Hawaii County Green Jobs Capacity Report
The Hawaii County Council unanimously passed a Resolution No. 731-08 to encourage research and application process to obtain funding for Green Jobs in 2008.
Sustainable practices for improving our local economy, community and environment are one of the top priorities in the Community Development Plans for North Kohala, South Kohala, North and South Kona, and Puna Districts.
In support of this resolution, Green Collar Technologies has agreed to research and produce a report for the Sustainable Living Institute as part of a project for Hawai`i County Research and Development. In addition to organizing and implementing eight sustainable living workshops Green Collar Technologies will produce a Green Job Environmental Scan as part of an early CDP implementation action in West and East Hawai’i.
By facilitating discussions with local businesses and identifying emerging green sectors we hope to learn answer to the following questions:
- What is the current and future capacity for green jobs in sustainable industries on Hawai`i Island?
- Where can the County have the most positive impact in the area of green jobs?
Green Collar Technologies will coordinate, collaborate and learn from key business stakeholders to facilitate the discussion, compile the data, and deliver the first green jobs environmental scan and current status of sustainable industries on Hawai`i Island to prepare our island for emerging federal funding opportunities.
Methodology
Working within the contexts of current planning and research efforts, Green Collar Technologies will communicate, coordinate and cooperate with Hawai`i County Research and Development to identify, convene, and facilitate discussion with major stakeholders on the island.
The Green Job Environmental Scan, containing materials from all presenters at eight workshops and information from facilitated discussion with local green business community will be used as basis for producing a Hawaii Island Green Job Environmental Scan and made available for free download as a pdf file from the Internet.
The report will result in names and numbers which uncover specific capacities in areas of green employment in easy to understand text, charts, graphs and data visualizations which best communicate the findings to help set the stage for R&D strategic planning and potential federal funding.
Work on this project is subject to change without notice and will be performed in accordance with the Hawaii County Code of Ethics and in the public interest.
Look for results of the report in PDF format to emerge Q2 2009.
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