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Solar Tech Rolls Forward

Although wet-cooled solar thermal projects use substantially less water than an equally sized agricultural operation, by switching to the dry-cooling alternative, the project will reduce its groundwater use by a factor of eight, from 1,600 acre-feet to 200 acre-feet annually.
via Plan To Dry Cool Plant Announced.

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Employ Florida Marketplace – Gulf Recovery Portal

Want a job helping to deal with the Gulf Oil disaster?
Employ Florida Marketplace – Gulf Recovery Portal.

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Job for an Environmental Activist

Executive Director (Environment Florida)
Environment Florida is a statewide, citizen-based environmental advocacy organization. Our professional staff combines independent research, practical ideas and tough-minded advocacy to overcome the opposition of powerful special interests and win real results for Florida’s environment. Environment Florida draws on 30 years of success in tackling our state’s top environmental problems.
via Progress Florida.

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Get a Job Helping to Clean Up the Gulf Oil Spill

Florida Campaign Organizer (Gulf Restoration Network)
Location: Tampa/St. Petersburg
The Gulf Restoration Network (GRN) is hiring a new staff member in Florida. GRN is a 15 year old, non-profit, environmental advocacy organization based in New Orleans which has a mission of uniting and empowering people to protect and restore the natural resources of the Gulf Region for [...]

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Back Page How America Can Create New Jobs | Parade.com

We are facing the toughest international competition in our lifetimes, and we are no longer winning. The signs are all around us. Who can believe that the first 20 floors of the new World Trade Center will be wrapped in glass made in China? Or that the new 28-foot statue of Martin Luther King Jr. [...]

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Obama Announces New Tax Credits For Green Jobs

New job figures are out and the results are not good. The economy continues to shed jobs, but critics of the administration who say that Obama is not doing enough about job creation should look toward his green jobs plans. On Friday, the Administration announced the award of $2.3 billion in tax credits for clean [...]

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Environmental Film and Arts Festival INFO MEETING

Want to know how YOU and YOUR ORGANIZATION can be part of the inaugural Gainesville Environmental Film and Arts Festival in March, 2010?

We are excited to invite you join us  at the Hippodrome Theatre, 25 SE 2nd Place, 5 – 7 p.m. on Tuesday, January 12th. We will introduce the Festival and inform local organizations [...]

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Green Drinks Jobs Forum

Green Drinks Gainesville will be hosting a White House Community Jobs Forum at our next meeting, Jan. 6,  6-8-> p.m. at Lux Bar, 211 W. University Ave. in Gainesville.

These Jobs Forums are being held around the country and we’ll provide local feedback for the president to consider. There are six questions about which sectors of [...]

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Green Drinks Jan. 6 at Lux

Green Drinks Gainesville will be hosting a White House Community Jobs Forum at our next meeting, Jan. 6,  6-8-> p.m. at Lux Bar, 211 W. University Ave. in Gainesville.
These Jobs Forums are being held around the country and we’ll provide local feedback for the president to consider. There are six questions about which sectors of [...]

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Job Opps in Gainesville

“Unveiled last week, the “Florida Back to Work” program will provide as much as $200 million statewide to cover as much as 95 percent of the wages, benefits and training of temporary workers who meet income criteria. The state estimates that the Florida Back to Work program will create up to 25,478 jobs, with an [...]

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Green Career Webinar

WHEN: Thursday, December 17, 2009 at 3 p.m. (EST), 12 Noon (PST)
COST: $5. The first 10 subscribers get a Green Festival Readers book!

In this 60-minute webinar Dr. Kevin Danaher will discuss and answer questions about:

* What industries are growing with the greening of the economy;
* What jobs and careers are emerging in the green economy;
* [...]

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Federal Grant Money Available for Green Courses

Funds are available for training in green vocations… see if there might be something here for you:
If you are collecting unemployment insurance you may be eligible for full government funding for Green Jobs Training costs under your local individual worker training grant program.
via Untitled document.

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VOTE for Clean Air Lawn Care

This company sounds great – they use solar lawn mowers and organic fertilizers – I hope someone gets one started in my neighborhood!
Want to bring some Clean Air to your neighborhood? Buy a Clean Air franchise, get a free estimate, or work for Clean Air today!
via Clean Air Lawn Care :: About.
This company is up [...]

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Green Job Boards

Green Job Boards
This is a listing of job boards that focus on social or environmental responsibility.
via Green Collar Blog: Green Job Boards.

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SACE – Southern Alliance for Clean Energy – Jobs and Internships

Southern Alliance for Clean Energy is seeking a qualified individual who can play a leadership role in helping to mobilize citizen activists and public opinion in support of clean energy and prevention of coal-fired power plants in Georgia.
via SACE – Southern Alliance for Clean Energy – Jobs and Internships.

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Another Local Green Job

Florida Certified Organic Growers and Consumers, Inc., <http://foginfo.org/>  a 501c(3) not-for-profit in Gainesville, Fla., seeks a Community Food Project Coordinator. Duties include serving as Principal Investigator (PI) on a one-year USDA Community Food Planning Grant and coordinating the GIFT Gardens program <http://foginfo.org/gift.php> . Coordinator will work 30 hrs./wk. (15 hrs. per project) at $16/hr. Position [...]

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Head of Carbon Trust Florida | Carbon Trust

Green Job Available:
Head of Carbon Trust Florida | Carbon Trust.

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