Solar Jobs: Top 5 States for Solar Jobs

Looking for a little light to finally shine down on you in your work life? You don’t have to look very far if you live in a certain five states – the top five states for solar jobs. Something about the sun simply makes people happy: A better day almost is inevitable if the sun is shining, and sunshine actually ensures a better night’s rest, too. You just might need this shot of sunshine in the workplace as well.

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Green Jobs: Obama Stands to Gain from Increased US Fossil Fuel Production

President Obama is a big proponent of green technology. Under his administration, the green job market has exploded. But this doesn’t mean he’s put a hamper on developing traditional energy sources in the homeland.

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Green Jobs: The Sky’s the Limit for Green Aviation

Green technology takes on many forms as people work together to improve the environment for future generations. A big part of that process happens in the world of aviation technology. Air travel, whether for pleasure, business or military purposes, is at an all-time high, so the aeronautics industry is hard at work finding ways to decrease its impact on the environment.

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The Brilliant Economics of Green Buildings

Despite the fact that not so long ago environmentalism was a concept that was mocked, recent studies and figures have shown that not only are environmentally friendly projects being taken seriously, they are proving to be big business.

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Solar Jobs: How to Win Your Customers Over

If you are planning to become a solar energy service provider, it’s no secret that you face a wealth of competition in today’s booming green energy market. We all know that customers will choose the service provider who best looks out for their interests, so why not be one of them? Show your customers why you are no. 1 by shedding some light on a few areas that matter most to them—right from the start. Here are a few tidbits of wisdom to get you started on your way to having some pretty sunny days in the solar energy sector.

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Green Jobs: Surveying the Ecology around Us

Our world is made up of different living organisms around us. These include oceanic wildlife, animals, birds, reptiles, trees and of course us human beings.  All these living organisms are existing in the same nature and share the same resources of the nature and physical environment around us. The relationship between the various living organisms and its impact on the surrounding physical environment is the study of ecology.

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Solar Jobs: Californians Overwhelmingly Vote for More Solar

In the recent elections, an overwhelming majority of Californians voted to close a corporate tax loophole, and to give nearly half the funds–$2.5 billion–to green energy and solar jobs. Over 60 percent of voters supported Proposition 39. California will also be implementing a cap-and-trade program selling carbon allowances, and revenues from that could exceed $11 billion by 2020.

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