Why Support a Green Resolution at COC

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Why Support a Green Resolution at COC?

• SDC Open-Discussion Forum
• April 30, 2008
• May 6, 2008

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Green-Collar Jobs on the Rise

• According to Business Week, Jan. 2008
• Currently, 8.5 million U.S. jobs in
  renewable-energy and energy-efficiency industries
  could grow to as many as 40 million by 2030--a
  November report commissioned by the American
  Solar Energy Society.

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Most In Demand Categories Environmental
Educator Directory

• Pollution Prevention Specialists
• Geographic Information System and Other Computer
  Specialists
• Engineering Specialties
• Environmental Chemists
• Environmental Technicians
• Fundraising Specialists
• Dual Track Environmental Managers
• Environmental Communicators and Educators
• Environmental Law and Policy Specialists

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Big Corporations Taking the Lead

• More than half of the world's 500 largest
  corporations issuing sustainability reports in
  2005 say that they want to build and occupy real
  estate that reflects their values-Developing
  Green Strategies for Success, published by the
  National Association of Industrial and Office
  Properties (NAIOP).
• The market for green buildings for public
  agencies is among the greatest single green
  market in the United States--it exceeded 43
  billion per year--GreenBiz

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Green Economy Needs Green Jobs

• Shift from jobs vs. the environment to jobs
  for the environment
• US News and World Reports, 4/30/08
• Ahead-of-the-Curve Careers
• Green-Collar jobs in everything
• from sales to accounting, to marketing in
  companies making green products
• regulatory positions in government, and
• grant writing, fundraising, and litigation work
  in nonprofits.

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How About CA?

• San Francisco Chronicle reported that
• in Californias near future
• Green-tech industry will either move elsewhere
  or import skilled workers from outside the
  state.
• Requiring the development of the following
  degrees
• environmental engineering
• green-tech industry (Jan. 15, 2008)

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State Policies Related

• CA cities and the State are proposing and passing
  policies and programs designed to improve
  environmental quality.
• Policies related to
• zero waste
• energy and water conservation
• residential solar energy
• whole home performance
• local procurement
• open space, and
• strengthening local food systems.

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CCC Board of GovernorsEnergy and Sustainability
Policy

• In response to Schwarzeneggers Executive Order
  S-12-04, which requires the community colleges
  active participation in statewide energy
  conservation and reduced electrical demand.
• CC System Office provides an incentive of 2 for
  new construction and 3 for modernization
  projects.

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What Kind of Jobs?

• A study done in SF/Bay Area 100 companies
  interviewed, offered jobs in 22 sectors, such as
• Parks and open space expansion and maintenance
• Printing with non-toxic inks and dyes
• Public transit jobs related to driving,
  maintenance, and repair
• Recycling and reuse
• Small businesses producing products from recycled
  materials
• Solar installation
• --from urbanhabitat.org

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What Do Those Jobs Look Like?--Actual Job Ads

• Office Depot
• Senior Manager, Vendor Compliance
  Sustainability
• Position Overview
• Develops company Social Accountability
  Strategy. Develops company Environmental auditing
  strategy. Manages Office Depot's Social
  Accountability program operations.

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Infinite Possibilities

• Environmental Unit Manager, Dept. of
  Transportation, Portland, Oregon, 57,048.00 -
  88,200.00/Year
• Environmental Planner, CA
• ENTRIX, Inc. seeks a mid level Environmental
  Planner to work with a multidisciplinary team of
  accomplished biologists, hydrologists,
  geologists, and engineers on a variety of
  projects in California and the western United S

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And

• Sales and Program Manager Green Building/Energy
  Efficiency, NY
• Ecology and Environment, Inc. is a fully
  integrated environmental consulting firm whose
  underlying philosophy is its worldwide commitment
  to supporting sustainable development through
  responsible environmental stewardship. We are
  seeking a Sales and Program Manager to focus on
  new Energy Efficiency and Green Building
  initiatives in our corp

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UC/CSUEnvironmental Education

• California State University, Fullerton
• Biology and Geological Sciences
• MA in Environmental Studies
• California State University, Monterey Bay
• Division of Science and Environmental Policy
• California State University, San Bernardino
• M.A. in Environmental Education
• University of California, Davis
• College of Agricultural Environmental Sciences
• University of California, Santa Barbara and Santa
  Cruz
• Environmental Studies Program
• California State University, Fresno
• Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences

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CCC Other Universities Environmental Education

• Merritt College
• Environmental Program
• Mission College
• Global Studies Department
• Saddleback College
• Environmental Studies and Ecological Restoration
• Loyola Marymount University
• Biology Program
• Sonoma State University
• Department of Environmental Studies and Planning
• University of Southern California

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Courses Offered in 2005, CCC

• Research done by Kristina Miller of CSU-Chico
• Out of 109 CCCs, 656 sections of environmental
  studies courses are offered
• Avg. 6.04 sections offered per year.
• 12.75 (n14) did not offer any environmental
  studies courses in their current course catalog.
• 21.3 (n23) did not offer any environmental
  sections
• 88.6 of courses transfer

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What Does Green Resolution Mean?

