Posted by Jeffrey Blake on Sunday, December 13, 2009,
In :
Green Jobs
A lot of promising news out there.
With unemployment numbers finally inching in the right direction,
President Obama announced a broad new spending strategy Tuesday that he
hopes can grow this economic “green shoot” into green jobs.
Speaking at the Brookings Institution following a White House jobs summit and a trip through Pennsylvania steel country, Obama outlined
ideas for a new federal stimulus that would focus largely on small
businesses and greener infrastructure projects, s...
Florham Park, NJ — Job seekers, students, researchers, field experts, and people interested in careers in the Green Economy will have the opportunity to ...
Posted by Jeffrey Blake on Sunday, December 6, 2009,
In :
Green Jobs
There have been a fair number of mainstream news articles expressing concern that the many promised green collar jobs
created with stimulus funding are not appearing. These pieces often
follow a certain hackneyed formula, citing a huge dollar figure from
legislation passed earlier this year and then pointing to the fact that
only a few workers have been hired. There are a number of problems with
these reports that should cause readers to reserve their judgment on
how the greenjobs effort is ... Continue reading ...
Posted by Jeffrey Blake on Sunday, December 6, 2009,
In :
Green Jobs
The "green jobs" movement in the Hudson Valley is young, but real,
and will grow in coming years, speakers at a conference said Friday.
To
help that growth, a focus is needed on improving educational systems to
help emerging industries. Also, solutions are needed to unlock
financing that green businesses, which are mostly small, require to
grow.
About 150
people attended the Green 2010 conference held at the Cary Institute
for Ecosystems Studies. It was the fifth annual event, but this one
ca...
Posted by Jeffrey Blake on Monday, November 30, 2009,
In :
Jobs
Current data on jobs and wages show why workers rightly feel they are
being left out of the economic recovery. Unemployment is at a quarter
century high and the Congressional Budget Office predicts that unless
stronger actions are taken, unemployment will remain above 10% in 2010,
9% in 2011, and 7% in 2012. This means that between 15 to 20% of the
nation's human capital will remain unemployed, underemployed, or out of
the labor force for the next three years -- clearly an unacceptable
outc... Continue reading ...
Posted by Jeffrey Blake on Tuesday, November 24, 2009,
In :
Twitter
I have been researching ways to twitter for jobs. We know that employers are bypassing the cost of advertising jobs in Dice and Monster and are appealing directly to social media sites.
twitterjobsearch.com is a neat new application that allows you to set your job parameters and search Twitter for positions based on time and location. I enrolled and was searching for jobs within 2 minutes. It has a very easy interface and seems quite useful.
Posted by Jeffrey Blake on Tuesday, November 24, 2009,
In :
Green Building
Greenbuild is the world's largest conference and expo dedicated to green building. Thousands
of building professionals from all over the world come together at
Greenbuild for three days of outstanding educational sessions, renowned
speakers, green building tours, special seminars, and networking events.
Posted by Jeffrey Blake on Tuesday, November 24, 2009,
In :
Green Jobs
The 52-page
“Green Jobs Study,” produced by the USGBC and the consulting firm Booz
Allen Hamilton (BAH), was released recently at the Greenbuild International Conference & Expo, held November 11 to 13 in Phoenix, . About $554 billion will be spent between 2009
and 2013 on construction of buildings that have multiple sustainable
features or are LEED-certified. It will take 7.9 million jobs to create
these buildings, according to the report.
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.
Posted by Jeffrey Blake on Saturday, July 18, 2009,
In :
Green Jobs
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 Continue reading ...
Posted by Jeffrey Blake on Tuesday, July 14, 2009,
In :
Energy Job
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 Continue reading ...
Posted by Jeffrey Blake on Saturday, July 11, 2009,
In :
Sustainability
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 Continue reading ...
Posted by Jeffrey Blake on Friday, July 10, 2009,
In :
Women
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 Continue reading ...
Posted by Jeffrey Blake on Friday, July 10, 2009,
In :
Green Jobs
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. Continue reading ...
Posted by Jeffrey Blake on Sunday, July 5, 2009,
In :
Green Collar Jobs
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...
Posted by Jeffrey Blake on Friday, July 3, 2009,
In :
Energy Job
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
Posted by Jeffrey Blake on Friday, July 3, 2009,
In :
Renewable Energy
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... Continue reading ...
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 ... Continue reading ...
One way to find a job in the green industry is to join and participate
in a group that focuses on an area of interest. One such group is the
Green Advantage Team or GAT run by Daniel Flood. The GAT meets every week and you can find them on Google Groups. Continue reading ...
Current data on jobs and wages show why workers rightly feel they are
being left out of the economic recovery. Unemployment is at a quarter
century high and the Congressional Budget Office predicts that unless
stronger actions are taken, unemployment will remain above 10% in 2010,
9% in 2011, and 7% in 2012. This means that between 15 to 20% of the
nation's human capital will remain unemployed, underemployed, or out of
the labor force for the next three years -- clearly an unacceptable
outc... 
Greenbuild is the world's largest conference and expo dedicated to green building. Thousands
of building professionals from all over the world come together at
Greenbuild for three days of outstanding educational sessions, renowned
speakers, green building tours, special seminars, and networking events.
