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Green Jobs Info & Resources

Posted on 29. Jun, 2010 by jeff.

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Use Your Skills for the Greater Green There is at least one major sector of the American job market that is growing fast right now – despite the recession – and that’s green jobs. According the American Solar Energy Society’s 2007 green jobs report, [download here ] “green industries already generate 8.5 million jobs in [...]

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Outdoor Conservation

Posted on 22. Mar, 2010 by john.

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All of VGJ’s outdoor conservation placement opportunities are connected with conservation corps, creating the Veterans Green Corps. The Veterans Green Corps sends veteran crews into the wilderness for extended periods of time focused on a variety of conservation goals. Projects consist of conservation work that may include trail building and maintenance, primitive road construction (for [...]

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What is a Green Job?

Posted on 22. Mar, 2010 by john.

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Green jobs are those jobs that provide critical support to increasing our nation’s energy and environmental security. Green jobs in the VGJ context require hard work, innovation, teamwork, and a commitment to getting things done right the first time. By seeking employment in green jobs an individual will have an opportunity for increased economic power, [...]

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Getting on the Bus

Posted on 08. Apr, 2009 by gordon.

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I’ve been driving and fueling buses with biodiesel for veteran and disaster relief organizations since 2004. This work has was inspired by my military experience in the Middle East and hurricanes Katrina, Rita, Gustav and Ike. If one believes in the goals of our military mission in the Middle East or in global warming or not, the two issues are connected and there must be solutions if the human race is to survive and prosper…

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Veterans Green Jobs is Hiring: Director of Programs

Posted on 11. Mar, 2009 by emily.

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Green jobs start right here. Application deadline March 29, 2009.

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Veterans Represent in D.C. at Good Jobs, Green Jobs National Conference

Posted on 05. Feb, 2009 by alex.

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Veterans Green Jobs board member, Mit Parsons, Veteran Outreach & Services Coordinator, Garett Reppenhagen, and Executive Director, Brett KenCairn are at the Good Jobs, Green Jobs Conference in D.C. today. The conference is organized by the Blue Green Alliance, a strategic partnership between labor unions and environmental organizations that works to expand the job-creating potential [...]

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Yes We Are.

Posted on 03. Feb, 2009 by garett.

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I stood in the freezing January morning under the shadow of the Washington Monument, wedged in with thousands of other spectators listening to the incoming President’s inaugural address. I wore a small button that read “HOPE,” which I had been given. Although I wore hope on my collar I had doubt in my heart. It has been four years since I was in the Diyala River Valley in Iraq with my fellow scouts…

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Green Jobs: The New Frontier

Posted on 03. Feb, 2009 by admin.

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It actually didn’t mater which party won the White House: there was going to be a green jobs push. That is because the same coalition that got the Occupational Safety and Health Act and the Clean Air Act of 1970 passed is working together again. The Sierra Club and the United Steelworkers are pushing their [...]

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Veteran First Responders: Hurricane Katrina

Posted on 01. Feb, 2009 by gordon.

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I was a Corpsman in the Navy and received advanced training in surgical technologies and in setting up field hospitals for mass casualties. During the last week of August, 2005, I heard that the response teams from the Louisiana National Guard were in Iraq. So, I started gathering supplies, equipment and recruiting other ex-military friends to volunteer. We got into New Orleans…

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Learning What Community Means By Listening To Veterans

Posted on 01. Feb, 2009 by charlie.

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Climate change, peak oil, economic collapse. In the face of what one friend calls “the three-headed dragon,” I vacillate between hope and despair. Which is a big improvement for me—despair comes easy given what I’ve learned of the challenges facing the Earth. Recently I met two men who, to my surprise, kindled hope in me. [...]