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Getting Cleantech Done
We hear a lot about the cleantech (renewable, sustainable, green) economy these days. There is a daily barrage of articles talking about jobs and cleantech from both ends of the political spectrum....
View ArticleGood Jobs, Bad Government
Special to The Green Register by Kyle Crider, Manager – Environmental Operations, Ecotech Institute“Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a...
View ArticleSolar Business Issues: Solar Power Jobs and the future
Ecotech Institute grads start cool green careers I’ve been doing a great deal of thinking about the future lately. I’m in good company; our inaugural class of Ecotech Institute students just graduated...
View ArticleWe're now accepting applications for the POWER UTILITY TECHNICIAN Program!
We're now taking applications for Ecotech's new two-year Power Utility Technician degree program! This program, which will launch in October, will help fill a need in the power utility sector as a...
View ArticleTurbine Technicians (not Cowboys)
If you’ve seen The Weather Channel’s Turbine Cowboys you may have a somewhat exaggerated view of the life of a typical wind turbine technician. Call it a “Reality TV” effect, akin to the “CSI Effect.”...
View ArticleThe Winds of Change
“Only those in tune with nature seem to pick up on the energy in wind. All sorts of things get swept off in the breeze — ghosts, pieces of soul, voices unsung, thoughts repressed, love uncherished, and...
View ArticleGetting Down to Green Business
Ah, targeted advertising: It seems I can’t visit an environmental web site without receiving an ad for a “green” MBA degree program. But all these ads make me want to ask: Just who are all these green...
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Who’s Afraid of a Cleantech Job?
Special to The Green Register by Kyle Crider, Manager – Environmental Operations, Ecotech Institute“Many people quit looking for work when they find a job.” ~Author Unknown As part of an exciting new...
View ArticleWhat Makes a Job “Green?”
Solar panels don’t install themselves. Wind turbines don’t manufacture themselves. Homes and buildings don’t retrofit or weatherize themselves. In our industrial society, trees don’t even PLANT...
View ArticleThe Clean Jobs Index (Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Cleantech)
“Fluoridation is the most monstrously conceived and dangerous communist plot we have ever had to face.” ~General Jack D. Ripper, in Dr. Strangelove: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb...
View ArticleClean Jobs Index: Wind Energy Technician
“I cannot change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.” ~Jimmy Dean This is the first in a planned series of blog entries describing the occupational...
View ArticleCleantech Jobs, Ecotech Alumni
“If you would have told me just two years ago that I’d be living in Hawaii and working for a solar company, I would have thought you were crazy. However, that’s what I’m doing today and I couldn’t be...
View ArticleWhat does a Wind Energy Technician do?
In this age of rapid energy use and decreasing natural resources, renewable energy is becoming increasingly important. Wind is a clean, renewable source of energy that is joining the ranks of...
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Energy Efficiency: When Less (Energy) Equals More (Jobs)
“Energy efficiency is an excellent, bipartisan and affordable way to immediately grow our economy and create the kind of jobs the 21st century economy demands. The bipartisan energy efficiency plan...
View ArticleEcotech in Focus: Students and Jobs
How many people does it take to change the world? The answer, of course, is just one. But almost 500 are learning how to change the world for the better at Ecotech Institute. One-hundred and thirteen...
View ArticleA Real Day in the Life of a Wind Turbine Technician
Wake up before the sun, grab something to eat and hit the road. You cannot climb wind turbines in high winds and the wind is typically high in the late afternoon, so you need to get an early start....
View ArticleWould a Green Job by Any Other Name Still Improve the Planet?
Recently a visitor to our Clean Jobs Index left a comment asking a very good question: Why are companies like oil and gas companies included in our “clean” jobs listing? We wanted to share our answer...
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Who Is Winning at Solar Energy? Industry Updates from Around the U.S.
Down goes the cost of solar energy technology. Chart from the U.S. Department of Energy. There’s never been a better time to look for jobs in the solar energy industry. The U.S. Department of Energy...
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Why Are Veterans Drawn Toward Green Energy Jobs?
Exciting news for veterans interested in renewable energy! A new initiative, Operation Free, is connecting veterans to green energy initiatives across the U.S. Sponsored by the Truman Project for...
View ArticleFacilities Managers... We're Not Janitors
If I were to ask you, "What does a Facilities Manager job entail," what would you answer? (Hint: If you think this has something to do with janitorial services, you're way off!) According to...
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