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Diversity plus sustainability: Green jobs toolkit offers tips

Think tank releases best practices guide for marrying diversity goals with green job creation.
Written by Heather Clancy, Contributor

Depending on how you look at it, upwards of $200 billion in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act has been dedicated to the creation of so-called "green jobs." But what IS NOT included in all that legislation are guidelines for how to layer various diversity and anti-discrimination laws in with those efforts. That's why the Applied Research Center, a self-described think tank on "racial justice," has created and published what is calling the "Green Equity Toolkit: Standards and Strategies for Advancing Race, Gender and Economic Equity in the Green Economy." (Talk about an all-inclusive title!)

The toolkit is targeted at community organizations and public agencies, and it includes case studies for how some organizations are already proceeding with green-collar job creation -- while keeping race, gender and economic equity in mind.

A link to the toolkit, along with information about a related Webinar being held on Nov. 18, can be found here.

This post was originally published on Smartplanet.com

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