What is a Green Collar Job?

Green collar refers to people who are engaged in industries such as environmental sanitation, environmental protection, agricultural scientific research, forest protection and greening, and those who like to use outdoor and mountain as their dreams. Although the green collars are in love between mountains and rivers, to enjoy the top green collar life, they must have some blue collar physiques and white-collar knowledge, so that green collars can create a green life through blue sky, white clouds and golden sunlight.

Green collar

(Environmental Charity Concept)

There are two definitions of "green collar":

The term "green collar" was first introduced by the United States

"Green Collar" Declaration: "Treat yourself and the environment".

The first is environmental protection. The original meaning of green collars is ecological protection volunteers. Real green collars always do their best and care about health without compensation.

1. There are many clothes made of natural materials. They do not advocate luxury consumption and do not refuse to use brand names.

Five steps to becoming a green collar:

As we all know, urban life is rich and colorful, but at the same time it also brings some disadvantages of the times and discord under various hidden rules. All kinds of "collars" and "ethnic groups" are born from time to time.

The white-collar class is the lowest goal for many people in the city. But most white-collar workers also live in an extremely numb "rubber man" situation: they are painless, dreamless, and boring, they are willing to be deceived and reprimanded by their bosses, they are willing to be crushed by bus and subway crowds, and they are happy to be busy In the "Dura La" workplace vision, they are willing to hurry to grab parking spaces and steal food in their spare time ... This is actually a disorderly and sad life form, isn't it worth us thinking and improving?

The Green Collar Harbor is another advanced life form that is completely beyond the pure environmental protection proposition and green fashion life form. This form has only two representative characteristics-new four existences and componentization "Business collaboration platform", the new four means: wealth, leisure, friends, ethics; component business collaboration platform means to become a part of the entire business society, and even through your efforts, can become a number of high-quality enterprises The "virtual shareholder" brings employment and income-generating opportunities to the entire family.

In recent years, as global efforts to combat climate change heat up, countries are accelerating the pace of transition to a green economy. Developed countries such as Europe and the United States, and emerging large powers such as China are struggling to seize the commanding heights of the new round of economic competition. The talent competition behind this is very important.

The US Congress passed the Green Employment Act in 2007 and allocated $ 125 million to fund federal and local government employment training programs to train 35,000 workers each year into the green industry.

It is estimated that as early as 2000, the number of direct employment in the ecological industry in the EU in the strict sense reached 2.4 million, while the number of direct employment in the environment-related industries in the broad sense reached 20.9 million, accounting for about 10% of the total employment in the EU. one.

1. In January 2003, Mr. Zuo Shiguang published "

Van Jones: "Green Collar Economy" Van Jones, president of Green for All, is also a social justice and environmental activist. His first book, "Green Collar Economy", has become the "Time Magazine" best seller. It provides a practically viable solution to save our beleaguered economy and the deteriorating environment.

When energy supplies decrease, energy prices rise, and things become more and more expensive, the economy based on consumable non-renewable energy sources is in trouble. It is accompanied by soaring prices and unemployment. Not only that, the greenhouse gases from fuel combustion also make the climate worse. We can't do this anymore!

Van Jones explains in his book how to transform today's pollution-based grey economy into a healthy new green economy. Starting from the daily lives of ordinary people, this solution can not only effectively reduce energy prices, but also create many job opportunities, and thus help the United States economy to escape the current vortex of death.

("Green collar economy" Van Jones)