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Green Event Spotlight: West Coast Green

By Tracey de Morsella on July 22, 2009 Comments Off on Green Event Spotlight: West Coast Green building science, CA, Clean tech, employers, energy, energy economy, green job fair, greening existing buildings, job fair, San Francisco, smart systems, social innovation, stimulus package and green job development, Tribal Development, Water, West Coast Green

West Coast Green is the largest conference on green innovation for the built environment. On October 1st-3rd at the Fort Mason Center in San Francisco 14,000 thought leaders and forward thinkers will convene to engage in dynamic, big-picture, systems-thinking to reinvent business, laugh, make connections, affect policy, and create meaningful and lasting positive change. The event will spotlight 125 speakers, 104 education and networking sessions and 333 exhibits.

Green Jobs Spotlight: Green Business Director, YouthBuild USA – Somerville, MA

By Tracey de Morsella on June 15, 2009 Comments Off on Green Jobs Spotlight: Green Business Director, YouthBuild USA – Somerville, MA Affnet, AmeriCorps, and Technical Assistance, community development youth service, entrepreneurs, Graduate Leadership Development, Green Business Director, green small business, Green Small Business Initiative, Greening, MA, revenue-generating programs, Somerville, training, Tribal Development, VISTA, VISTAS, YouthBuild

The Green Business Director is responsible for oversight and implementation of the launch of an ambitious new initiative to respond to the needs and opportunities in our communities generated by the economic recession coupled with the new public dollars available for greening America. The YouthBuild Green Small Business Initiative will encompass several avenues for local programs to create jobs for their graduates and other neighborhood residents, while at the same time generating revenue for their programs in the process of greening their communities.