,000 from the state Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to develop a “green” training program in Small Business & Residential Energy Management and Commercial Building Energy Management.  ... read more.
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Green-collar jobs are a growing part of the U.S. economy. As heavy demand has risen for clean energy and environmentally responsible manufacturing - workers are building everything from hybrid cars to organic tee-shirts.

A green-collar worker is a person who uses new environmental technologies for consumers, designing and manufacturing goods that use less materials and  energy than those of just a year ago. Environmental groups from the Sierra Club to the League of Conservation Voters say thes...

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Workers who lose their jobs if the pending climate change legislation becomes law could get a weekly paycheck for up to three years, subsidies to find new work and other generous benefits -- all courtesy of Uncle Sam -- under a little-noticed provision of the bill.

Touted by its House Democratic authors as a jobs engine, the bill offers extraordinary compensation for those who would lose their paycheck as a consequence of its passage.  ... read more

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It's not a surprising decision. While other sectors have contracted or slowed, he says, renewable energy is "building momentum," supported not just by a pressing environmental imperative but by investments such as federal solar energy rebates and Ontario's Green Energy Act, which promises to create 50,000 jobs within three years, support alternative energy industries and make the province North America's renewable energy leader. "The possibilities of sustainable energy are enormous," agree...
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Check out the hottest states doing Green !  


Over the last decade, green jobs in the US have experienced red-hot growth, according to a new study by Pew Charitable Trusts.

The Clean Energy Economy report found green jobs grew at a pace nearly two-and-a-half times greater than overall jobs between 1998 and 2007, though they remain a tiny part of overall jobs.

Pew classifies green jobs as those involved in expanding clean energy production, increasing energy efficiency, reducing greenhouse gas ...
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