Education for a Sustainable Future and a Greener Economy

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• Education for a Sustainable Future and a Greener
  Economy
• Debra Rowe, Ph.D.
• Professor
• Sustainable Energies and Behavioral Sciences
• President
• U.S. Partnership for Education for Sustainable
  Development

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• Part I What are green jobs?
• Part II What is education for a green and
  sustainable future?
• Part III What are our sustainability
  challenges?
• Part IV National Trends
• Part V Solutions and Resources for you!

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How Many Green Jobs? Starting with the obvious
green jobs.

• The Solar Energy Industries Association,
  estimates that 110,000 jobs will be created in
  solar energy by the end of next year
• The American Wind Energy Association estimates
  that if the industry meets President Obama's goal
  of doubling renewable energy output in the next
  three years, the wind sector will create 185,000
  jobs in that time period
• But thats the tip of the iceberg
• Thanks to Carolyn Teich, AACC, for some materials
  in this slide

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Partial list of green jobs the obvious choices

• Traditionally, community college, career and
  technical education, and even the National
  Science Foundation focus on technicians
• Energy auditor
• Wind energy technician
• Insulation and weatherization technician
• Photovoltaics (solar electricity) installer
• Thermal solar installer (hot water and space
  heating and pool heating)

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Upstream green jobs jobs needed before
technicians get hired

• Energy/utility policy analysts and policy makers
• Employees in state and local energy related
  offices
• Energy efficiency and renewable energy products
  financiers, manufacturers, distributors, and
  salespeople
• HVAC and other contractors with energy efficiency
  and renewables expertise/product line
• Energy Service Company (ESCO) employees
• Corporate social responsibility officer
• Sustainability oriented purchasing agent and
  business VP
• Energy manager
• Facilities director

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Partial list of green jobs some of the less
obvious choices

• Resource conservation/efficiency manager
• Measurement and verification technician
• Material scientist
• Environmental engineer technician
• Biomass plant designer, manager, technician
• Utility plant operatives
• HVAC/ building automation technician controls
  specialist
• Refuse and recycling worker
• Sustainable agriculture specialist
• Groundwater heat pump contractor/installer
• Wave power system designer/installer
• Forestry wildlife worker

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Partial list of green jobs some of the less
obvious choices

• Hydrogen, batteries and other energy storage
  specialists
• Water reservoir and watershed engineer
• Green building designer
• Heating/cooling/ventilation scientist and
  engineer
• Construction worker with green installation
  expertise
• Lead paint/asbestos abatement specialist
• Electrical technician
• Energy statistician
• Recycling director
• Environmental maintenance worker
• Greenhouse gas analyst/broker

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Partial list of green jobs some of the less
obvious choices

• Industrial engineer
• Engineering manager
• Green products distribution designer/manager
• Sales and marketing staff for sustainable
  products
• Brownfields real estate developer
• Sustainable business process designer
• Corporate recycling manager
• Environmental economist
• Sustainability entrepreneur
• Environment, health and safety director
• Environmental quality certification specialist
• Geographic information systems specialist

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Partial list of green jobs some of the less
obvious choices

• Hazardous materials handler
• Sustainable operation manager/consultant
• Socially responsible investment advisor
• Sustainability officer
• Trainer/educator for green jobs
• Sustainability communications/marketing
• Fostering sustainable neighborhoods project
  manager
• Environmental journalist
• Permaculture designer and contractor
• Sustainable landscape architect
• Natural resources manager
• Sustainable communities planner

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Partial list of green jobs some of the less
obvious choices

• Sustainable development policy analyst
• Groundwater professional
• Restoration ecologist
• Climate change risk assessor and mitigation
  professional
• Sustainable transportation planner
• Water pollution control technician
• Watershed manager
• Wildlife biologist
• Agricultural extension specialist
• Environmental communications specialist
• Environmental conflict manager
• Power purchase negotiator

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What is a green job?A limited but still helpful
view below

• The Department of Labor recently tagged over 100
  occupations in the ONET database as being green
  occupations.  http//online.onetcenter.org/find/gr
  een . 
• Browse by the 12 identified green economy
  sectors
• Agriculture and Forestry
• Energy and Carbon Capture and Storage
• Energy Efficiency Energy Storage Environment
  Protection
• Government and Regulatory Administration
• Green Construction Manufacturing 
• Recycling and Waste Reduction
• Renewable Energy Generation
• Research, Design and Consulting Services
• Transportation.   

