What is a green collar job exactly?
That’s a great question, and one that a lot of people are beginning to ask as this term gains currency. In the most basic sense, a “green-collar job” is the 21st Century version of a “blue-collar job.” The idea is that the growth of industries like renewable energy, sustainable agriculture, and green building will provide new opportunities for workers to apply their skills, or to learn new skills. (You’ll hear the term used more broadly, too, to refer to any green-leaning job, but the organization that has really pushed this term into the foreground—a group called Green for All, led by the visionary Van Jones—focuses on the lower and middle class.) We need to create jobs that will not only help people, but help this country and this planet get back on track. Examples range from installing solar panels to working on a hybrid vehicle assembly line to retrofitting buildings for energy efficiency. NOW: What jobs will be eliminated as a result of the green industry? In terms of the question
