Green collar jobs provide a market-based solution.

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Green collar jobs are concerned solely with creating cleaner industries.

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This report seems like a good idea.

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3. All this economics has me confused…

Green Collar Jobs

• Disproportionate burden

• Environmental justice

• Crafting your message

• Green collar industry

• Case studies

• Creative and critical thinking

Environmental Racism

Environmental racism refers to intentional or unintentional racial discrimination in the enforcement of environmental rules and regulations, the intentional or unintentional targeting of minority communities for the siting of polluting industries, or the exclusion of minority groups from public and private boards, commissions, and regulatory bodies.

Wikipedia

Center for Justice, Tolerance and Community at UCSC

Center for Justice, Tolerance and Community at UCSC

Community Coalition for Environmental Justice

EPS Toxic Release Inventory

Social Justice/ Environmental Justice

• 1960s/70s

• Social and environmental movements

• 1980s

Environmental Justice

• 1994 Clinton Administration

• Executive Order 12898

• Identify and address disproportionately high adverse health and environmental effects

Washington State

Environmental justice joins social and environmental movements by addressing the unequal environmental burden often borne by minority and low-income populations. Environmental justice seeks to lessen unequal distributions of environmental burdens (pollution, industrial facilities, crime, etc.), equalize benefits and balance access to nutritious food, clean air & water, parks, recreation, health care, education, transportation, safe jobs, etc. in a variety of situations. Self-determination and participation in decision-making are key pieces of environmental justice.

Green Collar Jobs

“Connect the jobs that most need to be done with the people who most need the jobs.”

Van Jones

Green Collar Jobs

• A paid position providing environmentally-friendly products or services.

• High standards regarding fair wages, equal opportunity and healthy working conditions.

• Employer may be a private business, government, non-profit or cooperative.

Green Collar Jobs• Organic farmer• Sustainable forestry worker• Recycling technician• Solar panel manufacturer• Urban planner• Environmental lawyer

Raquel PinderhughesDirector of Urban Studies Program at SFSU

• Bicycle repair and bike delivery services• Car and truck mechanic jobs, production jobs,

and gas-station jobs related to biodiesel• Energy retrofits to increase energy efficiency

and conservation• Green building• Green waste composting on a large scale• Hauling and reuse of construction materials

and debris (C&D)

• Hazardous materials clean-up• Landscaping• Manufacturing jobs related to large scale

production of appropriate technologies (i.e. solar panels, bike cargo systems, green waste bins, etc.)

• Materials reuse• Non-toxic household cleaning in residential and

commercial buildings• Parks and open space expansion and

maintenance• Printing with non-toxic inks and dyes• Public transit jobs related to driving,

maintenance, and repair

• Recycling and reuse• Small businesses producing products from

recycled materials• Solar installation• Tree cutting and pruning• Peri-urban and urban agriculture• Water retrofits to increase water efficiency

and conservation• Whole home performance, including attic

insulation, weatherization, etc.

Political Economy Research Institute

•Building retrofitting

•Mass transit

•Energy-efficient automobiles

•Wind power

•Solar power

•Cellulosic biomass fuels

“We show that the vast majority of jobs associated with these six green strategies are in the same areas of employment that people already work in today, in every region and state of the country.”

American Solar Energy Society

•Establish a rigorous definition of the RE & EE Industries

•Allowing an estimate of the size and composition of the RE & EE Industries, including technology, sales, tax revenue, jobs, occupations, and skills

•Forecast the growth of these industries to 2030 under three scenarios

American Solar Energy Society• In 2006 more than 8 million Americans worked

in these industries.• RE & EE generated $933 billion in revenue.• By 2030, in an aggressive deployment forecast

scenario, there could be 40 million Americans employed in these industries.

• Nearly one in every four working Americans ･• Under this aggressive scenario, the RE & EE

industries could generate $4.53 trillion in annual revenue

Green Industry

Worldwatch Institute

Employment Estimates• 300,000 in wind energy

• 170,000 in solar energy

• 624,000 in solar thermal energy

• More labor intensive jobs

Solar Richmond

Barriers to employment

• Lack of job skills

• Lack of education

• Language/cultural barriers

• History in juvenile/criminal justice system

RichmondBUILDS

• Nine week paid internship/apprenticeship

• One week solar training

• $1 million/first year

• Graduated 21

• Found jobs paying $20-30/hour

Solar Richmond

• Free labor to home owner

• Equipment at cost

• Low interest loan available through the City of Richmond

• Goal of 50 solar installations for low-income home owners by 2010

Green Jobs Corps

• $100,000-250,000 from City of Oakland to develop pilot

• Expected to launch this year

• 40 participants, 18-35 years

• 3 month training

• Followed by 6 month paid internship

Sustainable South Bronx

• By 1998, handled 40% of NYC’s waste.• Higher concentration of power plants,

sewage-treatment facilities, diesel-truck fleets, and waste-transfer stations than any other section of the city.

• Higher asthma rates than any other community in the nation.

• Founded 2001 by Majora Carter.

Sustainable South BronxBronx Environmental Stewardship Training

• Established 2003

• 10 week certification program

• Trained 70+ in landscaping, ecological restoration, green roof installation, hazardous waste cleanup

• 85% employment

• 10% college enrollment

• River Bank Restoration • Bioremediation • Green Roof Installation • Green Roof

Maintenance • Phyto-remediation • Ecological Restoration • Wetland Restoration • Stream Bank

Stabilization

Sustainable South BronxBronx Environmental Stewardship Training

• Landscape 101• Plants, trees, shrubs,

identification• Water and Soil Quality

Testing• Wildlife Identification• Brownfield Remediation• Hazardous Waste

Cleanup• Asbestos Abatement• Power Tool Safety &

Operation

• First Aid and CPR

• NYC Tree Pruner

• Entry Level Tree Climbing

• 40 Hour Hazardous Waste Clean Up

• 10 Hour OSHA

• Herbicide/Pesticide Applicator

Sustainable South BronxBronx Environmental Stewardship Training

New Orleans?

• Four local nonprofits have grants to train for green jobs

• 800 16-24 years expected to participate in 4 months of training

Politics of Solution

An orientation that offers a powerful new politics of hope, achievement and optimism. Term suggests visionary urban policies that emphasize multi-issue, solution-oriented change in urban communities.

Ella Baker Center

Politics of Solution

• Interdisciplinary

• Multi-issue

• Creative

• Critical thinking

• Job here too…