[ACT] Third Thursday Urban Forestry Webcast- Green Jobs

Jared Liu jared at actrees.org
Fri Oct 30 09:29:43 EDT 2009


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October 29, 2009



Session

Topics

First Segment

Second Segment

Network Exchange

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ABOUT US
Alliance for Community
Trees is dedicated to improving the environment where 80% of Americans
live: our cities, towns, and villages. Together, ACT's national
network of members have planted and cared for 14.9 million trees with
help from 4.3 million volunteers.

ABOUT WEBCASTS
The Third Thursday Webcast Series is a monthly webcast held at the
lunch hour. The goal is to create informal trainings for local urban
and community forestry organizations. The trainings leverage local
successes by amplifying to a larger audience the model organizations'
methods, materials, and approaches.

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CONTRIBUTOR



Putting the 'Green' Back Into Green Jobs
Part II: Seeding Career Opportunities
November 19, 2009
1:00- 2:00pm EST

The green industry is a $40 billion market and increasing quickly. In
many sectors of the green industry, including tree care, there is a
job for every trained worker available. Some communities have caught
on and are offering workforce training to expose adults and high
school graduates to these career opportunities. Particularly, the
partnership between urban youth and trees diversifies the green
industry's work force and makes green areas more accessible to urban
communities.


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SESSION TOPICS
Webcast attendees will learn:
* Assembling a business plan.
* Getting space donated or negotiating a lease.
* Cost of operations and finding underwriters.
* Meeting community needs through business ventures.
* Cross sector partnerships that forge the process along.
* Social enterprise activity.


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NURSERY OPERATIONS
Mary Washignton, Parks & People Foundation (Baltimore, MD)
Parks & People Foundation has a wholesale tree nursery business
specializing in native tree species that thrive in urban environments
in the mid-Atlantic. The operation is particularly appealing because
it provides: jobs, educational opportunities, community garden space,
and cleaner air and water.





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GREEN CAREERS MENTORING
Nancy Wolf, Magnolia Tree Earth Center (Bronx, NY)
New York operates two programs that teach school-age children about
green jobs. The ideas are to make students aware of job possibilities-
such as solar energy and green architecture- and help kids continue
with a green education or move them into the green workforce.



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NEIGHBORWOODS NETWORK EXCHANGE
Extended Learning- On the Ground

There is so much more that can be learned in a week than in an hour,
and on the ground as opposed to on a webcast. So here is your chance!
Join the webcast to learn more about the NeighborWoods Network
Exchange and how you can spend a week shadowing another ACT member.





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REGISTER FOR ALL WEBCASTS:

http://actrees.org/site/stories/act_webcast_series.php








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