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"Creating green-collar jobs will lead us to a new, green economy -- one with the power to lift people out of poverty while respecting and repairing the environment."
An Ella Baker Center Initiative
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Photo: Nathalie Booth
"President Obama promised to create 5 million "green-collar" jobs over
the next 10 years. Will new career paths in energy efficiency and clean
power transform the American economy?"
Learn more at "Green
Jobs: Hope or Hype" from (PBS's NOW)
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Opening Doors: Exploring the Green Economy with ESL Students
This curriculum explores employment opportunities for ESL students in the growing green economy.
The lessons are appropriate for different levels of student proficiency in English and are intended to be incorporated into existing curriculum. The activities can be adapted for different student groups.
Carpinteria Fina is a bilingual program that includes courses in Wood Technology and ESL. Photo: Roy Robles
Green Collar Jobs: Exploring Opportunities
Through listening, reading, speaking, writing and researching local green construction training programs, students examine how green collar jobs present new opportunities.
Lesson Plan Video Clip Illustrating Themes Explored in the Lesson
Green Jobs and Green Entrepreneurs
Students explore the meaning of a green economy, analyze what is involved in being an entrepreneur and starting one's own business, while learning vocabulary and grammar and practicing listening, reading, speaking and writing skills.
Lesson Plan Video Clip Illustrating Themes Explored in the Lesson
Green Collar Jobs in the Culinary Arts
Students locate and explore jobs in the culinary arts field that support a green environment, and reflect on the importance of the growth of a green economy in their own lives.
Lesson Plan Video Clip Illustrating Themes Explored in the Lesson
Media-Rich Resources
"Green Collar Jobs"
http://www.pbs.org/now/shows/445/
"The Future of Green Jobs"
http://www.pbs.org/now/shows/445/green-jobs.html
"Green Jobs: Hope or Hype"
http://www.pbs.org/now/shows/522/index.html
"The Veggie Van"
http://www.pbs.org/now/shows/522/veggie-van.html
Useful Websites
http://www.greenforall.org
An environmental group dedicated to bringing green jobs to the disadvantaged,
offers information and resources on green collar jobs and how to find them
http://www.jobmonkey.com/greenjobs/
Find seasonal or year-round jobs working for employers who can offer you unique opportunities to travel the world
http://www.solarliving.org
A non-profit educational organization whose mission is to promote sustainable living through inspirational environmental education
Audio Link
"L.A.'s Push for Green Jobs"
http://www.californiareport.org/archive/R809051630/d
Related Programming From KQED-KTEH, PBS and NPR
"Green Building Revolution" (QUEST)
http://www.kqed.org/quest/television/view/155
"Trash on the Spin Cycle" (Ocean Adventures)
http://www.pbs.org/kqed/oceanadventures/video/gyre
