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The Greenforce Initiative, a partnership between National Wildlife Federation and Jobs for the Future, is working with the Code Green Initiative and the Code Green Initiative's Super Curriculum Improvement Project (CIP) of the North Carolina Community College System (NCCCS). The Code Green Initiative is an effort to advance sustainability on NCCCS campuses and in surrounding communities. This initiative includes redesigning system-wide applied technologies curricula in the areas of Energy, Environment, Building Construction, Transportation and Engineering Technologies to better meet the needs of students working to gain knowledge, skills and experience they need to enter or advance in emerging green careers in these sectors.

Greenforce is supporting and supplementing the Code Green Initiative by providing its leaders and implementers with resources, relevant research, information and expertise, and by organizing events to facilitate networking, formation of learning communities and peer to peer learning among participating colleges. 

EVENT ARCHIVES

Event links below include event materials including agenda and presentations

Webinar: North Carolina Greenforce - Tuesday, February 22 - PowerPoint presentation and Audio (WAV)
Western North Carolina Greenforce Summit - March 4, 2011 - View PowerPoints, Photos and Videos!
Central North Carolina Greenforce Summit - March 18, 2011 - View PowerPoints and Photos!
Eastern North Carolina Greenforce Summit - March 25, 2011 - View PowerPoints, Photos and Videos!
North Carolina Greenforce Conference - November 14-15, 2011 - View PowerPoints and Photos! 

COMMUNITY COLLEGE PARTNERS

NC Code Green Initiative (all 58 institutions in the North Carolina Community College System are part of this initiative)

Featured Partners:

Blue Ridge Community College, Flat Rock, NC
Cape Fear Community College, Wilmington, NC
Craven Community College, New Bern, NC
Gaston Community College, Dallas, NC
Haywood Community College, Clyde, NC
Rowan-Cabarrus Community College, Salisbury, NC
Wilson Community College, Wilson, NC

The following North Carolina Greenforce Initiative partners were awarded innovation grants to advance their efforts in the areas of green workforce development and campus sustainability: 

Haywood Community College
Nash Community College
Piedmont Community College
Southeastern Community College
Stanly Community College
Wake Technical Community College 

RESOURCES 

  • 2011 North Carolina Clean Energy Data Book, NCSEA
  • Clean Energy Jobs in North Carolina, Environmental Defense Fund
  • Clean energy solutions in North Carolina, National Wildlife Federation
  • Clean Energy WNC
  • Employment Trends in North Carolina's Recycling Industry - 2010 
  • Global warming impacts in North Carolina, National Wildlife Federation
  • Green Schools and Sustainability in Appalachia: Case Studies in Rural Practice, Appalachian Regional Commission
  • Haywood County Chamber Green Business Initiative Template for Plan
  • Haywood County Chamber of Commerce Green Initiative Pilot Program Checklist
  • Mapping the Green Economy: North Carolina, clean energy and energy efficiency companies
  • North Carolina Green Economy Resource Directory
  • North Carolina Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency Industries Census 2010
  • North Carolina Sustainable Energy Association
  • PEW Fact Sheet on the Clean Energy Economy in North Carolina
  • Renewable Energy in the South, Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance
  • Southeast Energy Efficiency Study, Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance
  • State of the North Carolina Workforce 2011-2020, NC Commission on Workforce Development
  • The Employment Security Commission of North Carolina Labor Market Information
  • UNC Coastal Wind Report
  • Workforce Development Best Practices for Energy Efficiency, Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance

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