• COC Faculty understands the career needs and
  interests of our students and the job demands in
  the near future
• Faculty is in sync with students expressed
  desire for a green campus (2/27/08-ASG Green
  Resolution Adoption)
• We formally proclaim our support of the
  Principles of Sustainable Development Education
• COC green curriculum is faculty driven

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Furthermore

• Department has control over what courses to be
  developed
• Dont want to be behind the pack 10 years from
  now
• COC adopted Green policiesawareness, building,
  energy savings
• In principleadministration behind it, not a
  fringe issue.

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Green ResolutionLets Break It Down

• Principles of SD Education, according to the
  Presidents Council on SD (1996)
• strong core academics
• inter-relationships between disciplines
• systems thinking
• lifelong learning
• hands-on experiential learning
• community-based learning
• technology
• partnerships
• family involvement
• personal responsibility

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Green ResolutionThe Three Whereas

• The Faculty Senate seeks to encourage the
  expansion of a Sustainability Curriculum by
• first and foremost, strengthening our core
  curriculum
• infusing concepts and principles of
  sustainability into existing courses and programs
  when applicable
• encouraging collaborations among faculty of
  different disciplines in program and curriculum
  revision and design
• fashioning student projects that foster systems
  thinking and experiential learning, and
• creating new courses and programs that would meet
  the demands of an increasingly environmentally
  oriented work force

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The Second The Whereas

• The Faculty Senate shall seek the support of
  faculty and the administration in developing a
  Sustainable Curriculum that would lead to a
  certificate program and an Associate Degree in
  Sustainable Development in the near future.

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The Third Whereas

• The Faculty Senate seeks to support and encourage
  student scholarships, intended to support
  ventures specifically focused on Environmental
  Studies and Sustainability Projects

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Environmental Education

• Environmental destruction is not the work of
  ignorant people. Rather it is largely the result
  of work by people with BAs, BSs, LLBs, MBAs, and
  PhDs. More of the same kind of education will
  only compound our problems. This is not an
  argument for ignorance but rather a statement
  that the worth of education must be measured
  against the standards of decency and human
  survival. It is not education but ecological
  education of a certain kind, that will save us.
• -David Orr Earth in Mind On Education,
  Environment, and the Human Prospect

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Bibliography and Resources

• The Complete Guide to Environmental Careers in
  the 21st Century Kevin Doyle, Editor and Project
  Directorhttp//www.enviroeducation.com/articles/e
  co-careers/
• Green Job Revolution http//www.youtube.com/watch
  ?vZp979n502RM
• www.epa.org/enviroed
• CA Jobs in the environment http//www.ejobs.org/s
  tates/cacom.html
• Environmentalcareer.com

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More Resources

• These links came from the Occupational Outlook
  Handbook (OOH)
• http//www.bls.gov/oco/ocos050.htm 
  (Environmental Scientists and Hydrologists)
• http//www.bls.gov/oco/ocos017.htm  (Occupational
  Health and Safety Specialists and Technicians)
• http//www.bls.gov/oco/ocos027.htm  (this one,
  Engineers, includes Environmental Engineers)
• http//www.bls.gov/oco/ocos051.htm  (this one
  Atmospheric Scientists, mentions Environmental
  Meteorologists)
• http//www.bls.gov/oco/ocos178.htm  (Forest,
  Conservation and Logging Workers)
• http//www.bls.gov/oco/ocos048.htm  (Conservation
  Scientists and Foresters)
• These links came from the O-NET
• http//online.onetcenter.org/link/summary/19-4091.
  00  (Environmental Science and Protection
  Technicians, Including Health)
• http//online.onetcenter.org/link/summary/25-1053.
  00  (Environmental Science Teachers,
  Postsecondary)
• http//online.onetcenter.org/link/summary/17-3025.
  00  (Environmental Engineering Technicians)
• http//online.onetcenter.org/link/summary/13-1041.
  01  (Environmental Compliance Inspectors)
• http//online.onetcenter.org/link/summary/19-1031.
  01  (Soil and Water Conservationists)
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