Green EconomyWorkforce Data Resource: Gentlemen, start your solar!
Description: This article outlines NASCAR's efforts at going green. It provides and interesting look at environmentally conscious practices of a culture that has a reputation for having large negative environmental impacts.
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Resource: Goodwill, better business grow from going green.
Description: This article highlights local businesses that have chosen "green" methods and explains why those decisions are financially and environmentally preferable.
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Resource: Greening the Hotel Industry
Description: This article explains how hotels are increasing business by implementing credible green practices. This is a good theory-to-practice article for students interested in careers such as Hospitality Management.
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Resource: U Of I Resources
Description: Resources from U of I.
Citation: "Resources." Office of Sustainability | Illinois. Web. 29 Sept. 2010. <http://sustainability.illinois.edu/resources.html>.
URL: http://sustainability.illinois.edu/resources.html
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Resource: Environmental Jobs, green job board
Description: This is a link to a green jobs board that will be useful to instructors who have students interested in searching for a "green job."
Citation: Environmental Job. Web. 29 Sept. 2010. <http://www.environmentaljobs.com/>.
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Resource: EcoJobs, green job board
Description: This is a link to a green jobs board that will be useful to instructors who have students interested in searching for a "green job."
Citation: Ecojobs. Web. 29 Sept. 2010. <http://www.ecojobs.com/>.
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Resource: Video. Green Building: Jobs of the Future
Description: This video comes from Washington state, and gives an excellent overview of the future of green jobs in various sectors.
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Resource: Illinois Labor Market Review
Description: Report.
Citation: L Department of Employment Security. The Illinois Labor Market Review. IL Department of Employment Security. 2010. Print.
URL: http://lmi.ides.state.il.us/lmr/lmreview.htm
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Resource: DCEO Final Illinois SESP Program Proposal
Description: Overview of green jobs within Illinois, and state efforts to stimulate them.
Citation: Illinois Workforce Investment Board, and Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity. State of Illinois Energy Sector Partnerships and Training Grants Program. IL DCEO, 2009. Print.
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Resource: Idealist, job board with green jobs
Description: This is a link to a green jobs board that will be useful to instructors who have students interested in searching for a "green job.
Citation: " Hsu., Diana. Idealist.org - Welcome to Idealist.org - Imagine. Connect. Act. Web. 29 Sept. 2010. <http://www.idealist.org/>.
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