Tag: Green Jobs - Page 7
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U.S. Colleges Strive for Green Credentials
Since 70% of college candidates prefer green universities, it comes as little surprise to see that GreenBiz reports that U.S. colleges are striving to pimp their green
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Boosting Recycling, Scavenger Incomes in Jordan
There are only two paper-recycling companies in Jordan and none recycling glass or PET plastics locally. But Anselm Ibing has a secret weapon in his efforts to boost recycling rates in this small Arab country: expat guilt.
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Low Carbon Economy = Clean Energy Jobs Creation: Made in America Jobs Tour Kicks Off
In an effort to highlight the genuine economic gains for workers that can be had in a low-carbon economy, The Alliance for Climate Protection and the Blue Green Alliance have kicked off the Made in America Jobs Tour. The tour
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Green for All Launches Program to Help Green Businesses Secure Stimulus Funds
Okay, so the stimulus bill was packed with a lot of funding for eco-initiatives and green job creation. Old news. But the question still lingers, with most of that money still yet to leak into the economy, how exactly do interested
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Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency are Enough to Fully Power Michigan's Future: NRDC Report
Lest you have doubts that renewable energy won't be able to take over from fossil fuels: A new report from NRDC looks at future energy usage in Michigan and comes to the conclusion that through a combination of
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Shaking Off Palin's Shadow, Alaska Embraces Energy Efficiency
With Palin fresh out of the governor's seat, the Alaskan legislature wasted no time in overturning her veto of stimulus funds for energy efficiency. You may recall that Palin had previously said thanks, but no thanks to allotting
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Green Your Block on September 11th with Green For All & the Hip Hop Caucus
Care about green jobs and greening your community? Then pay attention. Green For All and the Hip Hop Caucus have launched a new campaign: Green the Block. Their first major national service event will take place on September 11th
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Sustainable Prisons: Con or Pro?
As the US tries to close Gitmo, yet expects other countries to take our detainees, the town of Standish, Michigan is standing up to save the day and save its devastated economy by offering its maximum-security prison to
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Grid Alternatives Chosen by California Solar Initiative to Take Their Gig Statewide
Image via: Grid Alternatives Grid Alternatives, the non-profit that uses volunteer labor to put solar panels on low-income homes in California has been chosen by California Solar Initiative to manage the Single-Family Affordable Solar Homes (SASH)
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Fighting Climate Change Will Be More Profitable Than Costly: IPCC Chairman Says
It's pretty much conventional wisdom in the green community that the cost of preventing climate change now will be less than the cost of doing nothing and trying to adapt later, even if it costs 1-2% of global GDP.
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Moon Trees Commemorate Apollo 14 Space Flight
With a name like TreeHugger, how can we not write about moon trees? Don't run for the plant dictionary yet because they won't be in it. Moon trees is the name given to the trees grown from seeds that were taken to the moon on
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AIG's Latest Failure: Climate Change
The stunning fall of AIG has left a number of things in its wake: billions of dollars in bailout money, big questions about federal regulation of investment, and, of course, layoffs. But the latest thing to get the axe might
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5 Unknown Green Jobs & Why They're Important
When you think of green jobs what comes to mind? Solar panel installer, wind turbine parts manufacturer, energy efficiency consultant, ecosystem restoration specialist? Those are all certainly parts of a future green economy,
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To Donate, or Recreate: Where Should Your Old Jeans Go?
Next time you're home, look around your closet. Your attic. How many pairs of jeans do you have there, unworn for months, years, decades even? I have four. Aside from the ones you keep for "some day" when you're skinny again
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Can a 'Green New Deal' Boost Turkey's Economy Too?
With unemployment at 15.8 percent and the slow-down in the country's GDP estimated at more than 10 percent, the Turkish economy, like many others around the world, could use a shot in the arm. So why not make the
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Are Labor Unions 'Greenmailing' Solar Power Companies?
Call it the seedy underbelly of green business--reports have been surfacing that solar power companies who start projects without agreeing to hire unionized labor are finding themselves in a suspicious bit of trouble. They're
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TerraCycle Goes Global, Rides the Big Business Wave to Brazil
This week, TerraCycle officially launched in Brazil! The new global launch comes just six months after launching with Frito-Lay in the US, and now the expansion into Brazil - with other countries to follow - makes an important
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Get Ready for a Green Jobs Explosion, New Study Says
Are there any other words that people are more tired of hearing than ‘green jobs’? I mean, they’re a great thing, and a key to our nation’s future economic success, but the term gets tossed around so much, people are
