{"id":6213,"date":"2012-03-06T07:01:23","date_gmt":"2012-03-06T12:01:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/?p=6213"},"modified":"2017-09-05T17:46:08","modified_gmt":"2017-09-05T21:46:08","slug":"women-join-the-green-revolution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/women-join-the-green-revolution\/","title":{"rendered":"Women Join the Green Revolution"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/centredinternationalwomensday.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/centredinternationalwomensday.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"centredinternationalwomensday\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-6214\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/centredinternationalwomensday.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/centredinternationalwomensday-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>With <a href=\"http:\/\/www.internationalwomensday.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">International Women\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Day<\/a> (March 8th) fast approaching, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s time to talk about women and the green energy labor market.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nA recent report released by the Department of Labor, entitled \u00e2\u20ac\u0153<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dol.gov\/wb\/Green_Jobs_Guide\/GreenJobs%20Final_11.2011.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Why Green Is Your Color: A Woman&#8217;s Guide to a Sustainable Career<\/a>\u00e2\u20ac\u009d highlights the fact that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/archives\/green-jobs.htm\" target=\"_blank\">green jobs<\/a> tend to be dominated by men. However, opportunities abound for women as well. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ecotechinstitute.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ecotech Institute<\/a>, a pioneer college dedicated to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\" target=\"_blank\">renewable energy<\/a> and sustainability, recently held a Women in Renewable Energy meeting on February 16 to bring together women at the campus to \u00e2\u20ac\u0153share ideas, help each other with classwork and empower one another as they embark on a green career.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>The institution says that an increasing number of women are interested in pursuing a career in green businesses. And the green market is a good place to be. The Labor Department states that according to The National Center for O*NET Development, several green occupations are &#8220;Bright Outlook&#8221; occupations, meaning they are expected to grow rapidly from 2008 &#8211; 2018, with a combined increase of 100,000 or more job openings. Some jobs designated as &#8220;Bright Outlook&#8221; are wind turbine service technicians, solar photovoltaic installers and recycling coordinators.<\/p>\n<p>The report was produced to support  Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis&#8217;s vision of &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dol.gov\/_sec\/stratplan\/2010\/vision-2010.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Good Jobs for Everyone<\/a>.&#8221; The downloadable green jobs guide is designed to help women learn about the opportunities available in the renewable energy space, which they may not have previously considered. <\/p>\n<p><strong><em>You should follow us <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/energyrefuge\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 class='related_post_title'>Related Posts:<\/h3><ul class='related_post'><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/ecotech-the-alternative-energy-college\/\" title=\"Ecotech, the Alternative Energy College\">Ecotech, the Alternative Energy College<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/solar-power-spurs-job-creation-in-the-us\/\" title=\"Solar Power Spurs Job Creation in the US\">Solar Power Spurs Job Creation in the US<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/london-ontario-wants-to-be-alternative-energy-hub\/\" title=\"London, Ontario Wants To Be Alternative Energy Hub\">London, Ontario Wants To Be Alternative Energy Hub<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/where-to-get-a-green-job-in-the-u-s\/\" title=\"Where To Get a Green Job in the U.S.\">Where To Get a Green Job in the U.S.<\/a><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With International Women\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Day (March 8th) fast approaching, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s time to talk about women and the green energy labor market. Related Posts:Ecotech, the Alternative Energy CollegeSolar Power Spurs Job Creation in the USLondon, Ontario Wants To Be Alternative Energy HubWhere To Get a Green Job in the U.S.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,1012,33],"tags":[1141,1013,1409,1411,1410],"class_list":["post-6213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alternative-energy","category-green-jobs","category-solar-power","tag-ecotech-institute","tag-green-jobs-2","tag-international-womens-day","tag-labor-department","tag-women"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6213","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6213"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6213\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9086,"href":"https:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6213\/revisions\/9086"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}