Hawaii Island Green Collar Jobs Funding Click here to download PDF flyer Green Collar Jobs Funding – Employer Workshop An employer workshop to be held Thursday, August 13th 9:00 am to 11:00 am registration: 8:30 am Workforce Development Division Presentation Room 1990 Kino`ole Street, Suite 102 (Next to Kawate Seed Shop) Green Collar Jobs and [...]
Looking for your participation, feedback and suggestions for improving these resources. American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Stimulus money) Resources for Hawai`i Island An effort to provide organized resources for Hawai’i Island businesses, non-profit organizations and government agencies seeking grants and funding initiatives from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Green-Collar Job Resources for Hawai`i Island [...]
Below are the “shovel-ready” projects for which this city submitted in the 2008 U.S. Conference of Mayors report as listed by StimulusWatch.org. You can click on a project to read (and add to) its description. You can also discuss the project and vote on whether you believe it is critical or not at the link [...]
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Hawaii Island Sustainability Forum 2009 (last year!)Held March 20th, 3pm-9pm Saturday night at the Palace Theater in Hilo, Hawaii The evening was one of the best educational opportunities of the year. From food, water safety, energy and health to invasive species, green business, alternative building, public advocacy and civil defense this evening provided folks with [...]
The Hawai`i Island Sustainability Forum is your chance to update the public on the current and future sustainability of our island home. Hele Mai! Come share what you know. Share your latest updates on current, island-thinking and sustainability efforts. Last Day to Submit Applications – February 20th. On March 20th, we’ll gather a few hundred island [...]
Blogging the state of the state address live. Governor Lingle mentioned the need for communications infrastructure ie; broadband proliferation and the need to diversify the economy. She also mentioned the importance of green collar jobs. Here’s my notes from Governor Lingle’s State of the State address: 2009 will be on of the most challenging times in [...]
WASHINGTON, Jan. 14, 2009 – Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer announced today that Open Range Communications has finalized a $267 million loan agreement with USDA Rural Development to provide broadband service to 518 rural communities in 17 states. “The completed agreement brings millions of rural Americans closer to having access to broadband and other cutting-edge communications [...]
Although we don’t do politics here we do provide educational resources for green collar workers. This post falls into the Educational Resources for Green Collar Technology Workers category. Aside from the obvious voter information context, the full article at Wired magazine has a synopis for tech workers relating the issues listed below. Knowing these issues [...]
In November, the Sustainable Living Educational Series Returns to Hilo, Hawai`iDownload PDF version of press release The best educators in sustainability will convene in Hilo, Hawai`i to teach a series of classes on Sustainable Living. Each Thursday night in November a different class will feature a straight-forward approach to living a more sustainable lifestyle on [...]
