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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"green jobs"”.
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Where did the green jobs go? : a case study of the Boston metropolitan region
The green jobs movement was a part of a nation-wide effort to address economic injustice while also directly contributing to the preservation or enhancement of environmental quality in America's urban centers. Attempts to realize the movement were seeded largely through American Recovery and …
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Challenges in implementing green workforce development training
To meet the labor demands of green economic development, workforce development programs are increasingly training low-income workers for living wage jobs that contribute to environmental services or benefits. Yet, effectively preparing workers for jobs in emergent green economies, which can span …
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Tasks, Skills, and Jobs in the Green Economy
… demand for new and emerging skills, tasks, and jobs. A challenge, however, is that there are no existing definitions of what constitutes green jobs and skills, and thus, no clear consensus on the training workers will need for these jobs. This dissertation employs a data-driven approach using …
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Integrating climate, economic, and racial justice through a Boston FutureCorps
… that will join the city’s existing network of green workforce development infrastructure. In order to strengthen, rather than duplicate, this existing infrastructure, this thesis examines the complex cross-section of current public, private and nonprofit efforts to prepare Boston residents for …
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SOUNDING STRATEGY: COMPOSERS’ USES OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND POLITICAL THEMES IN CONTEMPORARY CLASSICAL CONCERT MUSIC
… as part of an ongoing campaign for local green jobs in Philadelphia.
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Community Composting: Public-Nonprofit Partnerships and Equity in New York City Organic Waste Programs
… of community cohesion, the development of local green jobs, and the encouragement of deep volunteerism that went beyond collecting and processing household organic waste and therefore escaped the comprehensive measurement, reporting, and support of the Sanitation agency.
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Decarbonizing Austin : strategies to increase equity in solar adoption
… cleaner air and water, and the creation of green jobs. Although the price of solar energy systems has steadily fallen over the past decade, installing solar panels is still out of the question for many Americans. There are significant barriers to adoption, particularly for …
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NUMSA's Socially Owned Renewable Energy Proposal (2012) in Response to the Green Economy Discourse: A Critical Discourse Analysis
… IRP and its emphasis on privatisation, green technology and green jobs can be seen as an expression of the South African government's adoption of the neoliberal green economy discourse. The problem that this research analyses is: in what ways could NUMSA's 2012 alternative proposal on …
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Health Equity Through Spatial Justice: A Critical Phenomenology of Urban Trail Makers
… who were hired and trained as part of a green job program that created trails within a city park in Pittsburgh’s Mount Washington Community. This program has historically hired individuals who were formerly incarcerated, many of whom identify as African American. We explored the personal …
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The effectiveness of European embassies' climate diplomacy with the USA and China
This dissertation focuses on public diplomacy efforts targeted at persuading other countries to strengthen their domestic and international climate change policies. While previous research on climate diplomacy has addressed the global negotiations extensively, the role of embassies and the …