Resources for Educators, Students, Job Seekers & Trainers
We set up this page to provide resources for attendees of the National Education Alliance Conference.
This collection of resources and tools is organized for specific audiences: Educators, Students, Job Seekers, and Job Training and Service Program Providers.
Educators
Green Collar Jobs Overview
A job that does something for the planet, and little to nothing for the people or the economy, is not a green-collar job. Learn more about the characteristics that define a true green collar job.
http://www.greenforall.org/resources/green-collar-jobs-overview
Green Collar Jobs Campaign Teaching Tools, Ella Baker Center for Human Rights
This
five-part series is designed for use in high school classrooms. These
interactive activities explore key themes surrounding Green-Collar Jobs
Campaign's work, including: the green economy, eco-equity and
eco-privilege, model cities, and restorative justice.
http://www.ellabakercenter.org/page.php?pageid=27&contentid=23
Book and Video Study Guide for "The Green Collar Economy: How One Solution Can Solve Our Two Biggest Problems"
We hope book groups, classrooms, and community groups can use these
tools to educate and inform their communities about real solutions that
can lift people out of poverty and save the earth at the same time.
http://www.greenforall.org/resources/the-green-collar-economy/bookguide/download
Video: Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins discusses the Green Prosperity report
This video explains how clean-energy policies can fight poverty and raise living standards.
"Green Prosperity: How Clean-Energy Policies Can Fight Poverty and Raise Living Standards in the United States"
This is a new report from the Political Economy Research Institute at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst (PERI), commissioned by Green For All and NRDC.
The report finds that investments in a clean energy economy can
significantly drive down the unemployment rate and provide job
opportunities to Americans across all skill and education levels.
http://www.greenforall.org/report
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Green-Collar Jobs in America's Cities
This
report outlines strategies for developing green-collar job initiatives
and pathways out of poverty at the local level. Created in partnership
with the Apollo Alliance, Center for American Progress, and the Center
on Wisconsin Strategy.
http://www.greenforall.org/resources/green-collar-jobs-in-america2019s-cities
Students
Get pumped about going green! Check out this inspiring video created by Green For All Academy Fellows, Tem Blessed and Ben Gilbarg.
Green For All Academy
The Green for All Academy trains leaders and gives them the tools they need to communicate the promise of the green economy and to engage disadvantaged communities in support of green jobs and climate protection strategies.
http://www.greenforall.org/what-we-do/building-a-movement/green-for-all-academy
Green Jobs Icon
Take a Stand for People and Planet. Be the face of the movement. Create your own Green Jobs Icon.
http://www.greenforall.org/icon
What is the Green Wave?
Not so long ago, "green" was a term used just by environmentalists and activists. But these days "green" is everywhere. What is "green"? Why do people suddenly care so much? What impact is all of this attention having? Find out on this page created by our sister organization, Ella Baker Center.
http://www.ellabakercenter.org/page.php?pageid=28
Video: Stories from The Green Collar Economy
We teamed up with Free Range Studios to tell the stories of ordinary Americans who are rolling up their sleeves and getting to work, building a green collar economy. These are the heroes and sheroes of this generation.
In this video: Orrin Williams and the folks at Growing Home demonstrate how urban agriculture is reconnecting people to their communities and the earth, and revitalizing Chicago.
To see other videos of success stories, go to: http://www.greenforall.org/resources/the-green-collar-economy/success-story
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See how students at the Automotive High School in Brooklyn, NY, are becoming a a part of the green revolution, changing their cars to run off of cooking oil taken from their own school cafeteria.
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Job Seekers
Here at Green For All, we get over a thousand calls each month from people like you who are looking to find green-collar jobs, or hire green-collar workers.
We've set up this page to help you make those connections. You'll find two sections of resources - one for green-collar job
postings, and one for green-collar jobs training. Best of luck with
your search!
http://www.greenforall.org/greenjobsresources
Green-collar Jobs to Watch Out For
Learn what makes a green collar job green, why they're good not just
for the planet but people too, and what new jobs to be on the look-out
for.
http://www.pbs.org/now/shows/522/green-jobs.html
Best Jobs in America's Green Movement
Of President Obama's recent stimulus package, $40 billion will be spent
on the creation of "green jobs." Get a head start and see what some of
the best green careers will be and how you can train for them with a
two-year degree.
http://hotjobs.yahoo.com/career-articles-the_best_jobs_in_america_s_green_movement-909
Green Jobs Guidebook
Find profiles of 200 green jobs currently in California, details on
45 job types requiring only a high school degree, many paying over $25
per hour, information on job training and placement programs, and
listings of valuable apprenticeship programs.
http://www.greenforall.org/resources/green-jobs-guidebook
Job Training and Service Programs Providers
Green For All Community of Practice
Green
For All has launched two Communities of Practice, connecting people who
are working on programs and policies to create green-collar jobs. The
two Communities of Practice are dedicated to green jobs training
programs and city-scale energy efficiency retrofit programs.
http://www.greenforall.org/what-we-do/building-a-movement/community-of-practice
Green Service
Service in all of its forms from full-time, from full-time, stipended service to
service-learning in schools, to 55+ community involvement, can educate
and involve people of all backgrounds in fighting climate change and
building the new green economy. See examples of people using green service to create pathways out of poverty.
http://www.greenforall.org/resources/green-service/full-time-service/
Jobs of the Rising Sun Video
Green For All allies Rising Sun Energy Center put together this
great video for Current TV to show everyone how their program hires
young people to lead energy efficiency in homes and get job experience
at the same time.
Learn more about Moontown's Switch Project, an energy efficiency green jobs program in Seattle.
