Green Technology
Background Information
- “CTE’s Role in Energy and Environmental Sustainability”
Association for Career and Technical Education
This ACTE Issue Brief “outlines the critical role career and technical education (CTE) plays in educating and preparing students with knowledge about sustainability issues in order to meet workforce demands.”
- Envirolink
This site includes articles, educational resources, publications, and other information on a variety of environmental topics such as sustainable business, alternative energy, ecotourism, green building design, ground pollution, waste management, and others.
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Biofuels Digest
An online source of news in the biofuel industry
GreenSource:
Recent Articles about Green Construction Technology and Innovation
This site features recent projects that demonstrate challenges and solutions within the green construction industry.- Build It Green
Click on Directories & Resources.
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LEED Rating Systems
U.S. Green Building Council
Resources on the LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification program and its various rating systems for green building design, construction, and operations.
- Wind Energy Fact Sheets
A variety of fact sheets on wind energy basics, policies, and systems
- Photovoltaic Learning Center
Advice and information for a variety of solar-related topics
- Geothermal Energy Association
GEA links provide geothermal basics, including employment data.
- National Energy Education Development (NEED) Project
This project site includes links for educators and students, program resources, and the organization’s current newsletters and curriculum catalog.
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Greening of the World of Work
This U.S. Department of Labor report discusses implications of the green movement on O*NET and new and emerging occupations.
- Sizing the Green Economy
This 2011 Brookings Institution report provides a state-by-state analysis of the clean-tech economy, which employs some 2.7 million workers spread across a diverse group of industries concentrated in the large metropolitan areas of the United States.
Careers and Opportunities
- Princeton Review’s Guide to 311 Green Colleges
- Careers in Wind Energy
- Green Dream Jobs
A searchable database for green-industry employment
- Green Jobs and CTE
National Association of State Directors of CTE Consortium
This promotional data sheet defines and gives examples of “green” jobs, depicts the percentage of economic growth in the area, and describes how high schools and community colleges are preparing students for employment in this expanding occupational sector.
- Careers in Renewable Energy
ScienceMaster: JumpStart to Learning Physical Science
ScienceMaster describes renewable energy marketplace trends and career opportunities in wind power, solar power, bioenergy, geothermal energy, and hydropower.
- The Complete Guide to Landing a Green Job
Contains listings of green job boards, green career ideas, tips on the green job search, and environmentally-conscious companies
- Green Careers Resource Guide
Jim Cassio
This guide, available free with brief registration, lists a wide variety of green careers and links to numerous governmental and other sites that provide further career details.
- “Great Green Careers”
CNN Money
This CNN story focuses on the segment of the green economy that calls for “carbon traders, eco-bankers and corporate climate strategists.”
- “Ten Great Green Opportunities”
By Brita Belli, et al.
E/The Environmental Magazine
This article discusses a variety of green careers within marketing, health care, agriculture, IT, law, education, construction, and other fields.
- Green Careers
Provides an overview of different types of green careers, as well as educational preparation and national employment growth in a variety of occupational fields, including green careers
- Clean Energy Jobs
Contains career opportunities at the US Department of Energy, as well as in private, public, and nonprofit sections. Also provides downloadable Green Jobs Fact Sheets
- How to Land a Green-Collar Job
American Solar Energy Society
This list of suggestions includes tips for researching solar and other green career options, gaining the necessary skills, and entering the field.
- Green Occupations in O*NET Database
This U. S. Department of Labor site provides lists of increased demand occupations and enhanced skills occupations as a result of the green economy.
Lesson Plans and Classroom Resources
- Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy: K-12 Energy Lesson Plans and Activities
U.S. Department of Energy
This site contains more than 350 lesson plans related to energy basics and specific energy sources such as geothermal, hydrogen and fuel cell, hydropower, solar, wind, and others.
- Biomass Program: Resources for Students
U.S. Department of Energy
The resources and links on this site provide students with basic information on biofuels, biopower, and bioproducts.
- STEM Transitions
See STEM projects with a “green” focus, including Greening the Way, Heating Up, Land Cover and Water Quality, Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, Environmental Impact of Capital Transportation Projects, Bubbles and Troubles, Responding to Hazardous Materials Spills, and Greening the Supply Chain.
- “Energy and the Middle School Student”
Virginia Cooperative Extension
This chapter of the Virginia Cooperative Extension’s Energy Resource Guide for Virginia provides resources for teachers to help middle school students understand energy concepts and engage in related lessons and activities.
- Energy Matters: A Web-based Exploration of Energy Today and Tomorrow
Wisconsin K–12 Energy Education Program
This career exploration site provides an introduction, terminology, classroom ideas, and support materials for helping students explore energy-related careers.
- E21: Energy Education for the 21st Century
Penn State Public Broadcasting
This site offers lesson plans on energy basics, efficiency and conservation, and clean power, as well as media resources, for middle and high school students.
- K–12 & Higher Education Resources
U.S. Green Building Council
This USGBC site focuses on resources for achieving green schools/campuses, and includes current school projects, presentations about sustainability and green buildings, and green building/sustainability curriculum for schools.
- NEED Curriculum Guides
National Energy Education Development Project
This list includes downloadable curriculum guides for all grade levels K-12 on a variety of energy topics.
- Energy Kid’s Page: Energy Activities for Teachers and Students
Energy Information Administration
Organized by grade level, these explorations include a variety of energy-related activities.
- Environmental Education on the Internet
North American Association for Environmental Education
Provides links to environment-related lesson plans by grade level
- Learning about Renewable Energy
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Resources for solar, wind, biomass, and geothermal energy
Resources for Creating Green Schools
- Go Green Virginia: The 2011 Green Schools Challenge
This statewide Virginia School Boards Association initiative site describes the actions required to earn the rating of “Green School Division.”
- Greening Schools
Lots of renewable energy classroom resources for middle and high school; site is being minimally maintained
- High Performance Green Schools
National Clearinghouse for Educational Facilities
In this site, NCEF offers resources on “high performance school facilities, including sustainability and green design issues.”
- The Green Schools Initiative
The Green Schools Initiative is an effort to implement green programs in individual schools, school divisions, and state systems. The site offers tools for improving the environmental quality of schools and provides profiles of green schools.
- Build Green Schools
U.S. Green Building Council
This site offers suggestions for what makes green schools better for students; describes local, state, and federal initiatives for green schools; provides information on the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) for Schools Rating System; and presents research, current news, and other resources related to green schools.
- Green Schools Checklist
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
This Illinois resource presents the benefits of a green school and management strategies for implementing such a program.
- Building Green Schools Resource List
Northeast Sustainable Energy Association
This NESEA Site provides green school links for K-12 teachers, including national and regional organizations, renewable energy and schools, and building green schools state resources.
Statewide Green Initiatives in Virginia
