PROJECT OVERVIEW: BALTIMORE CENTER FOR GREEN CAREERS
Over the past few years, Baltimore has experienced one of the worst job markets it has had in a while. With the cities current unemployment rate at a high of 7.9 percent as of October 2011 and an increasingly important need for the city to “go green” and improve its environmental sustainability, many local organizations have sprung up in an effort to directly address these issues together. One such organization is the Baltimore Center for Green Careers, a Civic Works project created in 2010 in an effort to provide both underemployed and unemployed Baltimore citizens with the training they need in order to obtain entry level green jobs for the green careers of the future.
STORIES:
Baltimore’s increasing need for green jobs
Baltimore has recently put an emphasis on improving its unemployment rates and increasing its environmental sustainability. In order to do so, the government has funded organizations and programs that strive to create green jobs for Baltimore citizens. Continue reading
Green jobs training opportunity for Baltimore’s unemployed
After receiving a generous EPA grant, Civic Works in Baltimore created the Baltimore Center for Green Careers. The center is home to several green jobs training programs. Continue reading
Baltimore Center for Green Careers: Improving the quality of life for the city
Andre Alston is one of 41 trainees expected to graduate from the Baltimore Center for Green Careers this year. As a part of his paid on-the-job training, he must report to the center five days a week and spend and entire day doing similar work to what he is preparing to do in the future. Continue Reading
MULTIMEDIA:
Baltimore goes green
View an interactive map that displays several areas in both Baltimore City and Baltimore County, that are devoted to Baltimore’s sustainability initiatives and aiding the growth of green careers.
The future of Baltimore’s ‘green’ economy
Watch a slideshow featuring an inside look at the hands-on training lab inside the Baltimore Center for Green Careers.
An inside look at Andre’s typical morning
Watch a slideshow featuring a typical morning for Andre Alston, a current trainee at the Baltimore Center for Green Careers.