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What is a green job?The Department of Labor
categorizes green jobs into one of the
following

• Green increased demand occupations increase in
  the employment demand for an existing occupation.
  64 occupations meet this definition.
• Green enhanced skills occupations significant
  change to the work and worker requirements of an
  existing occupation. 60 occupations meet this
  definition.
• Green new and emerging occupations generation of
  a new occupation relative to the ONET taxonomy.
  This new occupation could be entirely novel or
  born from an existing occupation. 45
  occupations qualify with another 46 occupations
  identified as candidates
• The ONET green center has a wealth of green
  resources.

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The Pervasiveness of Green

• SOC listings are incomplete, although nearly 900
  distinct occupations are identified
• Every job will have a green tinge to it, since
  energy waste, toxins, food chain disruption and
  ecosystem destruction will be costly and
  unacceptable, IF we pay attention!
• Predicting employment? Follow the money and help
  create the businesses

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Certifications and Needs Assessments

• I have multiple pages of certifications how do
  you know which ones will emerge as the standards?
• The marketplace is moving quickly, including
• new initiatives that create new workforce
  demands
• new standards
• Great to see the movement but difficult to design
  for need to design flexible degrees!
• Example Recovery Through Retrofits, Major
  federal initiative for retrofits of middle class
  homes for energy efficiency, including national
  workforce standards and removal of financing
  bottlenecks - http//www.whitehouse.gov/assets/doc
  uments/Recovery_Through_Retrofit_Final_Report.pdf
  

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Overwhelmed by all the details?

• Take a more conceptual and systemic approach.
• This will create more success in educating for
  a green and sustainable economy

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Sustainable Development is often defined as

• meeting the needs of the present
• without compromising the ability of
• future generations to
• meet their own needs
• World Commission on Env. and Development.
  (1987). Our Common Future. England Oxford
  University Press.
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Social Well-being
Flourishing Environment
Strong Economy
Sustainable Society
Triple Bottom Line of Sustainability
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Education for a Sustainable Society
enables people to develop the knowledge,
values and skills to participate in decisions ,
that will improve the quality of life now without
damaging the planet for the future. 
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Ecosystem
Ecosystem
Sustainable Communities
Public Choices and Behaviors-Laws
Applied Knowledge/ Technological Skills
Private Choices and Behaviors-Habits
Sustainable Economies
Ecosystem
Ecosystem
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Why is environmental responsibility such a high
priority?

• Freshwater withdrawal has almost doubled since
  1960 and nearly half the worlds major rivers are
  going dry or are badly polluted (New
  Internationalist, no. 329)
• 11 of the worlds 15 major fishing areas and 69
  of the worlds major fish species are in decline
  (State of the World, Worldwatch Institute)
• Climate change (global warming) exists, a major
  culprit is fossil fuels, and impacts are very
  serious. (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
  Change report Summary for Policymakers The
  Science of Climate Change)

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Effects -Climate Change

• Disruption of food production and the food chain
• More extreme weather events
• Disruptions of ecosystems, including water
  supplies
• Spread of disease e.g. West Nile, Malaria,
  Dengue Fever
• Submersion of land masses
• sea level rise
• 50 of worlds population lives on the coasts
• Civilization Disruption and National Security
  Threat
• Source Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
  Change, NASA, and National Defense University

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Why is Climate Change Important?

• It is outside of the normal variability of
  climate.
• We are the first generation capable of
  determining the habitability of the planet for
  humans and other species.
• The decisions of this generation are crucial. 

