Colleagues,



Our discussion on Green Jobs and Adult Basic Skills begins on Monday, April 6th. Below you will find some short online readings, recommended by two of our panelists, that will help you to prepare for the discussion. Please begin to send your questions now. I will post them when the discussion begins next week.  I will also be posting some announcements that have recently been sent to the Special Topics Discussion List that you may find of interest.



David J. Rosen

Special Topics Discussion Moderator

djrosen at theworld.com



Recommended Readings



Overview on green economy and jobs

o        Finding Earth Works, The Green Economy - http://www.findingearthworks.org/green.htm

 

o        PERI Institute/Center for American Progress publication, Green Recovery: A program to create good jobs and start building a low-carbon economy; pages 1 - 4 intro and summary, http://www.peri.umass.edu/fileadmin/pdf/other_publication_types/peri_report.pdf

 

o        PERI Institute projections of job creation state by state: http://www.peri.umass.edu/green_recovery/ (read your state at least)

Environmental Defense Fund put together a comprehensive list of clean, green economy jobs in California. Even though it is only one state, California, it provides some of the most detailed information on jobs and training needed

 

o        Environmental Defense Fund's Green Jobs Guidebook: employment opportunities in the new clean economy, http://www.edf.org/article.cfm?contentid=8466&redirect=cagreenjobs pages 6 - 11 (pages 7 - 11 are charts detailing industry sectors, job titles) Subsequent pages provide information on training and education needed, related work, kind of employer, etc)  



o       Greenbiz.com has a great overview of what is happening in the business world in terms of green.  It is important to keep track of these trends as practitioners think about green job training programs. http://www.greenbiz.com/resources#reports



On climate change - simple overview of science with good graphics (2 pages)

o        National Energy Education and Development Project, Global Climate Change article, Secondary Energy Infobook, http://www.need.org/needpdf/infobook_activities/SecInfo/GlobalS.pdf (has primary, elementary, intermediate and secondary energy info books, plus curricula and other resources for educators and students)



On renewable energy

o        US Department of Energy, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Renewable Energy sources, http://apps1.eere.energy.gov/consumer/renewable_energy/ provides hot links to information about biomass, geothermal, hydrogen, hydropower, ocean energy, solar energy, wind energy

On peak oil

o        Animated You Tube cartoon video, Peak Oil - how will you ride the slide  (1 minutes 56 seconds) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ulxe1ie-vEY provides great visual perspective on what peak oil is



Strategies for saving energy at home - useful for students and teachers!

o        US Department of Energy, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Your Home http://apps1.eere.energy.gov/consumer/your_home/  practical information about saving energy













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