Comments on: Green-Collar Jobs Are Worth the Green http://gigaom.com/cleantech/green-collar-jobs-are-worth-the-green/ Sat, 26 May 2012 13:00:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Global Outlook 2 | Adrian Wajsbrem Blog http://gigaom.com/cleantech/green-collar-jobs-are-worth-the-green/#comment-7882 Mon, 10 Dec 2007 06:38:30 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/2007/10/23/green-collar-jobs-are-worth-the-green/#comment-7882 [...] 2) Clean Tech is all about top scientists making breakthroughs, high-up execs greening business strategies, and venture capitalist funding the next greatest greenest thing. But a huge amount of economic growth lies at the other end of the socio-economic spectrum as well. – source [...]

]]> By: Globak Outlook 2 | Ecology Tip Australia http://gigaom.com/cleantech/green-collar-jobs-are-worth-the-green/#comment-7881 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 05:56:37 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/2007/10/23/green-collar-jobs-are-worth-the-green/#comment-7881 [...] 2) Clean Tech is all about top scientists making breakthroughs, high-up execs greening business strategies, and venture capitalist funding the next greatest greenest thing. But a huge amount of economic growth lies at the other end of the socio-economic spectrum as well. – source [...]

]]> By: Green Workforce Will Grow to 40 Million by 2030 « Earth2Tech http://gigaom.com/cleantech/green-collar-jobs-are-worth-the-green/#comment-7880 Fri, 09 Nov 2007 08:03:09 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/2007/10/23/green-collar-jobs-are-worth-the-green/#comment-7880 [...] quantified estimates provide backing for green-collar job campaigns and the creation of a new green economy. Estimates in the trillions of dollars also give legs to [...]

]]> By: Hillary, America’s Greentech Queen? « Earth2Tech http://gigaom.com/cleantech/green-collar-jobs-are-worth-the-green/#comment-7879 Tue, 06 Nov 2007 16:44:08 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/2007/10/23/green-collar-jobs-are-worth-the-green/#comment-7879 [...] to be zero emissions. All in all, Clinton’s plan could create five million new jobs, many of them “green collar” jobs designed to promote the green building industry. If the talk becomes the walk next November, the [...]

]]> By: Craig Rubens http://gigaom.com/cleantech/green-collar-jobs-are-worth-the-green/#comment-7878 Tue, 30 Oct 2007 22:27:32 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/2007/10/23/green-collar-jobs-are-worth-the-green/#comment-7878 Re: Robert Cox

Van Jones and his Ella Baker Center are definitely the epicenter of green collar jobs in California (if not the country). Check out their “Green Collar Jobs Campaign” here:
http://ellabakercenter.org/rtf

]]> By: Rober Cox http://gigaom.com/cleantech/green-collar-jobs-are-worth-the-green/#comment-7877 Tue, 30 Oct 2007 18:03:58 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/2007/10/23/green-collar-jobs-are-worth-the-green/#comment-7877 I’m doing backgound research on future greencollar jobs in California in an effort to provide training and jobs to young adults who are members of the California Conservation Corps. Help?

]]> By: Turning Trash Into Cash « Earth2Tech http://gigaom.com/cleantech/green-collar-jobs-are-worth-the-green/#comment-7876 Wed, 24 Oct 2007 19:09:41 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/2007/10/23/green-collar-jobs-are-worth-the-green/#comment-7876 [...] to get a share in the growing profits. This is exactly the type of horizontal uplift that activist Van Jones works for with organized labor. Increasingly, what used to be a “garbage man” is now a [...]

]]> By: Green news and announcing EcologyTip | Adrian Wajsbrem Blog http://gigaom.com/cleantech/green-collar-jobs-are-worth-the-green/#comment-7875 Wed, 24 Oct 2007 06:58:03 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/2007/10/23/green-collar-jobs-are-worth-the-green/#comment-7875 [...] 2) Clean Tech is all about top scientists making breakthroughs, high-up execs greening business strategies, and venture capitalist funding the next greatest greenest thing. But a huge amount of economic growth lies at the other end of the socio-economic spectrum as well. – source [...]

]]> By: Craig Rubens http://gigaom.com/cleantech/green-collar-jobs-are-worth-the-green/#comment-7874 Tue, 23 Oct 2007 18:43:32 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/2007/10/23/green-collar-jobs-are-worth-the-green/#comment-7874 Mr. Brodeur,

You are correct. I was referring to “photo voltaic cells,” but the more accepted acronym now seems to simply be “PV.” “Photo voltaic cells,” or “PVC” should not be confused with polyvinyl chloride. Thanks for the clarification.

Craig.

]]> By: Marc Brodeur http://gigaom.com/cleantech/green-collar-jobs-are-worth-the-green/#comment-7873 Tue, 23 Oct 2007 18:30:38 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/2007/10/23/green-collar-jobs-are-worth-the-green/#comment-7873 Don’t you mean “PV installation”?

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