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Why climate change and other environmental Issues
are so important

• Our decisions will create
• more scarcity and suffering, or a future of
  greater abundance and higher quality of life

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Global Perspective
life supporting resources declining
consumption of life supporting resources rising
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Why is EFS such a high priority?

• Much of the public doesnt know that we are
  exceeding the carrying capacity of the planet and
  that if everyone lives like we do in the U.S., we
  will need 4 to 6 planets of resources.
• Public doesnt know we can reduce human
  suffering and environmental degradation now
  while building stronger economies
• A rapid shift in mindset is needed and education
  to action is the key.

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Read Plan B Mobilizing to Save Civilization

• by Lester Brown, founder of Worldwatch Institute
• Explains how to get to sustainable clean energy
  solutions, sustainable practices and policies,
  poverty reduction, and economic health, and what
  each of us can/needs to do
• Downloadable at www.earth-policy.org
• Great sections to include in any course actions
  near the end

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U.S. Partnership for Education for
Sustainable Development Convene,
Catalyze and Communicatewww.uspartnership.org
free resources
Sector Teams Business, Higher Education,
K-12, Communities, Faith, Youth
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Business principles of sustainability

• Cradle to Cradle (McDonough)
• Biomimicry (Benyas Like nature, efficient and
  not toxic)
• World Business Council for Sustainable
  Development (www.wbcsd.org)
• Natural Step (Sweden and U.S.)
• Natural Capitalism (Lovins, Harvard Business
  Review)
• More accurate economic indicators and markets
  Hazel Henderson

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Trends in sectors some examples

• Business LOHAS - Japan, SOL Sustainability
  Consortium, Businesses for Social Responsibility,
  Shareholders, Investors (e.g. Goldman Sachs and
  Swiss RE)
• Communities - Mayors Climate Protection and Smart
  Growth, Sustainable Communities Partnerships,
  Coalitions, Community Planning
• K-12 U.S. Summit and collaboration, national
  webinars and resources
• Faith - Religious Partnership and Interfaith
  Alliance, Regeneration Project
• Youth Climate Challenge, Reduce Your Impact,
  Action Campaigns, Powershift, National Teach-in

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• Higher education is taking a leadership role
  to prepare students and provide the information
  and knowledge to achieve a sustainable society.
  
• What does it look like?

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For higher education, Sustainable Development is
being integrated into
legislation
public awareness
Curricula
Research
Mission and Planning
Operations
Purchasing
CommunityOutreach and Partnerships
Professional Development
Student Life
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Internationally, a taste

• In Sweden, it is a law that all undergraduates be
  educated about sustainability
• High priority in higher education principles in
  European Union
• U.N. Decade and other ESD international
  conferences in Mexico, Bonn Declaration
• Earth Charter in Costa Rica vision
• Association of Canadian Community Colleges
• Global Sustainability Group out of MIT
• Japanese campaign for sustainable living as
  patriotism

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GREAT NEWS!!!Growing National Trend in
U.S.Over seventeen national HE associations
and twenty national disciplinary associations are
creating initiatives on Education for Green and
Sustainable
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Committed to the advancement of sustainability
throughout higher education
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AACC American Association of Community Colleges
AASCU American Association of State Colleges
Universities AASHE Association for the
Advancement of Sustainability in Higher
Education ACCED-I Association of Collegiate
Conference Events Directors - International
ACE American Council on Education ACPA College
Student Educators International
ACUHO-I Association of College University
Housing Officers International AGB Association
of Governing Boards of Universities
Colleges APPA Association of Higher Education
Facilities Officers CCCU Council of Christian
Colleges Universities NACA National Association
for Campus Activities NACUBO National
Association of College University Business
Officers NAEP National Association of Educational
Procurement NAICU National Association of
Independent Colleges Universities NIRSA National
Intramural-Recreational Sports
Association SCUP Society for College
University Planning
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Higher Education Associations Sustainability
Consortium www.aashe.org/heasc

