The city of Wisconsin Rapids received some great news today.  Energy Composites Corporation announced they are opening up a wind turbine blade manufacturing firm is the city.  This move is expected to add 400 green jobs to the city.  The local community college also announced that they will be offering a certification program in blade [...]

I just read a great article by Time magazine about the increase in green jobs.  The article discusses  a recent green jobs career fair at Columbia University that was attended by over 1,300 students, more than twice the amount that attended last year.  I was there as a green career coach answering questions and providing [...]

The Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) has compiled a list of the top companies that are the driving force behind the the green movement.  So far they have only listed companies that are in the Midwest, put they have plans to expand the list very soon to cover the entire country.  I was glad to see [...]

I just read a very interesting study put out byDuke University.  The study highlighted the benefit of Manufacturing companies recycling their industrial waste into electricity.  Many refineries, steel companies and chemical companies are just discarding their energy waste.  What would happen if these companies started to harness that waste into creating electricity?  A cleaner environment, [...]

I am back in the my office and reflecting on the past weekend.  I am still in awe at the the enthusiasm and level of commitment shown by the thousands of students and green advocates over the weekend.  Many stayed over for Monday’s lobby day, which in my opinion was the most important day of [...]

Another great day, a little more laid back then yesterday, but still exciting and chock full of information and inspiration.  I want to start off by saying that I am very upset that I missed the late night rally after the Roots concert.  I checked out early from the concert and crashed after an exhausting [...]

Let me start by saying this has been one of the coolest days of my life.  As you all know, and as the title of the post suggests, I am at the Powershift conference in DC and just made it back to my hotel room.   My ears are still ringing for the “Roots” concert, what [...]

Wow, this is simply amazing.  As you know, I am in DC for the Powershift event, and what an event it is.  I just made it back to my hotel room and fired up my computer to check in on emails and twitter updates and wanted to let you all know how awesome this event [...]

Today, we are featuring a high level consulting position from one of the top consulting and strategy firms in the World.
Booz Allen Hamilton is searching for a senior consultant in their Washington DC offices.  The role will focus on on providing strategic planning in the areas of alternative energy and renewable energy with an emphasis [...]

This has been an exciting week for green jobs and a very busy week for us here at GJS.  We have been working hard to expand our network and reach and to that end we created a Twitter page as well as a LinkedIn group.  We have come to realization that using social networking tools [...]