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How Recycling Your DVR Can Create Jobs for Challenged Workers
Consumer electronics create massive amounts of waste… and massive opportunities for recycling. Much of the e-waste slated for recycling, however, gets dumped in developing countries where poor safety practices create health threats for workers and community members. Couldn’t all of this usable waste serve the creation of safe, meaningful jobs? DISH thinks so, and has announced a partnership that will create jobs for workers with challenges finding and keeping employment.
Harvesting Justice 15: From Field to Table – Rights for Workers in the Food Supply Chain
The Food Chain Workers Alliance has a goal of nothing less than full rights and fair wages for the 20 million workers who grow, harvest, process, pack, ship, cook, serve, and sell food in the US.
Gardening Leave: a New Way to Organize the Work Week?
Would offering employees a four-day work week in exchange for gardening time make them more productive? Happier? Healthier? These are just a few of the good reasons for companies to implement “gardening leave.”
City Hall Gets Behind Urban Agriculture in Flint, Michigan
As we noted in our series on urban agriculture in the United States, many in struggling cities see small scale food production on city lots as a way to provide [ … ]
Searching for a Green Job? 5 Tips for Finding Eco-Friendly Employment
Are you looking for a job with an eco-friendly company? Join the crowd. Job searchers increasingly are bringing their convictions about the environment with them on their job search. Fortunately, [ … ]
Green Business Blog Carnival #13
Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, step right up… it’s Carnival time! Welcome to the greatest show in the green business blogosphere… the Green Business Blog Carnival! Hopefully, you made [ … ]
Environmental Defense Fund: Less Carbon, More Jobs in the New Green Economy
One bright spot on the dark economic horizon is the number of companies across the U.S. poised for growth under a cap on carbon. EDF president Fred Krupp joined Vice [ … ]