SDNN is running excellent coverage of the new offerings for SanDiegoEarthWeek.com, as well as a salute to the venerable EarthFair in Balboa Park on Sunday April 19. I really love SDNN's Web 2.0 savvy format, and the integration of You Tube in serving up some headlines on their news site.
In the Earth Week story, Paul Hannam, former Oxford founder of Bright Green Talent, makes a very important point about the number of "green jobs" which will come into being as a result of global warming mitigation. SanDiegoEarthWeek.com offers up a recession price of $35 for a Jobs and Career Event on Tuesday, April 21st, and on Earth Day, April 22nd, a Leadership Forum with leaders from many San Diego sectors, including Mayor Jerry Sanders and Councilmember Donna Frye. Registration for the forum is $25. Register here.
The green jobs wave should exceed just manufacturing-based renewable energy jobs, but will also push forward a tsunami of job creation, as an outcome of a revolution in all aspects of green consumption, economics and communications. Hannam projects that the number of jobs will exceed the internet-related job revolution of the last decades and will be the largest new job engine in human history. I think his assessment is on target, as energy is a driver for all human collective activity. A shift in the energy base from carbon to clean energy can only ripple upward into all of society. See the You Tube interview below to hear more about Paul's projections for the green jobs revolution.
Source: Rebecca Tolin, SDNN
Friday, April 17, 2009
"The eco-explosion needs more than just one day, it seems. You’ve probably heard the San Diego Earth Day celebration is this Sunday. And now there’s San Diego Earth Week, which will extend green-centric events for another few days.... or hear from government leaders at a forum with Mayor Jerry Sanders(Donna Frye and many more-MTH Editor).... And, if you’re interested in a “green” lining to the bleeding-red job market, we may have one. Environment Editor Rebecca Tolin interviews green entrepreneur Paul Hannam who will be speaking at the upcoming Green Jobs and Career Workshop (on April 21st-MTH Editor). He said there are eco-jobs to be had and many more on the way..."More at headline.
Register: www.sandiegoearthweek.com
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