<![CDATA[Grist - Comment Feed for What is a green job?]]> Grist Comment Feed en Comment #1 by archigeek http://www.grist.org/article/green-jobs-101/ Fri, 12 Dec 2008 01:56:20 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/green-jobs-101/1 Hmm,

2 Million jobs are all well and good, but I just read a prediction by a London analyst who said that by March 2'9, the US would be losing 1 million jobs a month. Still, I'd take "green" jobs over nuke plant or mountain-top removal put-the-debris-in-the-valley mining jobs first.

The mellotron is your friend.

]]> Hmm,

2 Million jobs are all well and good, but I just read a prediction by a London analyst who said that by March 2'9, the US would be losing 1 million jobs a month. Still, I'd take "green" jobs over nuke plant or mountain-top removal put-the-debris-in-the-valley mining jobs first.

The mellotron is your friend.

]]> Comment #2 by Delay And Deny http://www.grist.org/article/green-jobs-101/ Sat, 13 Dec 2008 04:36:07 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/green-jobs-101/2 A Different Definition of Green Job


I would like to try a different definition of "Green Job" in terms of the energy usage.

A Green Job is one that:

Requires very little travel or daily commuting.

Allows a person to use his labor or knowledge locally.

Is in a location where basic resources such as housing, food and goods are affordable, so the person isn't dependent on continued high wages and can save money for down times.

Requires few physical inputs and is focused on transformations of existing resources, or renewable ones from nature.

Has a horizontal management system, like open source developers working via the Internet.

Where payment or salary comes from a variety of sources so no one input causes dislocation and movement.

Where health care, transportation can be independently managed and purchased at low cost, so that dependencies are minimized and personal control is high.

Where food, water, clothing and other resources can be acquired locally and at low cost, so in the case of independent business or consulting, the worker is not entirely dependent on a grid.   The person is "loosely coupled".

Texeme.Construct.Questioner



]]> A Different Definition of Green Job


I would like to try a different definition of "Green Job" in terms of the energy usage.

A Green Job is one that:

Requires very little travel or daily commuting.

Allows a person to use his labor or knowledge locally.

Is in a location where basic resources such as housing, food and goods are affordable, so the person isn't dependent on continued high wages and can save money for down times.

Requires few physical inputs and is focused on transformations of existing resources, or renewable ones from nature.

Has a horizontal management system, like open source developers working via the Internet.

Where payment or salary comes from a variety of sources so no one input causes dislocation and movement.

Where health care, transportation can be independently managed and purchased at low cost, so that dependencies are minimized and personal control is high.

Where food, water, clothing and other resources can be acquired locally and at low cost, so in the case of independent business or consulting, the worker is not entirely dependent on a grid.   The person is "loosely coupled".

Texeme.Construct.Questioner



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