Green Jobs for the Finger Lakes: Employing Local People in a Sustainable Economy
Sustainable Tompkins invites you to our monthly community gathering on Tuesday, May 6 from 6:00-8:00 p.m. at the Unitarian Church Annex located at 208 E. Buffalo Street. * Hors d'oeuvres and childcare are provided. Additional potluck offerings are invited & participants are encouraged to bring their own table settings to minimize the clean up.* Local business leaders and Cornell researchers will highlight recent trends in the green collar job market, and explain how policy makers can promote these jobs, where people can receive training for them, and how they can benefit the entire community. Alwyn John of Performance Systems Contracting will speak about the rising demand for skilled workers in the energy efficiency and renewable energy industries. Frost Travis of Travis and Travis Real Estate will share his perspective on jobs in the commercial green building industry. Julie Kitson of Dovetail Builders, LLC will discuss jobs in the residential green building industry. Pat Govang of e2e Materials will speak about jobs in the green manufacturing industry. Also, Professor Susan Christopherson of Cornell's City and Regional Planning Department and her graduate students in the green economic development class will present their research on green jobs and policy. The class has been researching the job creation potential in the energy efficiency and renewable energy sectors, and analyzing how state and local policies can drive the creation of green jobs. The group will share their findings and discuss the implications for the Finger Lakes region. The presentations will be followed by an open discussion about how we can promote green jobs that will benefit people from all areas of the community. This event is free and open to the public. It is the third 2008 gathering of the monthly "Equity & Sustainability" series organized by Sustainable Tompkins and its community partners. The event is made possible by generous contributions from Performance Systems Development and e2e Materials, and was developed in partnership with Southern Tier Energy $mart Communities Program. For more information call 607-275-0249. _______________________________________________ For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: [email protected] http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org
