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Nonprofit Organizations Supporting Green Jobs DevelopmentICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability USA – www.icleiusa.org• Energy Office Initiative: Through a variety of offerings ICLEI will be offering information on how to design and develop aself-financing energy office and complementary energy programs.• Clean Energy Toolkit: This resource provides guidance on how municipalities can finance, purchase, install, and promote cleanenergy.• Stimulus funding updates and how to’s: ICLEI’s website resources can help you prepare your funding applications and strategies,implement eligible programs, and report your progress, especially in regards to the Energy Efficiency and ConservationBlock Grant (EECBG) Program. www.icleiusa.org/stimulusfundingApollo Alliance – www.apolloalliance.orgThe Blue Green Alliance – www.bluegreenalliance.orgGreen for All – www.greenforall.orgGreen Jobs for America - http://www.sierraclub.org/greenjobs/Green Jobs Reports and ArticlesReportsGreen Jobs: Towards Decent Work in a Sustainable, Low-Carbon WorldCitation: Michael Renner, Sean Sweeney, Jill Kubit “Green Jobs: Towards Decent Work in a Sustainable, Low-Carbon World,” commissionedand funded by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), produced by the Worldwatch Institute, with technicalassistance from the Cornell University Global Labour Institute. September 2008. (Accessed May 1st, 2009)Link: www.unep.org/labour_environment/PDFs/Greenjobs/UNEP-Green-Jobs-Report.pdfIntended Audience: InternationalSummary: Defines Green Job and discusses discusses examples of green policies and business practices, opportunities thereof, andpotential for innovation. The report also investigates the employment impacts of various potential green industries such as the alternativeenergy industry, transportation, extractive basic industries, food and agriculture, and forestry.Bringing Home the Green Recovery: A User’s Guide to the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment ActCitation: Radhika Fox, Jason Walsh and Shawn Fremstad. 2009. Bringing Home the Green Recovery: A User’s Guide to the 2009American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Green For All and PolicyLink.Link: www.cepr.net/index.php/publications/reports/bringing-home-the-green-recovery:-a-user-s-guide-to-the-2009-american-recovery-and-reinvestment-act/Intended Audience: local and state leadersSummary: summarizes what local and state leaders focused on inclusive green job creation should know about the Recovery Act.Worldwatch Report 177 – Green Jobs: Working for People and the EnvironmentAuthors: Michael Renner, Sean Sweeney, and Jill Kubit.Link: www.worldwatch.org/node/5927Intended Audience: International Policy Advocates and the public at largeSummary: Status report of five potential green economic sectors with a global perspective.Current and Potential Green Jobs in the U.S. EconomyCitation: Current and Potential Green Jobs in the U.S. Economy, prepared by Global Insight for the United States Conference ofMayors, October 2008Link: www.usmayors.org/pressreleases/uploads/GreenJobsReport.pdfIntended Audience: Local Government Leaders, both elected and staffSummary: This report presents research on current Green Jobs and related trends, including a current count of Green Jobsin the U.S. economy, their distribution across metropolitan areas, and sectors of potential future Green Job growth, aswell as forecasts of potential Green Job growth under various senarios.USA19www.icleiusa.org
Job Opportunities for the Green Economy: a state-by-state picture of occupations that gain from greeninvestmentsCitation: Robert Pollin & Jeannette Wicks-Lim. Job Opportunities for the Green Economy: a state-by-state picture of occupationsthat gain from green investments. Political Economy Research Institute University of Massachusetts, Amherst. June 2008Link: www.bluegreenalliance.org/atf/cf/%7B3637E5F0-D0EA-46E7-BB32-74D973EFF334%7D/NRDC_report_May28.pdfIntended Audience: Local Government Leaders, both elected and staffSummary: This report provides a snapshot of some of the key industries and occupations that will experience increasing growththrough green investmentsHigh Road or low Road: Job Quality in the New Green EconomyCitation: A report by Good Jobs First - Lead author: Philip Mattera - Contributors: Alec Dubro, Yomas Gradel and RachelYompson;Kate Gordon and Elena Foshay of the Apollo Alliance. February 03, 2009Link: www.goodjobsfirst.org/pdf/gjfgreenjobsrpt.pdfIntended Audience: Local Government Leaders, both elected and staff, policy advocatesSummary: This report discusses the significant opportunities and challenges to achieving the dream of good green jobs. The reportnotes that existing workplaces in several environment-friendly sectors of the economy shows a wide variation in labor conditions.Through multiple case studies, the authors argue for more focus on the quality of green jobs that are being created.Web PublicationsEnvironmental Defense Fund: Less Carbon More, Jobs - Case Studies PageLink: www.edf.org/page.cfm?tagID=35947Intended Audience: Public at largeSummary: Links to 15 in-depth case studies and profiles of companies engaged in green businesses such as solar power, advancedbatteries and energy storage components and wind turbines.Manufacturing Climate SolutionsLink: www.cggc.duke.edu/environment/climatesolutions/Intended Audience: Public at large and technically-oriented audiencesSummary: Manufacturing Climate Solutions presents new research linking U.S. jobs with selected low-carbon technologies that canhelp combat global warming. In the series, we ask, “In a new global economy increasingly affected by the threat of climate change,what are the U.S. job opportunities in technologies that can reduce carbon emissions?”Where are the Green Jobs?Link: solveclimate.com/blog/20090407/where-are-green-jobsIntended Audience: Public at large and policy advocatesSummary: A map of green employers around the country.USA20www.icleiusa.org
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