[FLPERMACULTURE] Green Jobs for the Finger Lakes-Tues. 5/6, 6-8pm

[Michael Burns]

From:    "Sean Vormwald" <svormwald at ithaca.edu>

Green Jobs for the Finger Lakes:
Employing Local People in a Sustainable Economy

Sustainable Tompkins invites you to our monthly community gathering on
Tuesday, May 6 from 6:00-8:00 p.m. at the Unitarian Church Annex located
at 208 E. Buffalo Street.
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Hors d'oeuvres and childcare are provided. Additional potluck offerings
are invited & participants are encouraged to bring their own table
settings to minimize the clean up.*

Local business leaders and Cornell researchers will highlight recent
trends in the green collar job market, and explain how policy makers can
promote these jobs, where people can receive training for them, and how
they can benefit the entire community.

Alwyn John of Performance Systems Contracting will speak about the
rising demand for skilled workers in the energy efficiency and renewable
energy industries. Frost Travis of Travis and Travis Real Estate will
share his perspective on jobs in the commercial green building industry.
Julie Kitson of Dovetail Builders, LLC will discuss jobs in the
residential green building industry. Pat Govang of e2e Materials will
speak about jobs in the green manufacturing industry.

Also, Professor Susan Christopherson of Cornell's City and Regional
Planning Department and her graduate students in the green economic
development class will present their research on green jobs and policy.
The class has been researching the job creation potential in the energy
efficiency and renewable energy sectors, and analyzing how state and
local policies can drive the creation of green jobs. The group will
share their findings and discuss the implications for the Finger Lakes
region.

The presentations will be followed by an open discussion about how we
can promote green jobs that will benefit people from all areas of the
community.

This event is free and open to the public. It is the third 2008
gathering of the monthly "Equity & Sustainability" series organized by
Sustainable Tompkins and its community partners. The event is made
possible by generous contributions from Performance Systems Development
and e2e Materials, and was developed in partnership with Southern Tier
Energy $mart Communities Program.

For more information call 607-275-0249.

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For more information about sustainability in the
Tompkins County area, please visit:
http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/


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