Green_Collar_Economy

toc =Introduction= These sources will help you find information about Green Careers.

=Books=


 * 333.7 H699g Hoffman, Jane S. Green : your place in the new energy revolution.**


 * 333.7 W927 Worldchanging : a user's guide for the 21st century.**


 * 363.7 C937s Croston, Glenn E. 75 green businesses you can start to make money and make a difference.**


 * 363.7 J79g Jones, Van The green-collar economy : how one solution can fix our two biggest problems.**


 * 363.70023 L791g Llewellyn, A. Bronwyn (Anita Bronwyn). Green jobs : a guide to eco-friendly employment.**


 * 363.7023 D317g DeGalan, Julie. Great jobs for environmental studies majors.**


 * 363.7023 F251c Fasulo, Michael. Careers for environmental types & others who respect the Earth.**


 * 628 E19 The ECO guide to careers that make a difference.**


 * 745.2 M136c McDonough, William. Cradle to [cradle] : remaking the way we make things.**

=Databases= [|Gale Virtual Reference Library] Good for finding scholarship information.

=Websites=

**// Career Research //**
Careerbuilder.com: What are "Green Jobs"? [|http://www.careerbuilder.com/]

http://www.edf.org/article.cfm?contentid=8466&redirect=cagreenjobs
 * Green Jobs Guidebook**

http://www.sustainablebusiness.com/index.cfm/go/greendreamjobs.main
 * Sustainable Business: Dream Green Jobs**

http://www.greencollarblog.org/green-job-boards.html
 * Green Collar Blogs: Green Job Boards**

http://www.enviroeducation.com/articles/scholarships/
 * The Environmental Scholarship Guide**

http://www.fastweb.com/fastweb/resources/articles/index/110737
 * Top 10 Green Scholarships**

This site provides career opportunities, career descriptions, job search tips, and information on career trends [|http://www.ajb.dni.us]
 * America’s Job Bank**

This site contains data from the Department of Labor about the economy, including projections and regional information. [|http://www.bls.gov]
 * Bureau of Labor Statistics**

This site has one follow five simple steps to create a flexible and personal career plan. http://www.dwd.state.wi.us./careers
 * Career Development Strategies**

This site involves a game designed to help you match your interests and skills with suitable careers. It also links to career descriptions. http://www.careers.missouri.edu/index.php
 * Career Interest Game**

The College Entrance Examination Board offers a career questionnaire that will be used to find careers that match your interest and abilities.. [|http://www.collegeboard.com]
 * Career Search**

This site includes workforce and career planning information. It includes career exploration, the outlook for various careers, and programs of study. [|http://www.ILWorkinfo.com] [|http://www.ideas.state.il.us]
 * Illinois Department of Employment Security**

This site includes an interactive test to learn more about your career personality and to learn about places, fields, companies, and salaries. It also assists with creating a resume and job hunting. [|http://www.jobhuntersbible.com]
 * Job Hunters Bible**

This site takes you on a guided tour to planning your career. You will learn how to choose a career and how to reach your goal. It also gives useful tips on job hunting, resume writing, and interviewing. [|http://www.mapping-your-future.org] [|http://www.careercluster.org]
 * Mapping Your Future**

// Green Collar Websites //
This site includes biographies about and interviews with successful women in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math. http://www.autodesk.com/dyf/dyfmain2.html
 * STEM Women at Work**

[|http://greencareercentral.com]
 * Green Career Central**

[|http://www.greenjobs.com] Greenjobs was launched in 2004 to focus specifically on all aspects of employment in renewable energy worldwide. Greenjobs is staffed and supported by people with a long experience in the field of renewable energy (RE). Our headquarters are in California. Our goal is to become the leading provider of RE employment services and information. At Greenjobs, we want to make it easy for talent and employers to find each other in the world of Renewable Energy and thus harness its greatest potential.
 * Green Jobs**

[|http://www.greenbiz.com] Greenbiz is the leading online news and information resource on how to align environmental responsibility with business success. It offers more than 8,000 resources, including daily news and feature stories, reports, checklists, case studies, and links to organizations, technical assistance programs, government agencies, and recognition programs. Its free e-newsletter, GreenBuzz, reaches more than 20,000 professionals every week.
 * Green Biz**

[|http://www.greencollarhiring.com] Green Collar Hiring publishes news, opinion, and resources, dedicated to promoting a balance between socio-economic needs and environmental sustainability. We aim to provide direction and analysis for green collar job seekers and professionals of all training/employment levels, that has the perspective of ecological viability at its foundation.
 * Green Collar Hiring**

http://www.edutopia.org/go-green Students, teachers, administrators, and environmental activists have found ways to integrate knowledge and awareness of Earth's fragility into classwork and community service, carefully blending concern with action to help kids feel engaged and hopeful. We try to do the same with this Go Green Database, a directory you can be search by topic, grade level, cost, or location -- and supplement with your contributions and comments.
 * Edutopia: Go Green**

[|http://www.meetthegreens.org] The GREENS is a site for kids from WGBH about sustainability and green living. The Greens give kids a pop-culter reflection of what environmentally-conscious families can look like. The website includes a Carbon footprint calculator.
 * The Greens**

[|http://www.RepowerAmerica.org/] We can create millions of American jobs to boost our economy, make our nation safer and help solve the climate crisis. Our dangerous reliance on carbon–based fuels like oil and coal has hurt our economy, hindered our national security and contributed to the climate crisis. Now there’s a solution as big as our problems -- Repower America with 100% clean electricity within 10 years.
 * Repower America**

[|http://www.reality.org] Clean Coal commercial—in reality there is no such thing as clean coal http://quiz.wecansolveit.org/ [|http://www.earthwise.com]
 * Reality.org**

http://www.leedbuilding.org/ Links to courses, workshops, careers in construction
 * US Green Building Council**

[|http://egov.cityofchicago.org/Environment/GreenTech/] The Green connection for building in the Chicagoland area
 * Chicago Center for Green Technology**