Community Conversations:
Green Collar Jobs
A selected bibliography of materials available via the web
or from the University of Oregon Libraries
* In support of the Community Conversations Program in University Housing *
WEB SITES / WEB DOCUMENTS
Green Collar Jobs Demand Analysis. District of Columbia (Washington, D.C.)
This February 2009 report is the document to review on the subject of Green Collar jobs! - Highly recommended
Green Collar Jobs
A short and simple overview of green collar jobs. It focuses on information from the Bay Area.
Green For All
A non-profit organization focusing on creating local green economies
UO Environmental Studies Program
REFERENCE SOURCE
Occupational Outlook Quarterly, The 2002-2012 job outlook in brief
Location: Knight – Government Documents
Call#: L 2.70/4 A:J 575/2002-2012
A government document on job growth and loss in specific fields
BOOKS
Apollo's fire: Igniting America's clean-energy economy/ by Jay Inslee & Bracken Hendricks; foreword by Bill Clinton
Location: Knight
Call #: HD9502.U52 I536 2008
An easy reading book on thetransformation of green job, politics, and green energy that includes an interesting near-final chapter predicting the next decades.
Clean tech revolution: Discover the top trends, technologies, and companies to watch/ by Ron Pernick & Clint Wilder
Location: Knight
Call #: TD145 .P46 2008
A trade book looking at the current and future trends in green energy and green energy companies from the point of view of the public, entrepreneurs, and high-tech companies.
Developing green: Strategies for success/ by Jerry Yudelson
National Association of Industrial and Office Properties
Location: AAA
Call #: TH880 .Y63 2006
A stripped down mid-length overview of green development and architecture. A CD with color photographs of green projects is included.
Eco-architecture: Harmonisation between architecture and nature- International Conference on Harmonisation Between Architecture and Nature / edited by G. Broadbent & C.A. Brebbia
Location: AAA
Call #: NA2542.35 .I585 2006
This book is a data rich but still easy to read collection of academic articles about green architecture, public planning, and technologies for sustainable development. Although the book does not overtly highlight the many many green collar jobs involved in green community building, a person reading this book cannot help but notice the numerous careers involved in this process.
Environment, inequality and collective action/ edited by Marcello Basili, Maurizio Franzini & Alessandro Vercelli
Location: Knight
Call #: HD75.6 .E555 2006
A collection of articles focusing on environmental justice. The articles are fairly technical and include detailed data. This is a good book for people wanting to examine areas concerning green research.
Environmental and natural resources economics: Theory, policy, and the sustainable society/ by Steve Hackett
Location: Knight
Call #: HD75.6 .H33 2006
A fairly current academic analysis of environmental economics looking at cost-benefit analyses, incentives, regulation, compliance, and sustainable development. The book includes a list of resources for further reading, a long list of described internet sites, and a glossary of well described terms.
Green building bottom line: The real cost of sustainable building/ edited by Martin Melaver & Phyllis Mueller
Location: AAA
Call #: TH880 .G743 2009
An easy to read book looking at the cost of green development. It includes pitfalls and successes associated with the green movement. Whereas other books on this list may inspire ideas of the green future, this book provides the tools to make those futures ideas and any current ones, financial successes.
Green braid: Towards an architecture of ecology, economy, and equity / edited by Kim Tanzer & Rafael Longoria
Location: AAA
Call #: NA2542.36 .G73 2007
Greening aid?: Understanding the environmental impact of development assistance/ by Robert L. Hicks ... [et al.]
Location: Knight
Call #: HD75.6 .G738 2008
A comprehensive look at the international movement and use of money to make the world more green. This is a data-rich and somewhat technical book on international aid. It includes a long chapter on the future of environmental aid.
Plot to save the planet: How visionary entrepreneurs and corporate titans are creating real solutions to global warming/ by Brian Dumaine
Location: Knight
Call #: HD75.6 .D84 2008
Another very easy reading book on green jobs, politics and green energy. (see also: Apollo’s Fire in this list)