I tried sending it as an attachment and it was too big to go through.
From: Grubb, Karen Sent: Monday, February 09, 2009 11:55 AM To: 'Jim Sconyers'; Allan Tweddle Cc: wvec-board@yahoogroups.com; WV Chapter Energy Committee Subject: RE: [EC] Jobs and Workforce Development in the Clean Energy Economy
* Greener Pathways: http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001pzUvDMESA2-QaTauCnk1eRPiY48VxivnZa1seTLsbtQJ rYXW9c0_slbG0AjkKbjBjmNMgLiJ1I7Iyi2AVCc1cziqblGIIluaEJPrOzOTNz2i6HDyVUfX lqqtIMjwr_uzKefXnkWxeFdfytbzwjwBAg== Jobs and Workforce Development in the Clean Energy Economy, by the Center on Wisconsin Strategy, reports on the kinds of jobs needed in the clean energy economy, and the skills needed in the industries of energy efficiency, wind, and biofuels. This report encourages building green career pathways that support the green initiative.
http://www.cows.org/pdf/rp-greenerpathways.pdf
If I click on "Greener Pathways" or the link they take me to the document. I copied the document and attached it here. If you can open a pdf it should work for you.
From: Jim Sconyers [mailto:jim_scon@yahoo.com] Sent: Monday, February 09, 2009 9:59 AM To: Grubb, Karen; Allan Tweddle Cc: wvec-board@yahoogroups.com; WV Chapter Energy Committee Subject: Re: [EC] Jobs and Workforce Development in the Clean Energy Economy
Ditto me. And I wonder when and by whom is the needed training going to happen, and how far back in the pack will West Virginia be with its tunnel vision of coal coal coal and stubborn refusal to embrace economic diversification?
Jim Sconyers jim_scon@yahoo.com 603.969.6712
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--- On Mon, 2/9/09, Allan Tweddle allantweddle@msn.com wrote:
From: Allan Tweddle allantweddle@msn.com Subject: Re: [EC] Jobs and Workforce Development in the Clean Energy Economy To: "Grubb, Karen" Karen.Grubb@fairmontstate.edu Cc: wvec-board@yahoogroups.com, "WV Chapter Energy Committee" EC@osenergy.org Date: Monday, February 9, 2009, 8:08 AM
Grubb, Karen wrote:
This was among resources sent out by the dean at my college.
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* Greener Pathways: http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001pzUvDMESA2-QaTauCnk1eRPiY48VxivnZa1seTLsbtQJ rYXW9c0_slbG0AjkKbjBjmNMgLiJ1I7Iyi2AVCc1cziqblGIIluaEJPrOzOTNz2i6HDyVUfX lqqtIMjwr_uzKefXnkWxeFdfytbzwjwBAg== Jobs and Workforce Development in the Clean Energy Economy, by the Center on Wisconsin Strategy, reports on the kinds of jobs needed in the clean energy economy, and the skills needed in the industries of energy efficiency, wind, and biofuels. This report encourages building green career pathways that support the green initiative.
http://www.cows.org/pdf/rp-greenerpathways.pdf
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Karen
I cannot open the attachment. It states the web page is no longer available...who knows?
But the memo you wrote has wording that causes me to make the following comment
The description " the industries of energy efficiency, wind, and biofuels." I'd like to suggest, is too narrow. Obviously there is solar, geothermal, and other technologies that are "green".
But "Green Industries" can be and will be much more broad across the economic spectrum.
My new company for example is developing a new use of advanced materials that will reduce the carbon footprint of all commercial jets of Boeing 737 and larger, and will involve manufacturing, technical and engineering jobs that do not now exist, but which we are creating. We are quite concerned as an ongoing need emerges just where we will find the necessary trained individuals to help us achieve our planned growth.
The automobile industry, the HVAC industry, waste management, just to name a couple of others, needs new thinking and skills to transition to greener technologies.
I am very excited about what I call the Third Industrial Revolution, an entire rethinking of all we do that asks, how are we working towards a truly sustainable society that is having a zero emissions, and zero permanent effect on the planet.
Maybe that's too big a vision at this time for specific programs and short term goals, and it obviously must come down to specific achievable goals. But all I am suggesting is , the future is much more broad than just renewable energy...and requires us to establish a mindset that should be very very exciting and wonderful for all the youth of today
Hope this helps
Please resend the web page attachment.
Allan
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