Green Insider: 7 Jobs That Could Be Green
First up, let’s address the green economy. There has been a lot of talk about green-collar jobs. Last year, President Barack Obama signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, which provided $500 million to the Department of Labor to fund training workers in “green†careers. “People have been doing these jobs for years. It's just a matter of how you market yourself so that customers will know,†says Phillip O’Neal, founder of Green DMV, a program that provides green job skills for low income communities.