Thursday, February 13, 2014

Green Means Go! Jobs, Renewable Energy, and the Future of Power


From the Great Lakes Bioneers McHenry County 2014 Speaker Series. Sarah L. White is a Senior Associate at the Center on Wisconsin Strategy (COWS), a national policy center at the University of Wisconsin dedicated to high-road economic development. Her work focuses on the intersection of labor, education, and energy policy at state and federal levels, and she is a national expert on jobs and training in the emerging green economy. White has written widely on education for sustainability and social change, including, most recently, Greener Reality: Resilience, Equity, and Skill Formation in a Cleaner U.S. Economy. She sits on the Leadership Council of the National Skills Coalition, chairs the National Working Group on Solar Career Pathways for the US Department of Energy, and served as the Secretary’s policy advisor for federal employment and training programs at Wisconsin’s Department of Workforce Development.

Recorded February 4th, 2014 at the Luecht Conference Center, McHenry County College, Crystal Lake, Illinois.

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