December 2, 2008
Tuesday
     

CWR: Green Collar Jobs Build the Clean Energy Economy

Date: 08-20-2008
Type: audio
Categories: Clean Technology / Sustainability
Source: Corporate Watchdog Radio
Organization:
Corporate Watchdog Radio
  • Length: 29:50 minutes (27.31 MB)
  • Format: MP3 Mono 44kHz 128Kbps (CBR)
Climate change, racial discrimination, and economic recession may seem impossible to solve. But building a green economy could do the trick. The beauty of the green economy is that it could tackle all these problems at the same time. But only if labor is a driving force behind it. And that's beginning to happen. Green collar jobs build a clean energy infrastructure. They're hard to outsource because most of the work, like weatherizing homes, happens on-site. Advocates are working to make the green workforce more racially inclusive. And incomes could rise as demand grows for workers left out of the oil-based economy. Today we speak with 2 of the most prominent advocates for green collar jobs and the green economy. Today, we speak with Bracken Hendricks, author of Apollo's Fire: Igniting America's Clean Energy Economy. and co-founder of the Apollo Alliance, a coalition of business, labor, environmental, and community leaders working to catalyze a green economy. We also hear from Van Jones, founder of Green For All, an initiative seeking to lift 250,000 people out of poverty through green-collar jobs.
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