Green-Collar Job
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A Green-Collar Job is a paid job that whose output is intended reduce negative environmental impact.
- Context:
- It can be performed by a Green Collar Worker, such as an Environmental Scientist or a Solar Panel Installer.
- It can range from being a Direct Green-Collar Job to being an Indirect Green-Collar Job.
- It can be associated to a Green-Collar Sector, such as Green Vehicle Production Sector, Green Energy Production Sector, Energy Conservation Sector, Environmental Consulting, Green Building, Land and Water Remediation.
- It can range from being a Blue-Collar Green Job to being a White-Collar Green Job.
- It can range from being an Unskilled Green Job to being a Skilled Green Job.
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- Example(s):
- Counter-Example(s):
- a Health-Care Job.
- a Non-Profit Job.
- a White-Collar Job, such as Clerical Job.
- a Retail Job, such as Cashiering, Sales Job.
- See: Sustainable Activity.
References
2009
- (Ford, 2009) ⇒ Martin Ford. (2009). “The Lights in the Tunnel: Automation, Accelerating Technology and the Economy of the Future." CreateSpace. ISBN:1448659817
- QUOTE:We can expect that technological advance will give rise to entirely new industries in the future. However, the reality is that few if any of these are likely to be labor intensive. By their very nature, these new industries will tend to rely on information technology and will offer relatively few opportunities for average workers. There is also a risk that these new industries may directly compete with and ultimately destroy existing, more labor intensive industries. One exception to this may be the so called “green collar” jobs that involve installing solar panels, wind turbines, and so forth. These, however, are really one-time infrastructure jobs. Alone, they will not be sufficient to provide sustainable employment growth.
2008
- (Greenhouse, 2008) ⇒ Steven Greenhouse. (2008). “Millions of Jobs of a Different Collar.” In: New York Times, March 26, 2008
- QUOTE:Everyone knows what blue-collar and white-collar jobs are, but now a job of another hue — green — has entered the lexicon. Presidential candidates talk about the promise of “green collar” jobs — an economy with millions of workers installing solar panels, weatherizing homes, brewing biofuels, building hybrid cars and erecting giant wind turbines. Labor unions view these new jobs as replacements for positions lost to overseas manufacturing and outsourcing.