Today’s post is a guest column from Frank Marquardt, author of The Solar Job Guide. The solar industry could create as many as 110,000 jobs over the next two years as a result of stimulus spending, according to the American Solar Energy Society. Now a new book, The Solar Job Guide, tells you how you [...]
Entries Tagged as 'green-collar jobs'
110,000 New Jobs In Solar Industry
May 16th, 2009 · No Comments · energy, lifestyle, sustainability, work
Tags: development·Frank Marquardt·green careers·green living·green-collar jobs·happiness·Oregon·renewable energy·solar energy·technology·The Solar Job Guide
The 99th Day Of A Greenish President
April 29th, 2009 · 1 Comment · energy, politics, sustainability
Thankfully, President Obama is getting it. He may not exactly embrace a diamond-cut life (for instance, he keeps his thermostat up and drinks bottled water), yet that’s nothing in light of the bigger-picture changes he has been initiating at a lickety-split pace. The below, rounded up from Huffington Post, are in addition to Michelle Obama’s [...]
Tags: economics·environment·green-collar jobs·Obama·Van Jones
The Maven of Green Careers
April 24th, 2008 · 1 Comment · sustainability, transportation
I just received a nice comment from Klara on “Why Bother? Three Great Reasons“. She is moving here to Portland soon and like many Portlanders, new and old, she is passionate about sustainability. I imagine that also like many, she wants to find green-collar work, i.e. a job in sustainability. I’m going to refer her [...]
Tags: career counselor·green jobs·green living·green-collar jobs·Portland·Vicki Lind
