Green Jobs Program
By focusing on work related to either preventing or adapting to climate change, we can expand opportunities in the green sector for blue-collar workers in communities that we seek to empower. Green For All defines green-collar jobs as "well-paid, career track jobs that contribute directly to preserving or enhancing environmental quality. If a job improves the environment, but doesn’t provide a family-supporting wage or a career ladder to move low-income workers into higher-skilled occupations, it is not a green-collar job."
Our work in promoting clean energy led to our first effort to target jobs for residents of environmental justice communities on the Sunset Reservoir solar project and the beginning of our "Green Jobs for Communities" campaign.
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San Francisco Solar Back On Track?
Posted Wed, Mar 16, 2011
State Ruling Overrules San Francisco’s Controversial Sunset Reservoir Decision, Clearing The Way To Resurrect City Solar Projects
(Photo by Getty Images)
March 16, 2011, San Francisco, CA—The so-called Greenest City In The Country has withered on the vine ever since a much-criticized decisio...
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Green Jobs Reality Check At Sunset Reservoir
Posted Tue, Jul 06, 2010
San Francisco Bayview Article By Brightline's Joshua Arce Highlights The Challenges Of Building An All-Inclusive Green Economy And The Lessons Of The Sunset Reservoir Solar Project
July 6, 2010, San Francisco, CA—Brightline Executive Director Joshua Arce has penned an article entitled "Green Jobs Reality Check ...
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San Francisco to Rewrite Water System Jobs Agreement
Posted Thu, May 06, 2010
SFPUC Preference for Non-Bay Area Workers Causes San Francisco Supervisors To Take Action
SAN FRANCISCO, CA, Wednesday, May 6, 2010--It turns out that claims of San Francisco's participation on jobs created by the $4.6 billion Water System Improvement Project (WSIP) were wildly exaggerated. At a Board of Sup...
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Brightline Calls For SF Commitment To Green Hiring in 2010
Posted Tue, Jan 05, 2010
Jobs Filled By Local Residents Help The Environment And Empower Communities
January 5, 2010, San Francisco, CA—Brightline Defense Project has begun 2010 by sounding a call for "green hiring" in San Francisco, asking the City and County of San Francisco to commit to hiring San Francisco residents for projects fun...
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Supervisors Approve Sunset Reservoir Solar Installation
Posted Thu, May 14, 2009
State's Largest Solar Project Will Create Green Jobs For Underserved San Franciscans Starting In July
San Francisco, California, May 14, 2009 -- One day after Supervisors Sophie Maxwell and Michela Alioto-Pier announced a plan to begin closing San Francisco's last fossil fuel-burning power plant by year's end, y...
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Green Jobs For Communities
Working to create green employment opportunities for economically disadvantaged residents, particularly in communities historically burdened by dirty power plants.
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