{"id":13937,"date":"2011-12-06T12:19:02","date_gmt":"2011-12-06T18:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.sustainablog.org\/?p=13937"},"modified":"2011-12-06T12:19:02","modified_gmt":"2011-12-06T18:19:02","slug":"green-collar-jobs-infographic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/green-collar-jobs-infographic\/","title":{"rendered":"Green Collar Jobs: The Big Picture (Infographic)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Looking for a job&#8230; maybe even a <a href=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/2010\/07\/green-economy-jobs\/\">green job<\/a>? It wasn&#8217;t that long ago that the idea seemed like a pipe dream: the notion of green business was pretty niche, there wasn&#8217;t much demand for clean technology or consumer-level green goods, and gas was in the $1-2\/gallon range.<\/p>\n<p>What a difference a few years makes!<\/p>\n<p>Yep, the market has responded to demand for lower-impact goods and services&#8230; so, even in a weak employment market, there are opportunities for finding green collar jobs. Check out the infographic below, and let us know what you think about the facts it presents. Maybe that environmentally-focused job isn&#8217;t such a pipe dream&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><em>(Need a bigger version of the infographic? Just click on it!)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Infographic by Jobvine <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jobvine.co.za\">Jobs<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jobvine.co.za\/what-is-the-deal-with-green-jobs\/\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jobvine.co.za\/content\/images\/ig\/green-jobs.png\" alt=\"What is the deal with Green jobs\" width=\"683\" height=\"2463\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The market has responded to demand for lower-impact goods and services&#8230; so, even in a weak employment market, there are opportunities for finding green collar jobs. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56,"featured_media":13938,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[955,240,265,5523,242,4961,5524],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Green Collar Jobs: An Infographic<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Looking for a job? 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