• Presidents
• Academic Officers
• Student Affairs
• Trustees
• Campus Activities
• Facilities
• Business Officers
• Planners
• Events Directors
• Recreation Directors
• Purchasers
• More.. On campus Sustainability Committees

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Resources

• Higher Education Sustainability Fellows Programs
• HEASC News Digest and shared publications
• HEASC Resource Center - Socially, economically
  and environmentally responsible procurement,
  operations, planning, leadership, learning
  outcomes and more!!
• Media Strategies for Sustainability
• Informing Legislation

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DANS the Disciplinary Associations Network for
Sustainability www.aashe.org/dans - click on
ResourcesInclude this in all disciplines and gen
ed

• American Psychological Association
• Sociology
• Religion
• Philosophy
• Math
• Broadcasting
• Architecture
• Engineering (civil, mechanical, eng. ed.)
• Business

• Ecological Economics
• Chemistry
• Biology
• American Association for the Advancement of
  Science
• Computer Research
• Humanities
• STEM disciplines
• Political Science
• Anthropology
• More

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Academic Disciplines and U. S. Partnership
created DANS

• Infusing green/sustainability into
• Curricula, including textbooks
• Promotion and tenure and accreditation
• Informing legislation and policy
• Informing the public
• Professional identity as an academic
• See the resources at www.aashe.org/dans

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AACC Actions

• Board
• AACC Resolution on Sustainable Development
• AACC Resolution in Support of the U.N. Decade of
  Education for Sustainable Development
• Sustainability Task Force
• Collaborations
• HEASC
• AASHE - Sustainability Tracking and Rating
  System
• Presidents Climate Commitment (ACUPCC)
• Green for All Pathways Out of Poverty Models
• National Wildlife Federation Educational
  Webinars
• EcoAmerica - Database

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AACC Actions (continued)

• Workforce Preparation for a Sustainable Economy
  theme at next AACC Convention
• 4 HEASC Sustainability Fellows
• Community College Journal and Times publications
• Community College Monthly Conference Calls join
  us!
• Members informing legislators
• Web site www.aacc.nche.edu/sustainable and
  upcoming Sustainable Economy Resource Center
• Sustainability Affinity Group of the World
  Federation of Colleges and Polytechnics -
  http//wfcp.accc.ca/

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The American College University Presidents
Climate Commitment

• Climate Leadership in Higher Education
• Over 650 presidents in all 50 states

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Resources (for presidents, students and you!)

• Education for Climate Neutrality and
  Sustainability very good!!
• Energy Performance Contracting Toolkit
• ACUPCC Voluntary Carbon Offset Protocol
• ACUPCC Climate Action Planning Wiki
• ACUPCC Reporting Tool
• ACUPCC Implementation Guide
• ACUPCC GHG Inventory Brief
• ACUPCC Webinar Series
• ACUPCC Solutions Page (includes links to further
  resources)

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So many examples at so many colleges!
Association for the Advancement of
Sustainability in Higher EducationAASHE
(AY-shee) www.aashe.org Sign up for the free
bulletin Search the extensive resources and the
digest Join as an institution
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HE Sustainability Examplesmore at www.aashe.org
Annual Digest

• Systemic integration
• Georgia Tech
• University of North Carolina
• Arizona State
• Moraine Valley Community College.
• Transportation
• UC Boulder
• Many community colleges

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HE Sustainability Examplesmore at www.aashe.org
Annual Digest

• Green Computing
• League for Innovation
• Educause
• Food
• Marshalltown, Seattle CC Organic Gardens
• Yale
• Institutionalization in job descriptions and
  performance reviews
• From Cornell to Lane Community College

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HE Sustainability Examplesmore at www.aashe.org
Annual Digest

• Energy Conservation, Renewable Energies Climate
  Change Modeling solutions
• Over 400 greenhouse gas inventories completed
• University of Minnesota Morris wind power and
  biomass
• Turtle Mtn CC - wind
• At least 11 campuses installed or announced plans
  to install more than 1 MW each of solar energy in
  2008, including Contra Costa Community College
  District (CA)
• Los Angeles Comm College District!! funding
  models to go all conservation and renewables with
  community purchasing.

