Best Places for Green Jobs in the US

The number of green jobs is proliferating around the world, but some places are better than others. In countries like the US, China, Japan, Taiwan and Singapore the recycling industry is experiencing significant growth to address their waste management issues. In the US, California, Florida, Michigan and Ohio are hotbeds of activity in energy efficiency.

Here is a list of some of the best US locations for green jobs from research compiled by the Examiner.

Top 10 "Shovel Ready" Green Jobs

Green jobs are growing rapidly around the world. Sectors involved with employment that is better for the environment are amongst the very few that are showing positive signs of growth in 2012 and beyond. According to Examiner.com, here are the sectors that are most likely to create jobs.

Investing in Education is the Key to Developing the Green Economy

In President Obama's State of the Union Address, he spoke about how America can win the future by out-educating, out-innovating and out-building the rest of the world. The challenge of building the green economy is dependent on well educated students and this depends on government investment.

Electric Vehicles Create Jobs

Electric vehicles (EVs) are reducing emissions and creating sustainable jobs. EV technology is steadily improving and consumer interest is growing. While EVs create jobs, combustion engine vehicles contribute to global warming and America's dependence on foreign oil.

The Chevrolet Volt is an example of a hybrid electric car that is providing new jobs. In the past year, GM has invested nearly $1 billion in electric vehicles. The car maker is also investing $270 million on an electric motor plant near Baltimore, Md. The project will create more than 200 blue-collar and managerial positions, along with hundreds more assembly line jobs when the plant starts production.

Mike Robinson, GM's vice president for environment, energy and safety policy, expects the new plant will be a job engine for many years to come.

"This is the wave of the future. And we expect that plant is going to produce 40,000 or so electric motors for us by 2013," Robinson says. "And we do think this is a long-term bet that makes sense, and we expect market volumes will support that kind production."

Other car makers are also involved in the EV market including Nissan, Toyota, Mitsubishi and Honda. Industry analysts predict there could be as many as 1.5 million electric cars on US roads by 2015.

While the price of electricity is relatively stable, gas prices are volatile. Auto industry analyst George Magliano, of IHS Global Insight thinks that green technology will boost economic growth and create tens of thousands of new jobs.

EVs create American jobs which is why President Obama has pledged that America will have one million electric vehicles on the road by 2015.

© 2011, Richard Matthews. All rights reserved.

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Sustainable Brands Conference 2011

Registration is now open for the Sustainable Brands Conference 2011, which will take place June 7-10. The Sustainable Brands Conference studies innovative approaches to sustainability. It is the preeminent international conference for executives who are looking to understand the market drivers and leading-edge strategies, tactics and tools for building business and brand value.

Sustainable Brands is attended by the brand leaders of tomorrow, including over 700 leading sustainability, brand strategy, product design and communications executives from top global brands as well as bonfire start-ups, NGOs and leading solutions providers. Here are some of the leading sustainable brand innovators who came to Sustainable Brands '10.

Speakers at the conference will address dynamic economic, environmental and societal realities as they pertain to what they do, how they do it and the way that they communicate.

The conference will also address the following issues:
How 'design for behavior change' is being implemented in product and communications design to help support consumer desire to do the right thing.
How Open Innovation is set to pave the way for faster innovation by smart, strategic brand leaders.
What new tools are coming to market to help you manage, measure and report your environmental impact.
Why CSR as we know it is dead and what comes next.
Why today's youth will ensure tomorrow's sustainable brand marketplace.
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The Good Jobs, Green Jobs National Conference is one of the largest and most diverse annual gatherings of green economy stakeholders in the US. It is scheduled to take place in Washington DC from February 8 - 10, 2011.

The 2010 Good Jobs, Green Jobs Conference brought together nearly 3,000 people from across the country to turn ideas into action and build a new green economy in the United States.
The 2011 event will include discussions on America’s infrastructure challenges and opportunities. It will also address how green transportation and transit will create good jobs, protect the environment and ensure that America remains globally competitive.

Transportation Secretary LaHood, EPA Administrator Jackson and others will speak at 2011 Green Jobs Conference.

The 2011 workshop program concentrates on building the green economy, including: Green Infrastructure and Transportation; State and Local Initiatives and Partnerships; Workforce, Economic Development and Youth Education; Emerging Green Sectors: Recycling, Chemicals, Water, Agriculture and Other Growing Industries; Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency; Business, Investments and New Markets; and Clean Energy Manufacturing. See the conference agenda for more information.

Good Jobs Green Jobs also gives participants a free space in which they can host meetings or events at the Conference. Click here to learn more or to request a space. To attend the Good Jobs, Green Jobs Conference, go to registration.


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