Registration Open for All Four Good Jobs, Green Jobs Regional Conferences

The 2011 Good Jobs, Green Jobs conference featured more than 100 workshops covering topics like workforce development, clean energy manufacturing, transportation infrastructure investments, emerging green sectors, worker safety and the financial tools needed to build the green economy.

With more than 13 million Americans out of work and an intensified focus in the media — and among the public — on what is happening to help these people get back to work, we are now bring the Good Jobs, Green Jobs Conferences to a city near you in order to allow more people to take part in the discussion of how we will build a green economy that creates good jobs, reduces global warming and preserves America's environmental and economic security.

Registration — which is only $195 — is currently open for all four Conferences. Sign up today!

These four Good Jobs, Green Jobs Regional Conferences will be taking place between February and May as follows:

Register today for the Conference of your choice!

Also, if you would like your company or organization to join with the dozens of organizations that are helping us put on these conferences, visit our page explaining how you can become a 2012 Good Jobs, Green Jobs Regional Conference Convener today.

Ensuring Not Just Green, But SAFE Jobs

Submitted by sandrab on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 10:46am

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, 4,547 workers died on the job in 2010. That is 4,547 people whose families sent them off to work thinking it was a day of work just like every day, but had their lives forever changed when their loved one didn’t come home.

As part of the Good Jobs, Green Jobs Regional Conferences, we will be holding workshops that talk about the importance of ensuring the new jobs being created in the green economy are not only sustainable, but  also safe. Some of these workshops include:

Good Jobs, Green Jobs South Is Only a Month Away - Register Now and Secure the Hotel Room

Submitted by sandrab on Tue, 01/24/2012 - 10:20am

Good Jobs, Green Jobs South in Atlanta is only one month away!  Register now and secure your hotel room before the hotel reservation deadline of January 28.

What workshops are you looking forward to? Let us know on Facebook or Twitter. So far, we’ve heard from people saying these workshops are not to be missed:

  • Not Just Green, But Great Jobs: This panel — moderated by Anne Claire Broughton who is the Senior Director of the SJF Institute — will include leaders from several green job-creating companies who will share their inspiring stories and best practices in green workforce engagement.
  • Innovative Transportation Financing for the 21st Century: Innovations in funding are the only way for transportation infrastructure to survive and thrive. This workshop looks at four methods: ballot box financing tools, value-pricing techniques such as toll roads, usage fees based on vehicle miles traveled, and the current federal funding opportunities.

You don’t want to miss out on any of the exciting workshops at Good Jobs, Green Jobs South so make sure to sign up today! Registration is only $195 for this two-day conference.

Did you miss anything at the 2011 Conference?

In 2011, the Good Jobs, Green Jobs National Conference featured more than 100 workshops on topics ranging from clean energy manufacturing, to building efficiency to youth in the outdoors.

We had many presentations throughout these workshops and have provided a number of them here. Take a look and download any presentation that you missed or wanted to take with you.

How Equitable Development Supports the New Green Economy: The Cleveland Model - Building Green Jobs You Can Own
By Steve Dubb, Research Director, The Democracy Collaborative at the University of Maryland

Forgotten Communities- Environmental Justice and Building a Green Society: Environmental Justice and Green Jobs: From Disaster to...
By Ebony Turner, Ph.D., Program Manager for Education and Training, Deep South Center for Environmental Justice, Dilliard University

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