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HE Sustainability Examplesmore at www.aashe.org
Annual Digest

• Green Building
• Built into all bid requests
• So many examples, from Maricopa colleges to
• Socially and Environmentally Responsible
  Purchasing
• Rutgers, Stanford, OCC
• Waste Minimization
• 400 colleges in RecycleMania

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A more comprehensive way of looking at education
in the green economy

• Everyone interacts with the planet and the
  ecosystems we depend upon for life
• Everyone has an important role to play in helping
  to create a sustainable future
• Some of the most crucial jobs in green havent
  been created yet
• Not just green jobs, but green thinking
• Green thinking, systems thinking, creating
  effective change
• Including and also much greater than technicians
• Community colleges have a unique and important
  role that requires new actions.

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HE Sustainability Examplesmore at www.aashe.org
Annual Digest

• Curricula
• Miami Dade Community College learning outcomes
  in general education
• Univ. of Wisconsin Oshkosh essential learning
  outcome
• Arizona State University required for all
  students
• Comm. Colleges Article at AACC site/sustainable
• 650 colleges in the ACUPCC, many are Comm.
  Colleges
• S in the schedule and recognition for
  graduation/transcript
• Positive scenarios and futures fairs (description
  at DANS website)

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Modeling for Students and the Public

• Individuals at the college doing it and telling
  their stories too posting their stories
• Sharing the links e.g. low cost energy
  conservation and solar, environmentally/socially
  responsible purchasing and investments
  (http//www.greenamericatoday.org/ and
  www.socialinvest.org)
• The campus as a living lab for a sustainable
  future

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The lab and the campus can also be a community
demonstration center for sustainability
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Next Steps

• All of us engaged as effective change agents to
  create a sustainable future
• From apathy caring involvement.
• Know that our daily decisions affect the quality
  of life of people around the globe.
• Help business, government and non-profits go
  green and sustainable real world assignments
• Sustainability culture MTVs Breaking the
  Addiction to Oil

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Next Steps

• Building healthier self-concepts.We can
  change society for the better.
• Tell the stories of success and persistence.

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• Imagine a country where all college students get
  credit for helping to solve our societal problems
  through their academic assignments.
• Aids with retention and economic development

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Key Places to Place Sustainability Create a
college wide Sustainability Committee

• Student Life
• Infused throughout curricula
• First Year Experience
• Gen Ed Core
• Curricula Review
• Community Partnerships
• Workforce Development
• Continuing Ed and Community Events

• Mission
• Strategic Plan
• Budget
• Orientation
• Campus Map and Signage
• Building Policies
• Operations and Purchasing Policies

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Some Educator Resources for green technician
education just a taste

• Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC)
  training and best practices www.irecusa.org
• Consortium for Education in Renewable Energy
  Technology (CERET) www.ceret.us - also NSF
  funded, online for faculty development, remote
  students and pass-through degrees
• National Council for Workforce Education
  examples at colleges http//www.ncwe.org/documents
  /GoingGreen.pdf
• American Wind Energy Association new curricular
  project www.awea.org
• AACC Green Resources at www.aacc.nche.edu/sustaina
  ble and www.aacc.nche.edu/Resources/aaccprograms
  /ate/conf2009/Pages/GreenResources.aspx

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Additional Resources

• Greener Buildings News at www.greenbiz.com
• Energy Star U.S. Dept of Energy
  http//www.energystar.gov
• Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energies
  http//www.eere.energy.gov/
• The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change -
  http//www.ipcc.ch/
• Natural Capitalism by Lovins
• National Renewable Energy Labs www.nrel.gov
• Alliance to Save Energy http//www.ase.org/
• ATEEC www.ateec.org
• American Solar Energy Society www.ases.org

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Key Implications GREEN THINKING for all!!

