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What is a Green Job?

	According to Phil Angelides (venture capitalist, 2006 democratic candidate fro Governor of California ... chair of Apollo Alliance)... The Green Job ... " has has to pay decent wages and benefits that can support a family. It has to be part of a real career path with upward mobility. And it needs to reduce waste and pollution and benefit the environment.
	Another's view: Anything that helps put America on the path to a cleaner, more efficient future.

Today's Blue Collar jobs can become Green Collar jobs!

News:

The Iberian Giants of U.S. Wind Energy
read an article such as this for not only for the information but asking yourself:

	What does this have to do with my career?
	What does this have to do with the near future (2 years )?... when I graduate.
	What this have to do with career (job) opportunities for the future?
	How would this news affect me and my family?
	If I wanted to develop toward a career in this what do I have to do?
	Who are these companies mentioned ... what does their business model look like in this environment?
	How would I make contact and send my resume?

Little Rock, Arkansas: General Wesley Clark’s Polymarin Composites and Wind Water Technologies (WWT) announced that it will invest $20 million on an expansion creating 830 new jobs with an average wage of $15/hour.

Muncie, Indiana: Brevini USA, a wind turbine manufacturer announced plans for a new $60 million facility that will create about 450 permanent local jobs with annual pay averaging more than $46,000.

Newton, Iowa: TPI Composites newly-built plant replaces a former Maytag facility returning jobs to upwards of 500 Iowans.

Good Jobs, Green Jobs National Conference (February 4th-6th, 2009 Washington D.C.)

Green Collar Jobs in American Cities (AmericanProgress.org)

What is a Green Collar Job, exactly? (Time.com)

Also see:

http://www.linkedin.com (networking)
http://www.indeed.com (aggregated listings)
http://www.realmatch.com (matches you to jobs)