Green Jobs
America is rapidly headed into the green economy: a massive mobilization of people and resources that will make the changes required to increase our energy efficiency and conservation. Homes and offices need to be modified and in particular low-income homes that are less likely to receives services. Underscore public spaces Green spaces must multiply. Our infrastructure requires significant physical improvements.
We are going to need many hands to build a new, green, workforce. Not only can the nation's Service and Conservation Corps help to meet this need, but in doing so they can change the lives of disconnected young people and the communities in which they live. For low-income, low-skilled young people, the emerging green economy offers pathways out of poverty. Corps provide an ideal setting for that journey. Corps are a research-based proven strategy for improving employment and earnings for youth, with particularly striking positive outcomes for young African-American men.
Read the publication, Clean Energy Corps: Jobs, Service, and Opportunity in America's Clean Energy Economy for more information.
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