Brown Before Green

Like my friends who espouse all things Green, I want to live on a healthy planet. I really do. But I’m tired of the guilt; I’m suspicious of the manipulation. And I’m weary of being lectured by people who seem to care more about the planet than the people on it. Hollywood and Washington have shaped the issue, and now, all things Eco-friendly are up for sale. Well, that’s fine. But when it comes to jobs, the people who make a difference aren’t covered in green. They’re covered in Brown – dirt, mud, grime, grease, or maybe something worse. I’m no expert, but if we’re going to save the Earth, the color of Dirt makes a heck of a lot more sense than the color of Envy. The way I see it, if we really want to get clean and green, we’re gonna have to get down with brown. In other words, we’re going to have to get our hands dirty.

What’s Brown Before Green?? – Dirty Jobs

Here at mikeroweWORKS, we believe that everything was brown before it was green and that’s where people should start. Or so we think anyway. Watch the video and see what the term “Brown Before Green” actually means.

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A Snapshot of Green Jobs Training

From the outbox of Meyer’s inbox:

There was a dustup a while back about a solar energy company that got backing from the federal government only to end up going bust. One side says “that the fix was in and heads must roll!” The other side says, “what are you talking about?” Unfortunately, this kind of bickering takes the eye off the prize and that is developing viable alternative energy sources. While Congress does its thing of pointing fingers, local government is rolling up it’s sleeves and getting to work with green jobs. Case in point: Training programs set up in Kansas City. This is just one city. Is there something like this in your neck of the woods? Let us know.

SIX GREATER KANSAS CITY AREA ORGANIZATIONS TO PROVIDE GREEN JOBS TRAINING

Kansas City, MO – infoZine – Mid-America Regional Council (MARC) is supporting six organizations in the Kansas City region to provide workforce development training programs in energy efficiency, water conservation and deconstruction through the EnergyWorks KC program. Read More...

Purified Waste Water Flows from the Faucets in San Diego

The city of San Diego is getting past their aversion to using treated wastewater.

As ‘Yuck Factor’ Subsides, Treated Wastewater Flows From Taps

By Felicity Barringer

But the plant’s very existence is a triumph over one of the most stubborn problems facing the nation’s water managers: if they make clean drinking water from wastewater, will the yuck factor keep people from accepting it? Read More...

How Much Green do You Spend to be Green?

This article gives us food for thought…or maybe it should be refuse for thought, because it does make you wonder how successful we are at being green when we are spending so much and restrictions are so excessive that the environmental benefits almost seem secondary.

What green would you rather have?

By: Art HenSchen
Waste & Recycling News

Is the solution to a recession or depression to spend, spend, spend? How can that make any sense?
Municipalities across the country are turning to privatization to balance their budgets, yet they demand the vendor spend millions to accommodate them. They want to move from rear-load service to automated; they want CNG trucks; they want everything imaginable recycled; they want yard waste to disappear; and now they want food waste collected. Read More...