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Screensize: 640 x 480 800 x 600 1024 x 768 1280 x 1024 UserName: Password: Format Mode: Basic  Help  Prompt  Format: Font Andale Mono Arial Arial Black Book Antiqua Century Gothic Comic Sans MS Courier New Georgia Impact Lucida Console Script MT Bold Stencil Tahoma Times New Roman Trebuchet MS Verdana   Size 1 2 3 4 5 6   Color Black Red Yellow Pink Green Orange Purple Blue Beige Brown Teal Navy Maroon LimeGreen Message: * HTML is OFF * Forum Code is ON Smilies [quote][i]Originally posted by Jen[/i] [br]"It turns out that, people (and politicians!) are finally making the connection that good decisions for the environment are also good for the economy and communities. The Washington Post describes several proposals for green collar workers to create jobs in green industries as part of the plan to achieve energy independence. And as Thomas Freidman explained in his column The Green Collar Solution, activists like Van Jones who work in low income areas know that communities need jobs more than they care about melting glaciers. Thus, projects at the Ella Baker Center and elsewhere are aiming to create green collar job training programs to reduce poverty while also creating a broader constituency to stop global warming." --Katherine Baer, Director Healthy Waters Campaign More at http://blog.americanrivers.org/wordpress/index.php/2008/01/24/ring-around-the-green-collar/ Jen [green]Farmgirl Sisterhood Member #9[/green] The View From My Boots: www.bovesboots.blogspot.com [/quote]   Check here to include your profile signature. Check here to subscribe to this topic.