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Financing Your Green Business

By Drew Tulchin on March 15, 2011 Comments Off on Financing Your Green Business Access to Capital for Entrepreneurs, Accounts Receivable Financing, agriculture, Alan Austin, barter, Barter Systems, Business Accelerator for Sustainable Entrepreneurship, capacity, capital, CEI Ventures, Clean Economy Network, Clean Technology Resource Center, cleantech, Coastal Enterprises, Collateral, Credit Score, Credit unions, Drew Tulchin, earth-friendly, EcoTuesday, energy, energy use, energy-efficient, environment, environmental technology, factoring, farm, finance, Finance New Mexico, fish, forest, forestry products, Georgia Green Loans, green banks, green building, Green Business, Green Chamber of Commerce, Green Drinks, green entrepreneur, Green for All, green lending, green start up, Itex, land conservation, Launchpad LA, lendingclub.com, loan repayment, MeetUps, micro-business, micro-lenders, microfinance, natural resource conservation, natural resources, Network for Business Innovation and Sustainability, New Mexico Bank & Trust, Nicole Cowing Woosley, One PacificCoast Bank, Opportunity Fund, organic farming, peer-to-peer loan networks, People's United Bank, permaculture, Permaculture Credit Union, pollution, prosper.com, Recipco, recycled goods, renewable energy, SCORE, Self-Help Credit Union, small business, Small Business Development Center, Smart Growth, Social Enterprise Associates, social investing, social loan networks, Socially Responsible Banking, socially responsible loans, socially responsible venture capital funds, specialty agriculture, Sustainable agriculture, sustainable communities, Sustainable Development Lending initiative, sustainable services, Terry Brunner, triple bottom line investing, USDA, Vermont Community Loan Fund, Virgin Money, waste

Drew Tulchin talks about how to finance green businesses in the U.S. in terms of capital options and sources. He gives step by step practical advice for green entrepreneurs and suggests various things that can be done to help obtain financing. Drew Tulchin talks about how to finance green businesses in the U.S. in terms of capital options and sources. He gives step by step practical advice for green entrepreneurs and suggests various things that can be done to help obtain financing.

Is The Green Jobs Movement Leaving Women Behind?

By claire-morgenstern on March 9, 2010 2 Comments African-American, agriculture, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Apollo Alliance, Applied Research Center, BEST Academy, biofuels, C. Nicole Mason, construction, electrical engineers, energy, energy retrofitting, forestry, gender equality, green building, Green Career Ladder, green collar workforce, Green Equity Toolkit, Green for All, Green Job Market, green jobs, green jobs training, Green Pathways out of Poverty, Green Retrofit and Workforce Program, green—bioengineering, labor segmentation, Latino women, metal workers, people of color, race equality, Retrofit America’s Cities, SCOPE, Strategic Concepts in Organizing and Policy Education, Sustainable South Bronx, transportation, U.N., women, Women of Color Policy Network

While women are more eco aware than men, they are are underrepresented in green jobs. This includes jobs created by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. However, there are a growing number of programs that are designed to address these inequities.

Green For All Establishes Small Business Capital Access Program for Green Job Creation

By Tracey de Morsella on September 2, 2009 1 Comment Albuquerque, Boston, CAP mentor-protégé network, Capital Access Program, deal sourcing, Denver, emerging businesses, entrepreneurs, financial opportunities, financing partners, Green Business, green economy, green entrepreneurship educational center, Green for All, green products, inclusive, Los Angeles, Miami, Newark, non-profits, Oakland, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, renewable energy, San Diego, San Jose, Seattle, small businesses, social capital, social enterprise, sustainable services, underserved communities

Earlier this month, Green for All established The Capital Access Program for small businesses and non-profits. The program is design to provide these organizations with the resources they need to to support, create and scale green jobs in our local communities.

Clean Energy Investments Can Create 1.7 Million Jobs and Jumpstart The Economy

By Tracey de Morsella on July 20, 2009 1 Comment ” said, (ARRA), ACES, American Clean Energy and Security Act, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Amherst, CAP, Center for American Progress, clean energy, clean energy economy, clean energy investments, climate legislation, Communities of color, energy efficiency, green economy, Green for All, green jobs, Green Prosperity: How Clean-Energy Policies Can Fight Poverty and Raise Living Standards in the United States, green-colar-jobs, job, job opportunities --, jobs, low-income communities, NRDC, PERI, Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins, Political Economy Research Institute, Robert Pollin, The Economic Benefits of Investing in Clean Energy, the Natural Resources Defense Council, unemployment, University of Massachusetts

As clean energy and climate legislation works its way through Congress, new data shows that a $150 billion investment in clean energy could create a net increase of 1.7 million American jobs and significantly lower the national unemployment rate. According to the analysis, shifting to a clean-energy economy will help millions of low-income Americans by creating more accessible job opportunities — with the potential for advancement — and by lowering utility bills and transportation costs.

GREEN CAREER PERSPECTIVES: Green Resume Tips, Target Your Green Job Search, Green Career Transition Tips, The First Wave of Green Jobs, Job Hunting on Twitter, Find Out Why Van Jones Went to DC

By Tracey de Morsella on April 20, 2009 2 Comments Amy Linn, Bright Green Talent, Career Eco, Computer Aided Design (CAD) professionals, engineers, Gayle Oliver-Plath, geodetic survey, green businesses, green career, green career strategies, Green Career Transitions, Green for All, green job search, green keywords, green resume, GreenGigs, GSA, High-Performance Green Buildings, Hinton Human Capitol, LEED AP certification, networking, real estate professionals, resume writing, scientists, smart grid, Stephen Hinton, stimulus package, sustainable building practices, SustainLane, transferable skills, twitter, van jones, Yes!

The following green career strategies and perspectives that I found around the web. The topics include: How to write a green resume; targeting your green job search; green career transition tips for the less experienced; who will be needed in the first wave of green jobs; 101 best Twitter feeds for job hunters; and why Van Jones took a job in the Obama Administration.

Green For All’s Presentation to The Middle Class Task Force Green Jobs Meeting

By Tracey de Morsella on February 28, 2009 Comments Off on Green For All’s Presentation to The Middle Class Task Force Green Jobs Meeting Green for All, White House Task Force on Middle Class Families

Green For All’s Presentation to The Middle Class Task Force Green Jobs Meeting

Vice President Joe Biden Convenes First Middle Class Task Force Meeting on Green Jobs

By Tracey de Morsella on February 28, 2009 Comments Off on Vice President Joe Biden Convenes First Middle Class Task Force Meeting on Green Jobs AFL-CIO, Apollo Alliance, Bill Clinton, Blue Green Alliance, Center for American Progress, Duke University Center on Globalization, energy, Environmental Defense Fund, Governance and Competitiveness, green collar economy, green collar jobs, Green for All, green jobs, Green Jobs scorecard, Hilda Solis, Joe Biden, John Podesta, Leo Gerard, middle class families, Obama, organized labor, Pat Eiding, Philadelphia, power grid, President's Council of Economic Advisers, Recovery Act Implementation, Tom Vilsak, United Steelworkers of America, University of Pennsylvania, van jones, weatherizing, White House Task Force on Middle Class Families

Creating green jobs is the first order of business for the White House Task Force on Middle Class Families. Led by Vice President Joe Biden, the Task Force held its inaugural meeting on Friday in Philadelphia at the University of Pennsylvania. “At a time when good jobs and good wages are harder and harder to […]