NEW GREEN ON THE HORIZON

Hurricanes aren’t going away and neither is global warming.
Instead of ignoring the environmental wake up call; let it guide us into making wiser decisions about what to do if oil production stops and hurricanes prevent movement period.

“We’re going to have to come to grips with the fact that the climate crisis is threatening the future of our civilization and just because those words sound shrill is no excuse for not saying them. We have to face up to this,” urged Gore. “We’re putting another 70 million tons of global warming pollution in the thin shell of our atmosphere surrounding our planet every 24 hours. This is madness.” (Gore)

“We owe it to ourselves and especially to our children and grandchildren and future generations,” declared Gore. “Who are we to make a decision to just keep on being so wasteful and destructive in the teeth of the warnings from every single prestigious scientific organization on this planet? Every single national academy of sciences in the world has endorsed the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report saying we have got to act on this.” (Gore, Green Revolution, Green Jobs Central to National Clean Energy Summit 2.0)
http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/aug2009/2009-08-12-01.asp

There is a solution to the natural disasters over which we have no control. A new economy is emerging on the horizon called “The Green Market”. The Green Market offers a way to create new jobs that can’t be exported. They suggest investing in a green economy and training people in home cities; which means a company can provide some job stability; by focusing on manufacturing things that can’t be outsourced. Business & Economics discusses Obama’s call for green jobs. (‘What Shade of Green Best Suits the Economy?’)
http://www.miller-mccune.com/business_economics/what-shade-of-green-best-suits-the-economy-910?article_page=2

Consider also these facts from the UNEPGreenJobs report:

“Green Jobs: Towards Decent Work in a Sustainable, Low-Carbon World assembles evidence— quantitative, anecdotal, and conceptual—for currently existing green jobs in key economic sectors (renewable energy, buildings and construction, transportation, basic industry, agriculture, and forestry) and presents estimates for future green employment. The pace of green job creation is likely to accelerate in the years ahead. A global transition to a low-carbon and sustainable economy can create large numbers of green jobs across many sectors of the economy, and indeed can become an engine of development. Current green job creation is taking place in both the rich countries and in some of the major developing economies.

The “UNEPGreenJobs report” states that a new economy is emerging and will be supporting the green point of view. They lists four changes that will happen to the employment field.

First, in some cases, additional jobs will be created—as in the manufacturing of pollution-control devices added to existing production equipment.
Second, some employment will be substituted—as in shifting from fossil fuels to renewables, or from truck manufacturing to rail car manufacturing, or from landfilling and waste incineration to recycling.
Third, certain jobs may be eliminated without direct replacement—as when packaging materials are discouraged or banned and their production is discontinued.
Fourth, it would appear that many existing jobs (especially such as plumbers, electricians, metal workers, and construction workers) will simply be transformed and redefined as day-to-day skill sets, work methods, and profiles are greened.( UNEPGreenJobs report )

To read the entire UNEPGreenJobs report click on the link below.
http://www.unep.org/PDF/UNEPGreenJobs_report08.pdf

by Rabbi Noah Weinberg
Acknowledge your gifts and be grateful to the source. Because if you know from whom you’re receiving, you can always go back for more
http://www.aish.com/sp/48w/48942721.html

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