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Funding Opportunities MassCEC Workforce Capacity Building and Youth Pipeline Opportunities RFQ - Applications due February 17, 2012 @ 3pm - Bidders' webinar on December 19, 2011 @ 2pm Merck Family Fund Grants: Protecting the Natural Environment and Strengthening the Urban Community - Deadline of February 1, 2012 U.S. DOL Workforce Innovation Fund - Solicitation closes March 22, 2012 The Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA-E)- Conferences, Outreach, & Networking for New Energy Communities & Technologies - Rolling through December 2012 ACCIÓN USA Green Loans for Small Businesses - Ongoing Click here for Archived Funding Opportunities
Curricula and Training Resources Roots of Success: Environmental Literacy Curriculum (August 2011) - Environmental Literacy Curriculum Project Hotel Industry Green Training Curriculum (April 2011) - BEST Corp/Hotel Training Center, with support from SkillWorks
Reports and Publications Presentation Slides: SkillWorks Meeting on MA Workforce Needs in 3 Green Industry Sectors (December 2011) - Promoting Entry to Career Pathways in the Drinking Water and Wastewater Sector - Recycling and Jobs in Massachusetts: A Study of Current and Future Workforce Needs - Massachusetts Clean Energy 2011 Employment Survey: Workforce Findings The Texas Solar PV Market: A Competitive Analysis (November 2011) - Clean Edge for State Clean Energy Leadership Index Subscribers Cleantech on the rise: Generational opportunities for 21st-century businesses (November 2011) - Grant Thornton Oregon's Clean Energy Economy (November 2011) - Clean Edge for the Portland Development Commission and Business Oregon 2011 Massachusetts Clean Energy Industry Report MassCEC Press Release (October 2011) - Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC) Supporting & Growing the Clean Energy Sector in Massachusetts (September 2011) - Clean Energy Industry Economic and Workforce Development Leadership Summits Best Practices in Green Re-Entry (September 2011) - Green For All and Foundation to Promote Open Society Water Works: Rebuilding Infrastructure, Creating Jobs, Greening the Environment (September 2011) - Green For All, Economic Policy Institute, and American Rivers Where Labor Supply Meets Labor Demand: Connecting Workforce Development to Economic Development in Local Labor Markets (August 2011) - Aspen Institute's Workforce Strategies Initiative A Green Career Pathways Framework: Postsecondary and Employment Success for Low-Income, Disconnected Youth (July 2011) - The CorpsNetwork SkillWorks Green Collar Career Pathways Initiative Year 2 Annual Evaluation (July 2011) - Mt. Auburn Associates Sizing the Clean Economy: A National and Regional Green Jobs Assessment (July 2011) - Metropolitan Policy Program at The Brookings Institution Sizing the Clean Economy: A National and Regional Green Jobs Assessment - Executive Summary (July 2011) - Metropolitan Policy Program at The Brookings Institution A Green Career Pathways Framework: Postsecondary and Employment Success for Low-Income, Disconnected Youth (June 2011) - The CorpsNetwork Careers in Solar Power (June 2011) - United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics Press Release: NY Passes Historic Green Jobs Financing Law (June 2011) - Center for Working Families Doing Business with the Federal Government: The Basics (June 2011) - Green for All What the (bleep) is the Green Economy? (video tool) (June 2011) - Green for All Legislation Fact Sheet: An Act Regarding Community Access to Energy Efficiency Programs (H 1774) (May 2011) - Green Justice Coalition A Climate of Progress: City of Boston Climate Action Plan Update 2011 (April 2011) - Green Boston California Workforce Education & Training Needs Assessment: For Energy Efficiency, Distributed Generation, & Demand Response (Executive Summary) (March 2011) - Donald Vial Center on Employment in the Green Economy, University of California, Berkeley Cleaner Cars, Less Foreign Oil: A Path to Economic Prosperity and Oil Security (March 2011) - Center for American Progress High Road Outcomes in Portland's Energy Efficiency Upgrade Pilot (March 2011) - Green For All Clean Energy Trends (March 2011) - Clean Edge Green Speak: A Glossary of Terms Used in Green Business - Green For All Insider's Guide to Clean Energy Credentials - HeatSpring Learning Institute Click here for Archived Reports & Publications
Events Also check the SkillWorks' Google Calendar for events *August 19, 2011 @ City Hall Plaza, EcoTent, Boston, MA* Green Entrepreneur Small Business Forum - Boston GreenFest *September 7, 2011 @ Suffolk University,* *Boston, MA* LEED & Green Project Management - SPI: Sustainable Performance Institute *September 22, 2011 @ Suffolk University,* *Boston, MA* LEED Green Associate Exam Prep - SPI: Sustainable Performance Institute *September 30, 2011 @ The Holiday Inn, Marlborough, MA* 3rd Annual Massachusetts Green Career Conference - Green Workforce Training and Associates Click here for Archived Events
Webinars & Calls Beyond LEED: How can property owners institutionalize sustainability and achieve high performance? (Webinar: Wednesday, August 31, 2011 @ 2:00pm EDT) - SPI: Sustainable Performance Institute Municipal Financing Options for Clean Energy & Energy Efficiency (Webinar: Thursday, September 13, 2011 @ 12:00pm EDT) - Energy Forefront Click here for Archived Webinars & Calls
Community-based Green Job Training Programs www.cleanenergyeducation.org Previously, SkillWorks had posted a local directory of green job training programs in the Boston area. Now we encourage you to use the recently launched Massachusetts Clean Energy Careers Training & Education Directory (www.cleanenergyeducation.org) which is an online tool for people seeking information about training and education programs in Massachusetts related to energy efficiency, renewable energy, and other “clean energy” fields. The Directory includes information about such programs at universities, community colleges, vocational/technical schools, labor unions, not-for-profit groups, professional associations, or for-profit institutions. If you see information that needs to be updated and/or programs that are not included, you can submit via their online submission form.
Websites Apollo Alliance Building Performance Institute (BPI) Center for Energy Workforce Development Clean Water Action Commonwealth Corporation - Clean Energy Programs & Resources Down to Earth Campaign (MA Workforce Alliance) Effiency First: America's Home Performance Workforce Energy Forefront Funders' Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities Green For All Green Jobs Boston Green Jobs Community of Practice (Workforce3 One) Green Justice Coalition Green Labor Journal Home Performance Resource Center ICF International Institute for Sustainable Communities (ISC) MA Smart, Clean, Green Water Infrastructure Network Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC) Massachusetts Clean Energy Education and Training Directory Mass Energy Consumers Alliance MassGREEN Initiative MassSave New England Clean Energy Council (NECEC) NFWS Green Collar Affinity Group Next Step Living - Careers Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships (NEEP) O*NET Resource Center - The Green Economy Renew Boston Sustainable Performance Institute (formerly The Green Roundtable) U.S. Department of Energy: Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy U.S. Department of Labor: Employment and Training Administration U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP)