In a country whose unemployment rate continues to clime at 8.1%, the EBC is looking to invest in jobs that are sustainable, in both senses of the word. Both Green Jobs and Green Collar Jobs, (the industry term for environmentally related manual labor jobs) are seeing steady growth, largely due to the project-essential expertise that comes with such positions. Whereas jobs in business, communications and service are more easily pared down or consolidated into fewer positions, Green Jobs are ensured a certain amount of security based on the industry's steady growth and the nature of the positions to be relatively cut-back proof.
EBC's Young Environmental Professional Committee will be focusing a series of "Enviro101" conferences and networking events on such growing industries, featuring young professional speakers presenting on their personal experience in their field. Our dual goals are to give young professionals the opportunity to gain speaking experience and composure in front of a diverse crowd, to educate our YEP community on career advancement opportunities, and to provide a forum for networking with peers.
Our first Enviro101 installment has the EBC partnering with Nexus/Green Roundtable, and will make use of their LEED certified space to focus on the topic of becoming a LEED AP. The event has been scheduled for the evening of April 23rd and is sure to see high attendance. Registration information will be emailed to the YEP listserv- to be added, contact jhughes@ebcne.org
Monday, March 23, 2009
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Megan Curtis-Murphy is the new EBC Membership Services Coordinator!
Although we'll miss our cohort Danielle Pillion now that she's off to her new post as Executive Director of Friends of Fort Point Channel, we're very excited to welcome Megan to the EBC team. Feel free to give her a call and say hello at 617-725-0207.
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