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The "green economy" is an increasing focus of scholars and practitioners. The following may provide some helpful resources for understanding green jobs.
Laurie's New Green Economy Research:
Review, Journal of American Planning Association: Book Review
Employment Development Green Jobs Survey State of California: http://www.labormarketinfo.edd.ca.gov/contentpub/GrSurveyRpt_1115.pdf
The role of procurement in fostering green jobs: International Journal of Public Sector Management. Accessible online at: Procurement for Sustainable Local Economic Development
Or, download PDF: Green Procurement
Green Salon PPT:
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News:
Clean Tech Park in Los Angeles:http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/latinamerica/la-fi-greentech24-2008sep24,0,4466831.story
Resources:
A Generation of Widening Inequality Alissa Anderson Garcia, David Carroll and Jean Ross, California Budget Project (2007). http://www.cbp.org/pdfs/2007/0708_swc.pdf.
California Green Innovation Index http://www.coecon.com/Reports/GREEN/CAGreenIndex.pdf
Clean Technology Workforce Challenges and Opportunities. BW Research Partnership. (2008). http://www.lattc.edu/dept/lattc/acaaffairs/files/Clean_Technology_Report.pdf
Energy Efficiency, Innovation, and Job Creation in California, David Roland-Holst
Department Of Agricultural And Resource Economics; Center For Energy, Resources, And Economic Sustainability (CERES), University of California at Berkeley. (October 2008)
http://www.next10.org/pdf/report_eij/UCB_Energy_Innovation_and_Job_Creation_10-20-08.pdf
Global Green Jobs, Jason Walsh and Sarah White . In Foreign Policy In Focus. (May 16, 2008) http://www.fpif.org/fpiftxt/5233
Green Jobs: Towards Sustainable Work In A Low‐Carbon World
Report Prepared by the Worldwatch Institute ; With Technical Assistance by the Cornell University Global Labor Institute (December 2007)
http://www.unep.org/civil_society/PDF_docs/Green-Jobs-Preliminary-Report-18-01-08.pdf
Greener Pathways; Jobs and Workforce Development in the Clean Energy Economy.
Sarah White and Jason Walsh. Center on Wisconsin Strategy, The Workforce Alliance, The Apollo Alliance. (2008)
http://www.greenforall.org/resources/greener-pathways-jobs-and-workforce-development-in
Green-Collar Jobs in America’s Cities: Building Pathways out of Poverty and Careers in the Clean Energy Economy. Apollo Alliance, Green For All, Center for American Progress & Center on Wisconsin Strategy. (2008)
http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2008/03/green_collar_jobs.html
Green Collar Jobs: An Analysis of the Capacity of Green Businesses to Provide High Quality Jobs for Men and Women with Barriers to Employment. (2007) Raquel Pinderhughes; City of Berkeley Office of Energy and Sustainable Development. http://www.ellabakercenter.org/downloads/rtf/v12ExecSummary_Oct07.pdf
Green Jobs Guidebook; Employment Opportunities In The New Clean Economy
Environmental Defense Fund( 2008)
http://edf.org/documents/8489_Green%20Jobs%20Guidebook%20FINAL%20with%20cover.pdf
Job Implications in Los Angeles’ Green Building Sector, Sigalle Rosner, UCLA (2006).
http://lewis.spa.ucla.edu/publications/studentreports/GreenSectorPaperSRrosner0506.pdf.
Job Opportunities for the Green Economy: A state-by-state picture of occupations that gain from green investments. Robert Pollin & Jeannette Wicks-Lim
Political Economy Research Institute University of Massachusetts, Amherst
(June 2008)
http://www.greenforall.org/resources/a-state-by-state-picture-of-occupations-that-gain
Jobs in L.A.’s Green Technology Sector, Patrick Burns and Daniel Flaming, Economic Roundtable (2006).
http://www.economicrt.org/pub/greentech/Green_Technology_Report.pdf.
Los Angeles Utility Sector: Workforce Needs and Challenges
Marcy Drummond. REDI, Los Angles Trade Technical College (2008)
http://www.lattc.edu/dept/lattc/WED/files/UtilityIndustrySectorReport_July_08.pdf
Reclaim the Future: A Teacher Guide of Learning Activities. (2006) Guide produced by the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights for the Reclaim the Future initiative. http://www.ellabakercenter.org/downloads/rtf/RTFTeacherGuide.pdf
Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions: How much at what cost?
US Greenhouse Gas Abatement Mapping Initiative.
McKinsey & Co. (2007)
http://www.mckinsey.com/clientservice/ccsi/greenhousegas.asp
http://www.mckinsey.com/clientservice/ccsi/pdf/US_ghg_final_report.pdf
Renewable Energy and Jobs. Heavner, B. & Del Chiaro, B. Environment California Research & Policy Center. (2003) http://www.environmentcalifornia.org/uploads/OW/aa/OWaa2RaedlfHwQOWbxKd5w/Renewable_Energy_and_Jobs.pdf
Seizing the Opportunity (For Climate, Jobs, and Equity) in Building Energy Efficiency. Joel Rogers. (November 2007).
http://www.cows.org/pdf/rp-seizing-07.pdf
The State of Green Business Joel Makower (January 2008)
http://www.stateofgreenbusiness.com/files/StateOfGreenBusiness2008.pdf
U.S. Metro Economies; Current and Potential Green Jobs in the U.S. Economy
Green Jobs in U.S. Metro Areas (October 2008)
Prepared for: The United States Conference of Mayors http://www.usmayors.org/pressreleases/uploads/GreenJobsReport.pdf
On-line libraries of articles, books and papers:
http://www.community-wealth.org/articles/green.html
http://scoperesearch.blogspot.com/search/label/green%20jobs
http://www.greenforall.org/resources
http://www.apolloalliance.org/resources.php
http://www.apolloalliance.org/downloads/greencollarjobs.pdf
Websites:
Apollo Alliance:
American Solar Energy Society (ASES) and Management Information Services, Inc. (MISI)
http://www.ases.org/
Cleantech Group, LLC
www.cleantechnetwork.com
Database of State Incentives for Renewables and Efficiency
www.dsireusa.org
Interstate Renewable Energy Council
www.irecusa.org
Energy Information Administration
www.eia.doe.gov
Ella Baker Center for Human Rights
http://www.ellabakercenter.org/
Apollo Alliance: http://apolloalliance.org/
Employment Development Department: http://www.labormarketinfo.edd.ca.gov/?pageid=1032
Green Biz.com (general interest green business website)