IBM Teams Up with Profs to Bring Green Jobs into the Future
source: http://solveclimate.com/blog/20100421/ibm-professors-team-train-smart-students-green-jobs-fu...
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While most green jobs training programs focus on skills like solar panel installation, weatherization of homes and wind turbine maintenance, a few studies have come out recently revealing a growing need for training in more highly skilled positions — everything from building engineers who understand energy efficiency to chemists who can help come up with new and more sustainable materials.
This morning, IBM and Columbia University announced a new initiative called Smarter Students for a Smarter Planet aimed at addressing that end of the green jobs market.
Granted, Columbia University graduates aren’t typically lacking in opportunities, but this is a green jobs story that’s focused less on providing people with new opportunities in a growing industry and more on finding and training the scientists and engineers who, theoretically, are going to wizard us out of this global warming mess. ...
http://solveclimate.com/blog/20100421/ibm-professors-team-train-smart-students-g...
This morning, IBM and Columbia University announced a new initiative called Smarter Students for a Smarter Planet aimed at addressing that end of the green jobs market.
Granted, Columbia University graduates aren’t typically lacking in opportunities, but this is a green jobs story that’s focused less on providing people with new opportunities in a growing industry and more on finding and training the scientists and engineers who, theoretically, are going to wizard us out of this global warming mess. ...
http://solveclimate.com/blog/20100421/ibm-professors-team-train-smart-students-g...
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