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GREEN EXPO Industrial, Career and Business October 10
Registration 7:30 a.m., Program 8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Georgetown Campus, South Seattle Community College Puget Sound Industrial Excellence Center and Apprenticeship & Education Center 6737 Corson Avenue South, Seattle WA 98108 You've heard about “green” industries, businesses and jobs, but What does that really mean? Come find out at the Green Expo! Take the mystery out of “green” and see where you fit in. Find out what training programs are available and See why they are relevant to your industry, business, government or school. See the “green” technologies and component parts being manufactured in this region. Watch dozens of demonstrations of “green” technologies. PLEASE VISIT OUR ONLINE REGISTRATION SYSTEM TO REGISTER | AUG. 18ST – SEPT. 15th | AFTER SEPT. 15th | | Standard: $60 Nonprofit: $35 Educators, Career Counselors: No Cost | Standard: $75 Nonprofit: $45 Educators, Career Counselors: No Cost | Scholarships are available. Please contact us for further information. Featuring: · Energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies, and their component parts · Low-carbon, recycled and sustainable materials · Hybrid and plug-in vehicles · Industrial and commercial building designs, processes and efficiencies · Training and apprenticeship programs for blue collar and white collar workers that do green work
♦ Read Blue-Green Alliance OpEd by Teamsters and Sierra Club about
clean, healthy ports campaign. ♦ Click here to read about green jobs report: Millions of U.S. Workers Stand to Gain
from Green Industries ********************************************* The Washington Blue-Green Alliance The Washington Blue-Green Alliance is a coalition of labor unions and environmental advocates. The Alliance rejects the notion that good jobs and environmental protections cannot exist together. We are uniting together to fight for policies that enhance Washington's quality of life. Our mission is to work to: · protect workers and their families · protect our environment · promote economic growth that creates family-wage jobs Our policy agenda will focus on our shared values and goals regarding: fair trade, corporate accountability, human health and safety, workers' safety and environmental protections and justice. See list of WA Blue-Green Alliance member organizations. Would your organization like to join? Email kathleen.ridihalgh@sierraclub.org. Working together on issues important to Washington State • Trade: Since 1999 — when the World Trade Organization met in Seattle and 75,000 people marched in the streets - labor unions and environmental advocates in Washington have been raising public awareness about the disastrous effects of global trade agreements such as the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA). • Energy: Through the Apollo Alliance of Washington, several members of the Washington Blue-Green Alliance are striving to free America from its dependence on foreign oil, prevent global warming and create millions of family-wage jobs through investments in clean energy. View Apollo Alliance website. • Transportation: Washington needs positive transportation choices. Unions and environmental groups support repaired and improved highways and bridges, as well as investments in bus, rail, and other public transport options. • Sprawl: The continued rise of mega box stores such as Wal-Mart, combined with assaults on land-use protections, degrades landscapes and communities. Advocates for working people, rural communities and the environment oppose turning farmland into Wal-Marts and are turning back attempts to undermine land-use protections. Washington Successes: * Increased investments in developing wind and solar energy and retrofitting buildings with energy efficient systems, all the while creating more jobs in this burgeoning business sector. Worked to ensure Washington has one of the highest energy efficiency standards for appliances in the country. * The Blue-Green Alliance fought off attempts to weaken strong community planning standards (so-called, "takings") which could opened the door to irresponsible, oversized development. * Our partners are working to raise the public's awareness of "toxic trade" -- the result of years of weakening environmental, worker and consumer protections through the "Free Trade" paradigm. * Released "Washington's Road to Energy Independence" report, detailing manufacturing jobs that investments in alternative energy sources could bring to Washington businesses. * The WA BGA was the driving force behind the creation of the WA Fair Trade Coalition, which brings blue-green organizations together with social justice, faith, family farmer, students and others in a broad coalition advocating on behalf of "people and the planet" for fair trade policy. View WFTC website.
Sierra Club and United Steelworkers' National Blue Green Alliance ♦ Read Blue-Green Alliance OpEd by Teamsters and Sierra Club about clean, healthy ports campaign. ♦ Click here to read about new green jobs report: Millions of U.S. Workers Stand to Gain from Green Industries ♦ Washington Blue-Green Alliance endorses Clean and Safe Ports Campaign. Read resolution. ********************************************* Learn about the groundbreaking, Good-Green Jobs Conference that took place on Saturday, June 21st: Create green-collar jobs… Invest in a new green economy… Cap global warming emissions… Bring 25,000 green jobs to Washington State… The economy is in trouble and off track, leaving too many middle class Americans behind. As we struggle to keep up with skyrocketing health care costs and energy prices, big corporations keep turning record profits and shipping American jobs overseas. We can recharge our economy and lead the world into a stronger economic future by investing in a clean, efficient energy economy that creates jobs here at home, saves regular families and businesses money, and makes America energy independent. Instead of giving tax breaks to the oil companies that profit as gas prices skyrocket, we should work to help American small businesses succeed, including wind and solar companies. America can lead the way into a new, clean energy future that helps our economy now and creates job and economy opportunities for our children, and we can do it now. Jessica.Eagle@sierraclub.org.
The Washington Blue-Green Alliance The Washington Blue-Green Alliance is a coalition of labor unions and environmental advocates. The Alliance rejects the notion that good jobs and environmental protections cannot exist together. We are uniting together to fight for policies that enhance Washington's quality of life. Our mission is to work to: · protect workers and their families · protect our environment · promote economic growth that creates family-wage jobs Our policy agenda will focus on our shared values and goals regarding: fair trade, corporate accountability, human health and safety, workers' safety and environmental protections and justice. See list of WA Blue-Green Alliance member organizations. Would your organization like to join? Email kathleen.ridihalgh@sierraclub.org. Working together on issues important to Washington State • Trade: Since 1999 — when the World Trade Organization met in Seattle and 75,000 people marched in the streets - labor unions and environmental advocates in Washington have been raising public awareness about the disastrous effects of global trade agreements such as the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA). • Energy: Through the Apollo Alliance of Washington, several members of the Washington Blue-Green Alliance are striving to free America from its dependence on foreign oil, prevent global warming and create millions of family-wage jobs through investments in clean energy. View Apollo Alliance website. • Transportation: Washington needs positive transportation choices. Unions and environmental groups support repaired and improved highways and bridges, as well as investments in bus, rail, and other public transport options. • Sprawl: The continued rise of mega box stores such as Wal-Mart, combined with assaults on land-use protections, degrades landscapes and communities. Advocates for working people, rural communities and the environment oppose turning farmland into Wal-Marts and are turning back attempts to undermine land-use protections. Washington Successes: * Increased investments in developing wind and solar energy and retrofitting buildings with energy efficient systems, all the while creating more jobs in this burgeoning business sector. Worked to ensure Washington has one of the highest energy efficiency standards for appliances in the country. * The Blue-Green Alliance fought off attempts to weaken strong community planning standards (so-called, "takings") which could opened the door to irresponsible, oversized development. * Our partners are working to raise the public's awareness of "toxic trade" -- the result of years of weakening environmental, worker and consumer protections through the "Free Trade" paradigm. * Released "Washington's Road to Energy Independence" report, detailing manufacturing jobs that investments in alternative energy sources could bring to Washington businesses. * The WA BGA was the driving force behind the creation of the WA Fair Trade Coalition, which brings blue-green organizations together with social justice, faith, family farmer, students and others in a broad coalition advocating on behalf of "people and the planet" for fair trade policy. View WFTC website.
Sierra Club and United Steelworkers' National Blue Green Alliance
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