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Funding Opportunities NEW! Renew Boston Community Marketing and Outreach of Weatherization and Energy Efficiency Services in Boston - Due September 10, 2010 by 4:00pm NEW! SkillWorks Green Sector Call for Concept Papers - Due August 31, 2010 ACCIÓN USA Green Loans for Small Businesses - Ongoing BMA Boston Capacity Tank's Capacity Building RFP - EXTENDED to June 1, 2010 by 5pm Doris Duke Charitable Foundation RFP on Energy Efficiency Retrofit Policies and Programs - Due May 24, 2010
Reports and Publications Building Clean-Energy Industries and Green Jobs: Policy Innovations at the State and Local Government Level (Executive Summary) (August, 2010) - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute: Department of Science and Technology Studies Building Clean-Energy Industries and Green Jobs: Policy Innovations at the State and Local Government Level (Massachusetts Report) (August, 2010) - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute: Department of Science and Technology Studies SHRM Poll: Green Jobs-Are They Here Yet? (July 14, 2010) - Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) Special Green Power Issue of CommonWealth Magazine (July 2010) - MassINC SkillWorks Green Collar Career Pathways Initiative First Annual Evaluation (June 2010) - Mount Auburn Associates Increasing Demand for Home Retrofits: Community-Based Outreach and Mobilization (June 2010) - A Green For All Best Practice Brief: Retrofit America's Cities Community of Practice Low-Skill Workers' Access to Quality Green Jobs (May 2010) - The Urban Institute: Perspectives on Low-Income Working Families Where To Get the Green: Sources of Funds for Green Entrepreneurs (2010) - Green For All CAP Green Business Content A Pathway to Clean Jobs and Prosperity: State Policies for Helping Low-Income Working Families Build Clean Energy Careers (Spring 2010) - The Working Poor Families Project Towards Equitable Workforce Development for Green Jobs: Barriers and Best Practices (May 2010) - Action for Regional Equity MA Building Effective Green Energy Programs in Community Colleges (May 2010) - Workforce Strategy Center Low-Skill Workers' Access to Quality Green Jobs (May 2010) - Urban Institute's Low-Income Working Families project Sparking Boston's Climate Revolution: Recommendations of the Climate Action Leadership Committee and Community Advisory Committee (April 2010) - City of Boston's Environmental and Energy Services Cabinet A Future of Innovation & Growth: Advancing Massachusetts' Clean Energy Leadership (April 2010) - Clean Edge for the MA Clean Energy Center An Industry at the Crossroads: Energy Efficiency Employment in Massachusetts (March 2010) - Apollo Alliance - The Green Justice Coalition Best Practices for Energy Retrofit Program Design: Workforce Development Recommendations (March 2010) - Home Performance Resource Center Energy Efficiency Services Sector: Workforce Education and Training Needs (March 2010) - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory - Research Into Action, Inc. Greener Skills: How Credentials Create Value in the Clean Energy Economy (2010) - Center on Wisconsin Strategy Making Green Work: Best Practices in Green-Collar Job Training (2010) - Ella Baker Center for Human Rights: Green-Collar Jobs Campaign CLEAN TECH: An Agenda for a Healthy Economy; How Massachusetts Can Be the Center of Clean Technology Innovations That Serve the World (January 2010) - Lowell Center for Sustainable Production at the University of Massachusetts Lowell CLEAN TECH Policy Recommendations (January 2010) - Lowell Center for Sustainable Production at the University of Massachusetts Lowell Clean Tech Job Trends (October 2009) - Clean Edge MASSCAP Green Career Ladder Initiative's Workforce Needs Assessment (October 2009) - Massachusetts Association for Community Action The Greening of Registered Apprenticeship: An Environmental Scan of the Impact of Green Jobs on Registered Apprenticeship and Implications for Workforce Development (June 2009) - U.S. Department of Labor: Employment and Training Administration - Registered Apprenticeship The Economic Benefits of Investing in Clean Energy: How the economic stimulus program and new legislation can boost U.S. economic growth and employment (June 2009) - Political Economy Research Institute at UMass Amherst - The Center for American Progress Clean-Energy Investments Create Jobs in Massachusetts (June 2009) - Political Economy Research Institute at UMass Amherst - The Center for American Progress
