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Green Jobs

Green Jobs. What’s happening to our planet. What’s happening to our communities. Job loss Illnesses Lack of fin. capital Incarceration Disenfranchisement. Green For All. …building an inclusive green economy strong enough to lift people of out poverty. Three futures.

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Green Jobs

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  1. GreenJobs

  2. What’s happening to our planet

  3. What’s happening to our communities • Job loss • Illnesses • Lack of fin. capital • Incarceration • Disenfranchisement

  4. Green For All • …building an inclusive green economy strong enough to lift people of out poverty.

  5. Three futures Eco-Apocalypse Eco-Apartheid Eco-Equity

  6. ECO EQUITY WATER PATHWAY FOOD SYSTEMS PATHWAY LAND USE & TRANSPORTATIONPATHWAY ENERGY PATHWAY Pathways to work towards eco equity

  7. Why we need ‘em • Over 3.8 million youth, ages 18-24, are neither in work nor school • 1 in every 3 youth will not graduate in 4 years. More than 1/2 of youth of color in low-income communities will drop out • ¾ of state prison inmates are high school drop-outs • U.S. is less than 5% of the entire global population yet we are responsible for 1/5 of the total carbon emissions of eight billion tons of carbon.

  8. Green Jobs \ˈgrēn ˈjäb\n. jobs that are good both for the planet and the people 3 pillars: Localized production Localized distribution Localized return

  9. No seriously..What’s a green collar job?? • Green Building Retrofitting -- Fixing up buildings so that they leak less energy helps homeowners save on energy bills, lowers the use of dirty energy, and creates jobs like: • - Energy auditor- Green carpenter- Insulation installer- Environmental compliance specialist • Mass Transit and Transportation • - Civil engineers- Rail track layers- Bus/train systems operator- Urban planner

  10. And… • Renewable Energy -- Wind and solar energy are clean and safe energy sources, and rapidly expanding fields • - Wind turbine machinist- Solar and PV (photovoltaics) installer- Iron and steel workers- Solar operations engineer • Public Utilities (recycling, water treatment) • - Recycling center operator- Waste water engineer- Water quality consultant • …Not to mention food production, distribution and sale, or all those green products you see.

  11. It’s about servicegreen service not jails • Serving learning as an engagement avenue for youth in K-12 schools, CCs, higher ed, in green service • Existing service models work e.g. Americorps, Senior Corps, Learn and Serve America • Senior Corps, of the half million participant base, 10,000 work with the Environmental Alliance for Senior Involvement

  12. Entry Points into Green Jobsfor social movements • Environmental Justice • Racial Justice • Faith Based • Economic Justice • Reproductive Justice

  13. What will it take? • Policy wins to develop green jobs training programs, service corps, and green job creation • Dedicated federal funding for green job training programs • Community engagement to ensure that green jobs are reaching those who need it the most

  14. How to make green jobs happen • Join Green for All and sign up at www.greenforall.org/ • Create a GREEN ICONwww.greenforall.org/icon • Get involved with your local service learning crews. • Media outreach • Sign the green economic recovery for all

  15. Change is already happening and its coming from The Youth

  16. The movement thanks you!

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