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Really want a green job? Here are the 10 cities with the most action

By | July 12, 2010, 7:20am PDT

While I was cruising the various green tech sites this morning catching up on my reading, I came across this item from TreeHugger (courtesy of another site, Mother Nature Network) listing the 10 best cities where graduates might find green-tech or clean-tech jobs.

I’m sure it won’t shock you to hear that San Francisco is #1, but it might intrigue you to hear that auto-friendly region Detroit and oil-industry haven Houston also make the list. The hybrid and electric car funding are fueling new jobs in Michigan and don’t count out Texas when it comes to renewable energy.

The post includes stats, the focus of the region’s green investment, and information about the policies that are making job creation possible. The other cities that made the list include:

  • Denver
  • New York
  • Portland
  • Los Angeles
  • Sacramento
  • Boston
  • Phoenix

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Writing publicly about what the high-tech industry is actually doing to help itself and the world get greener or more sustainable is one way I figure I can contribute more meaningfully to said effort. I am also a big OMG-kind-of-fan of smart leadership, which is why the goodly folks who publish this blog let me go on about this topic and why I am always on the hunt for forward-looking business management ideas.

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Heather Clancy is an award-winning business journalist with a passion for green technology and corporate sustainability issues. Her articles have appeared in Entrepreneur, Fortune Small Business, The International Herald Tribune and The New York Times. In a past corporate life, Heather was editor of Computer Reseller News, where she was a featured speaker about everything from software as a service to IT security to mobile computing.

Heather started her journalism life as a business writer with United Press International in New York. She holds a B.A. in English literature from McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, and has a thing for Lewis Carroll.

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Marc Erickson 14th Jul 2010
Why no non-US cities?
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RE: Really want a green job? Here are the 10 cities with the most action
jrgreen2 12th Jul 2010
there is also a report that lists the top 5 states for finding green jobs

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/the-top-5-states-hiring-for-green-jobs-94813024.html
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RE: Really want a green job? Here are the 10 cities with the most action
Anna Schryver 12th Jul 2010
Our advice for job-seekers? Green-ify your job search. Sustainable management is not just for green jobs. Sustainability is emerging in every area of business: sustainable marketing, sustainable supply chain management, triple bottom line accounting . . . Every job confronts sustainability issues. Understanding the intersections of the systems at work?natural systems, social systems, and business systems?is critical to every aspect of how we live and work. Become eco-literate and increase your hireability and promotability.

Anna Schryver
University of Wisconsin Sustainable Management Program
www.sustain.wisconsin.edu/green
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Here's some better advice
frgough 12th Jul 2010
get skilled in traditional energy technology. You'll be needed when green tech comes crashing down. Because physics isn't interested in your vision of utopia.
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midenginedrift 12th Jul 2010
 
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Thank you SO much
hiraghm@... 13th Jul 2010
Now I know what cities to boycott!

(hey, if they can boycott Arizona for trying to protect its citizens, I can boycott them for being stupid)

http://www.xtimports.com/greenstupid/greenstupid.jpg
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Marc Erickson 14th Jul 2010
Why no non-US cities?

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