Green Collar Jobs:
An Analysis of the Capacity of Green Businesses to Provide High Quality Jobs for Men and Women with Barriers
San Francisco State University Prof. Raquel Pinderhughes has completed a case study of implementing a green job corps in Berkeley, CA. The study is a great example of collaboration between city planners, academics and local environmental justice advocates and can serve as a planning tool for extending green collar workforce development to other communities across the country.
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