• All technology programs need to incorporate green
  and triple bottom line principles, skills and
  applications into curricula, including
  construction, HVAC, automotive, manufacturing,
  electrical and plumbing, health, etc.
• Skill building for all levels of students
  complete the learning (not just the house plans,
  but all the way through the marketing materials).
• All students in all degrees need to be literate
  about our sustainability and greening challenges
  and be able to engage in solutions as consumers,
  employees, community members and investors
• Lifelong learning for public.

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Core knowledge and skills for all

• Literate about our sustainability challenges
  (www.myfootprint.org, www.earth-policy.org,
  including the triple bottom line conceptual
  frame)
• Engagement in real world problem solving
• Skills and attitudes to be systemic thinkers
  (local-national-global) and effective change
  agents
• Optimism and interpersonal skills
• Civic Engagement in policies for a green and
  sustainable future

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Core knowledge and skills for alltechnical
students

• Further conversation via AACC electronic learning
  community and national project
• Electrical and thermodynamic applied basics,
  applied math, etc.
• Make the invisible visible Energy analysis,
  greenhouse gas and other pollution analyses, life
  cycle analysis, cradle to cradle. All of these
  included in the daily product creation,
  selection, installation/servicing decision
  processes
• Assertiveness skills to integrate
  green/sustainability into the workplace

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On the forefront in Minnesota

• Energy technical specialist degree plus
  certificate in one of four specialties - ethanol
  production, biodiesel production, wind turbine
  maintenance, and solar energy assessment. The
  certificate programs, which can be completed in
  as little as one semester, will be available
  online.
• The colleges Alexandria Technical C., Century
  C., Minnesota West Community and Technical C.,
  South Central C., St. Cloud Technical C., Hibbing
  CC, Itasca CC, Mesabi Range Community and
  Technical College and Vermilion C., Rainy River
  CC Minnesota Training Partnership for a
  Sustainable Energy Economy.
• Partnering state-run WorkForce Centers will help
  recruit students and place graduates in jobs.

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Federal grant supports

• a semi-annual energy job vacancy report,
• two interactive learning modules for use in
  secondary schools
• Energy Careers Web site, www.MnEnergyCareers.org,
  for students, job seekers and teachers.
• Gail OKane, degree (and) certificates
  recognizes that a great deal of uncertainty
  remains about which energy sources will prevail.
  But with a core set of skills, students will be
  well-positioned to complete additional training
  quickly as new energy technologies emerge.
• The core curriculum approach was championed by
  the industry-led Minnesota Energy Consortium,
  which helped fund a study that identified the
  necessary core skills.

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Where are the green jobs?

• Clean Technology Jobs Listings
• http//jobs.cleanedge.com/ Source for clean
  tech job seekers
• http//www.cleanloop.com/ Clean technology job
  listings and opinions, as well as a blog
• http//cleantech.jobthread.com/ Job listings of
  commercial clean technologies
• http//cleantechjobs.cleantechies.com Many
  listings of clean tech jobs
• http//jobs.greenbiz.com/ Jobs from employers
  that focus on cleantech practices
• http//technicalgreen.net/job-listing Green
  tech job listings

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Where are the green jobs?

• Environmental Jobs Listings
• http//www.environmentalcareer.com/ Helping
  people work for the environment
• http//www.ecoemploy.com/jobs/ Abundance of
  environmental jobs and careers posted here
• http//www.environmentaljobs.com/ Saving the
  planet one job at a time
• http//www.ecojobs.com/ 500 environmental jobs
  and career listings
• http//www.environmentalcareer.info/ Listings
  that help people work for the environment
• http//www.miscojobs.com/jobs/L_4/index.htm All
  types of worldwide environmental jobs
• http//www.justmeans.com/index.php?actionjobsearc
  h List of environmentally friendly jobs
• http//jobs.grist.org/ Jobs from grist
  environmental news and commentary
• http//www.ehscareers.com/ This job board
  includes many postings from Fortune 500 Employers

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Where are the green jobs?

