What will it take to implement a green-jobs agenda?

Green Jobs!

Campus Progress published a new Crib Sheet and it’s about green jobs! If you haven’t checked it out yet, our Crib Sheets section is a place where young progressives can post short informational blurbs about the issues they care about. Look around for past cribs, and let me know if you’d like to add one yourself.

Here is an excerpt from the Green Jobs crib:

Environmentalists see the stimulus as an opportunity to spur a revolution that will transform America’s old, gray, industrial economy based on coal, oil, and other dirty fossil fuels, into one that runs on clean, renewable energy. While green initiatives make up less than one-eighth of the stimulus bill, the chatter is all about green jobs, green infrastructure, and green energy. Green, green, green. But what exactly green jobs are and how such an infrastructure can be implemented are some of many questions that have yet to be answered.

Read the rest here!

About Tommaso

Until recently, Tommaso Boggia was the Climate Advocacy Associate at Campus Progress, the Center for American Progress youth outreach program. Prior to joining the Center, Tommaso was the Sustainability Event Coordinator for his alma mater, UC Santa Cruz, where he received a degree in Sociology with an emphasis in environmental justice. He led numerous climate change campaigns on his campus, including one to offset 100% of UC Santa Cruz’s energy use and others implementing energy efficiency programs saving UC Santa Cruz over $30,000 in utility costs. Tommaso has worked extensively with student groups, including the California Public Interest Research Group, the Alliance to Save Energy's Green Campus Program, and the California Student Sustainability Coalition. When he's not working to make the world a greener place, Tommaso can be found riding around town on his Gary Fischer bicycle that gets infinity miles per gallon.

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