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Are you a recent graduate discovering how difficult the current market is, unemployed, worried you might soon lose your job or just feel that your career seems stuck in place? Are you thinking that now may be the best time to re-tool your career? Going for a green MBA, now, while the job market is stagnant may be a smart move; both for recent graduates, currently unemployed (or underemployed) professionals as well as for those who want to forge a path into a career in corporate sustainability. But what is a Green MBA, why is it important and what schools are offering them? These are the questions this post delves into.
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Last week, Sierra Magazine named the nation’s top 20 “coolest” schools for their efforts to stop global warming and operate sustainably. The magazine’s September/October cover story spotlights the schools that they believe are making a true impact for the planet, and marks Sierra’s third annual listing of America’s greenest universities and colleges. The […]
By Tracey de Morsella on June 16, 2009 ABB , advanced lithium-ion batteries , Argonne National Laboratory , Associated Electric Cooperative , BASF , cathode material production , composite cathode materials , DeKalb County , Department of Energy , DOE , Duke Energy , Electric Car Battery , electric cooperatives , electric transformers , Elyria , GE Energy , green jobs , Green Jobs Grant , Iowa , Jefferson City , Lost Creek Wind Farm , Milwaukee , Milwaukee Conservation Leadership Corps , Mini Solar Plant , Missouri , Mo. , NC , North America , North Carolina , OH , Ohio , Oklahoma , SCA. Milwaukee Area Workforce Investment Board , solar distributed generation program , St. Louis , Student Conservation Association , U.S. Conference of Mayors , United Auto Workers , Wal-Mart Foundation , WI , Wind Capital Group , wind energy development , wind farm , wind turbines
A new wind farm in Missouri will create 2500 green jobs. Duke Energy will be building mini solar plants in North Carolina. Argonne National Laboratory and BASF have established a partnership to build an electric car battery plant in Ohio. The Milwaukee Conservation Leadership Corps was named as a $550,000 grant recipient at the U.S. Conference of Mayors.