Green Collar Jobs: Working in the New Northwest
Contributing Organization(s): Sightline Institute
Author(s)/Creator(s): Alan Thein Durning
Publishing Date: 1999-06-01
Issue Areas: Economic Development; Employment and Labor; Energy and Environment
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The typical job in the Pacific Northwest is gentler to nature than at any time in decades, thanks to the region's swift uncoupling from timber, mining, and other resource industries. But while jobs are greener, this new economy has a dark side: the gap between rich and poor has widened, and rising consumption is eroding the region's environmental gains. From Ketchikan, AK to Bend, OR to Boonville, CA, the question resonates: If we do what's right for the environment, what is everyone going to do for a living? Green-Collar Jobs takes a close look at timber towns in the Northwest--ground zero in the perceived battle between jobs and the environment.
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Available at: http://www.sightline.org/publications/books/green-collar-jobs/gcjobs
ISBN: 1-886093-08-3
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