• Renewable Energy Jobs Listings
• http//www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/careers/jo
  bseekers Renewable energy jobs
• http//www.sustainjobs.com/ Sustainability,
  climate change, and renewable energy jobs
• http//www.jobsinwindpower.com/ Jobs in wind
  power
• http//www.jobtarget.com/home/index.cfm?site_id77
  0 Jobs from AWEA
• http//www.jobsinsolarpower.com/ Solar powered
  jobs
• http//www.solarjobs.com/ Find a job in the
  solar industry

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Where are the green jobs?

• General Green Jobs Listings
• http//www.greenjobs.com Brings together
  recruiters and job seekers for green jobs
• http//www.greenjobs.net/ Offers job listings
  as well as a green job e-mail list
• http//www.coolclimatejobs.com/ Best source for
  green collar jobs in the U.S. worldwide
• http//www.sustainlane.com/green-jobs Online
  community for green activists plus jobs
• http//green-jobs.monstertrak.com/ Green
  careers and green living resources
• http//www.greenjobsearch.org/ Find green jobs
  from across the web
• http//hotjobs.yahoo.com/jobs-k-green Find
  green jobs, research salaries, and more at Yahoo
  HotJobs
• http//www.hortjobs.com/ Job listings for the
  green industry
• http//www.sierraclub.org/greenjobs/ Scroll to
  the bottom of the page to check out jobs by state
  
• http//www.greenjobsphilly.org/ Searching for a
  green job in Philadelphia? This site is for you.
• http//www.greencollarblog.org/ A blog and job
  listings about jobs in the green collar industry
• http//greengigs.blogspot.com/ Virtual jobs
  with a green twist

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Where are the green jobs?

• General Green Jobs Listings cont.
• http//www.sustainablebusiness.com/index.cfm/go/gr
  eendreamjobs.main Green dream job board
• http//jobs.treehugger.com/ Many different
  green and other jobs listed
• http//www.chicagoenvironment.org/jobintern/index.
  cfm Green jobs in the Chicago area
• http//www.mngreenjobs.com/ Green jobs in
  Minnesota provided by MN Green Jobs Task Force
• http//www.jobsinbiofuels.com/ Ethanol and
  biofuel jobs
• http//careercenter.usgbc.org Jobs from the
  U.S. Green Building Council
• http//jobs.care2.com Listings of jobs with
  socially responsible companies
• http//bsr.org/resources/jobs/index.cfm Jobs
  from Business for Social Responsibility
• http//www.netimpact.org/displaycommon.cfm?an4
  Changing the world through business
• Non-Profit Jobs Listings
• http//www.idealist.org/ Thousands of jobs
  listed, mostly from non-profit organizations
• http//www.opportunityknocks.org/ Nonprofit
  jobs, including green collar jobs
• http//cgcareers.org/findajob/viewjobs Provides
  current jobs listings from nonprofits

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Where are the green jobs in your institutional
marketing?

• Put the above links in your career centers and
  educate your counselors.
• One step further and this is crucial!

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Key Actions beyond the tcc norm with excellent
benefits for you

• 1. Recognize Technical and Community Colleges
  are often the neutral high credibility source for
  the public work with your state energy office,
  utilities, news outlets and others to educate the
  public about the urgency to act. (Benefit gets
  you students)
• 2. Convene partnerships, community forums, etc.
  to catalyze entrepreneurship, and organizational
  and government policies that will build a healthy
  green economy! Include pathways out of poverty,
  discussions on quality of life and happiness
  research. (Benefit new opportunities/green
  growth, e.g. Cleveland,Richmond Solar)
• 3. Reach out to associations of builders,
  mechanical contractors, plumbers, engineers,
  manufacturers, chambers of commerce, economic
  developmt agencies and others to show them how to
  go green (Benefits - builds your advisory
  committees/programs)

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The Power of What You Do

• We can choose a sustainable future

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Congratulations for all you have done!!

• Congratulations for all you will do in the
  future.
• Let your enthusiasm show!
• For more information, contact Debra Rowe at
• dgrowe_at_oaklandcc.edu