This is an extract from the draft John Grant’s new book Co-opportunity, contracted for publication with John Wiley & Sons Limited, January 2010. This extract is section 4 of the book – Economic Resilience.
Read more...September 14, 2009
February 26, 2009
Questions Around Green Job Creation
The White House blog has a post discussing the issues of creating green jobs. It says that we need to definer what green jobs are, where they are and how people get one. There’s an interesting list of questions that need to be answered:
–How can we change Washington to make green jobs a political reality?
–How can we ensure access to green jobs to everyone?
–How do we connect people who need jobs to companies that need people?
–How can the federal government help bring green jobs to the middle class?
–What’s the role of the labor movement in creating green jobs and training [...]
February 2, 2009
Following the Green Path to Career Success
At the same time our country’s economy attempts to right itself, there is growing talk that its future success will rely heavily on environmental technologies, clean energy and sustainable development – changes that are becoming necessary on a large scale and across a number of industries. And while job security is something of an oxymoron these days, Fast Company examines ten green career paths that will provide a level of stability (and dare we say growth) for the coming decade. The list touches on jobs that range from hands on to more intellectual pursuits with details and rationale provided for [...]
Read more...



