Comments on: Can The Green Jobs Sector Cure The Ailing US Economy? http://www.triplepundit.com/2008/09/can-the-green-jobs-sector-cure-the-ailing-us-economy/ Business, Better. Since 2005 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:33:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: angelique van engelenhttp://www.triplepundit.com/2008/09/can-the-green-jobs-sector-cure-the-ailing-us-economy/comment-page-1/#comment-11474 angelique van engelen Wed, 17 Sep 2008 18:36:56 +0000 http://www.triplepundit.com/wordpress/2008/09/can-the-green-jobs-sector-cure-the-ailing-us-economy/#comment-11474 Hi there Brewse, The term Green Jobs has -thank God- been slimmed down from the much uglier Green Collar Jobs. The definition was first made by Alan Durning in his 1999 book Green Collar Jobs. The book described the changes in the post logging rural towns in the Pacific Northwest, from economic dependence on resource extraction from timber to "green-collar" jobs such as sustainable forestry, ecosystem restoration and tourism. The term became in widespread use in 2006 when San Francisco State University Urban Studies professor Raquel Pinderhughes officially defined green collar jobs. She said they are "manual-labor jobs in businesses (or other enterprises) whose products and services directly improve environmental quality". Pinderhughes, who´s associated with the Ella Baker Center and Green for All wrote a landmark study commissioned by the City of Berkeley's Office of Energy and Sustainable Development. She identified 22 economic sectors in which green jobs are located including green building, energy retrofits and sustainable food production. Read my personal blog post about the Green Jobs definition here: http://amplifiedgreen.wordpress.com/2008/05/24/green-collar-jobs-defined/ Thanks for the Slow Food movement tip. Will chase up on them. Feel free to pass on any news to me at ave@contentclix.com Hi there Brewse,
The term Green Jobs has -thank God- been slimmed down from the much uglier Green Collar Jobs. The definition was first made by Alan Durning in his 1999 book Green Collar Jobs. The book described the changes in the post logging rural towns in the Pacific Northwest, from economic dependence on resource extraction from timber to “green-collar” jobs such as sustainable forestry, ecosystem restoration and tourism.
The term became in widespread use in 2006 when San Francisco State University Urban Studies professor Raquel Pinderhughes officially defined green collar jobs. She said they are “manual-labor jobs in businesses (or other enterprises) whose products and services directly improve environmental quality”. Pinderhughes, who¬¥s associated with the Ella Baker Center and Green for All wrote a landmark study commissioned by the City of Berkeley’s Office of Energy and Sustainable Development. She identified 22 economic sectors in which green jobs are located including green building, energy retrofits and sustainable food production.
Read my personal blog post about the Green Jobs definition here:
http://amplifiedgreen.wordpress.com/2008/05/24/green-collar-jobs-defined/
Thanks for the Slow Food movement tip. Will chase up on them. Feel free to pass on any news to me at ave@contentclix.com

]]> By: Brewsehttp://www.triplepundit.com/2008/09/can-the-green-jobs-sector-cure-the-ailing-us-economy/comment-page-1/#comment-11473 Brewse Wed, 17 Sep 2008 18:27:04 +0000 http://www.triplepundit.com/wordpress/2008/09/can-the-green-jobs-sector-cure-the-ailing-us-economy/#comment-11473 We have the ability and the need to create green jobs. What's is missing is a definition of what these jobs will look like. A good example to follow is the Slow Food movement. These jobs are rooted in fundamentals. These same fundamentals can be applied to jobs in green industries. <br /><br /> America needs to start manufacturing again - items and technologies that can be applied locally, that will help our way of life. Why don't we start addressing - Energy, Food, Transportation and Shelter. <br /><br /> We are the one's we have been waiting for... We have the ability and the need to create green jobs. What’s is missing is a definition of what these jobs will look like. A good example to follow is the Slow Food movement. These jobs are rooted in fundamentals. These same fundamentals can be applied to jobs in green industries.

America needs to start manufacturing again – items and technologies that can be applied locally, that will help our way of life. Why don’t we start addressing – Energy, Food, Transportation and Shelter.

We are the one’s we have been waiting for…

]]> By: Brewsehttp://www.triplepundit.com/2008/09/can-the-green-jobs-sector-cure-the-ailing-us-economy/comment-page-1/#comment-11472 Brewse Wed, 17 Sep 2008 18:26:51 +0000 http://www.triplepundit.com/wordpress/2008/09/can-the-green-jobs-sector-cure-the-ailing-us-economy/#comment-11472 We have the ability and the need to create green jobs. What's is missing is a definition of what these jobs will look like. A good example to follow is the Slow Food movement. These jobs are rooted in fundamentals. These same fundamentals can be applied to jobs in green industries. <br /><br /> America needs to start manufacturing again - items and technologies that can be applied locally, that will help our way of life. Why don't we start addressing - Energy, Food, Transportation and Shelter. <br /><br /> We are the one's we have been waiting for... We have the ability and the need to create green jobs. What’s is missing is a definition of what these jobs will look like. A good example to follow is the Slow Food movement. These jobs are rooted in fundamentals. These same fundamentals can be applied to jobs in green industries.

America needs to start manufacturing again – items and technologies that can be applied locally, that will help our way of life. Why don’t we start addressing – Energy, Food, Transportation and Shelter.

We are the one’s we have been waiting for…

]]> By: Brewsehttp://www.triplepundit.com/2008/09/can-the-green-jobs-sector-cure-the-ailing-us-economy/comment-page-1/#comment-11471 Brewse Wed, 17 Sep 2008 18:26:04 +0000 http://www.triplepundit.com/wordpress/2008/09/can-the-green-jobs-sector-cure-the-ailing-us-economy/#comment-11471 We have the ability and the need to create green jobs. What's is missing is a definition of what these jobs will look like. A good example to follow is the Slow Food movement. These jobs are rooted in fundamentals. These same fundamentals can be applied to jobs in green industries. <br /><br /> America needs to start manufacturing again - items and technologies that can be applied locally, that will help our way of life. Why don't we start addressing - Energy, Food, Transportation and Shelter. <br /><br /> We are the one's we have been waiting for... We have the ability and the need to create green jobs. What’s is missing is a definition of what these jobs will look like. A good example to follow is the Slow Food movement. These jobs are rooted in fundamentals. These same fundamentals can be applied to jobs in green industries.

America needs to start manufacturing again – items and technologies that can be applied locally, that will help our way of life. Why don’t we start addressing – Energy, Food, Transportation and Shelter.

We are the one’s we have been waiting for…

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