Websites Apollo Alliance Building Performance Institute (BPI) Clean Water Action Down to Earth Campaign (MA Workforce Alliance) Effiency First: America's Home Performance Workforce Funders' Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities Green For All Green Jobs Community of Practice (Workforce3 One) Green Justice Coalition Green Labor Journal Home Performance Resource Center MA Smart, Clean, Green Water Infrastructure Network Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (CEC) Mass Energy Consumers Alliance MassGREEN Initiative New England Clean Energy Council (NECEC) NFWS Green Collar Affinity Group Next Step Living - Careers Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships (NEEP) 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)
Webinars & Calls Upcoming: Residential Retrofit Guidelines Webinar: Update & Opportunities for Educational Institutions and Training Providers (Webinar: Sept. 15, 2010 @ 2pm EDT) - U.S. Department of Energy Archives: Residential Retrofit Guidelines Webinar: Update & Opportunities for Local Governments, Community Based Organizations, and Organized Labor (Webinar: Aug. 4, 2010 @ 2pm EDT) - U.S. Department of Energy Residential Retrofit Guidelines Webinar: Update & Opportunities for 2009 Recovery Act Grant Recipients (Webinar: Aug. 4, 2010 @ 4pm EDT) - U.S. Department of Energy Climate Change Webinar American Power Act: Analysis & Action (Webinar: May 27, 2010 @ 1pm) - The National SAVE Energy Coalition Energy Efficiency Services Sector: Workforce Size, Growth, and Training Needs (Webinar: May 25, 2010 @ 2pm) - National Governors Association Registered Apprenticeship and Green: Building the New Economy (Webinar: May 25, @ 2pm) - workforce3one Green Job Training and Pathways at Community Colleges (Call: May 25, @ 1pm) - National Fund for Workforce Solutions Community College Affinity Group Water & Wastewater Operations: The Original Green Job (Webinar: May 21, 2010) - National Fund for Workforce Solutions: Green Collar Jobs Affinity Group Increasing the Demand for Home Retrofits: Community-Based Outreach and Mobilization (Call: May 18, 2010) - Green For All Community of Practice MA Green Job Creation: Exploring the Potential of Residential Energy Efficiency (Webinar: August 19, 2009) - The Barr Foundation - JFYNetWorks - New England Clean Energy Council - SkillWorks: Green Collar Career Pathways Initiative
Community-based Green Jobs Training COMING SOON - Local directory of green job training programs in Boston area
Events Also check the SkillWorks' Google Calendar for events September 28, 2010, 8:00 - 3:00pm @ Fairfield Inn and Suites in New Bedford 2nd MA Clean Energy Industry Economic and Workforce Development Leadership Roundtable Sponsored by the MA Clean Energy Center, New England Clean Energy Council, UMass Dartmouth, UMass Lowell, and the Garfield Foundation August 16, 2010, 4pm @ Suffolk University First Gubernatorial Issues Debate: Cape Wind and its impact on climate change, the economy, and energy policy in MA Hosted by MassINC and CommonWealth Magazine June 29, 2010, 6:00 - 8:00pm Gubernatorial Forum on the Environment Hosted by Environmental League of Mass. June 23, 2010, 8:30 - 2:30pm Clean Energy Industry Economic & Workforce Development Leadership Summit Hosted by the MA Clean Energy Center, New England Clean Energy Council, UMass Lowell, UMass Boston June 17, 2010, 3:00 - 4:30pm SkillWorks' Green Job Training Network Learning Session June 16, 2010, 10:30am Green Jobs Rally @ State House Gardner Auditorium Hosted by Political Station WWZN AM 1510 *June 8, 2010, 3:00-4:00pm* @ State House (Grand Staircase) Report release: Achieving Equitable Workforce Development for the Green Economy *May 21, 2010, 7:30 - 9:30am* Boston Business Journal Green Business Summit *May 11, 2010, 8:30 - 5:00pm* Green Economy Conference April 28, 2010, 12:30-2:30pm SkillWorks' Community-Based Green Job Trainers Luncheon

Spring 2010

A Pathway to Clean Jobs and Prosperity: State Policies for Helping Low-Income Working Families Build Clean Energy Careers

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May 2010

Towards Equitable Workforce Development for Green Jobs: Barriers and Best Practices

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May 2010

Building Effective Green Energy Programs in Community Colleges

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