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We are all familiar with Blue and White collar job sectors, but now a third sector is emerging and is growing by leaps and bounds - The Green Collar Job Sector.
Green collar jobs have been defined as work force opportunities created by firms and organizations whose mission is to improve environmental quality and involve products and services that are environmentally friendly. The new job sector includes opportunities that involve the design, manufacture, installation, operation, and/or maintenance of renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies.
Moving away from environmentally unfriendly work and towards environmentally friendly work will bring significant changes and benefits to workers, communities, and society as a whole. If more cities and organizations begin to incorporate environmental concerns into their mission and goals, the potential for green collar jobs over the next decade should be significant.
It is currently the fifth largest market sector in the US with about 8.5 million U.S. jobs in renewable-energy and energy-efficiency industries. This could grow to as much as 40 million by 2030, according to a November 2007 report commissioned by the American Solar Energy Society.
Also if the federal government succeeds in combining the benefits of renewable energy efforts with the national employment sector, we could see green collar jobs exploding into a billion-dollar industry. Initiatives are being pushed by presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, who are proposing millions of dollars in competitive grants to states that exhibit labor exchange and training programs in the green sector.
Green collar jobs are also becoming more and more attractive to applicants who see the opportunity to bringing about positive change in the world. The satisfaction of making a positive difference in the world is in many cases enough of a bonus for this environmentally conscious group.
Here’s a site to check out that focus on Green Job opportunities, I’m sure there will be more to follow.
www.EcoEmploy.com
Green collar jobs have been defined as work force opportunities created by firms and organizations whose mission is to improve environmental quality and involve products and services that are environmentally friendly. The new job sector includes opportunities that involve the design, manufacture, installation, operation, and/or maintenance of renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies.
Moving away from environmentally unfriendly work and towards environmentally friendly work will bring significant changes and benefits to workers, communities, and society as a whole. If more cities and organizations begin to incorporate environmental concerns into their mission and goals, the potential for green collar jobs over the next decade should be significant.
It is currently the fifth largest market sector in the US with about 8.5 million U.S. jobs in renewable-energy and energy-efficiency industries. This could grow to as much as 40 million by 2030, according to a November 2007 report commissioned by the American Solar Energy Society.
Also if the federal government succeeds in combining the benefits of renewable energy efforts with the national employment sector, we could see green collar jobs exploding into a billion-dollar industry. Initiatives are being pushed by presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, who are proposing millions of dollars in competitive grants to states that exhibit labor exchange and training programs in the green sector.
Green collar jobs are also becoming more and more attractive to applicants who see the opportunity to bringing about positive change in the world. The satisfaction of making a positive difference in the world is in many cases enough of a bonus for this environmentally conscious group.
Here’s a site to check out that focus on Green Job opportunities, I’m sure there will be more to follow.
www.EcoEmploy.com
1 Comment
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Comment by Jyoti Kothari on October 7, 2009 at 8:11am -
Hi Luigi,
Very informative article. Though I have been writing articles about employment and jobs, I do not hesitate to speak that you have given some new information.
I am really thankful to you.
White collar jobs are not lucrative nowadays. There is new opportunity opening in Green collar job sector.
Thanks for posting very good article.
Jyoti Kothari
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