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Featured Resource
| | Brookings Report - Sizing the Clean Economy: A National and Regional Green Jobs Assessment
This July 2011 report represents the first study of the U.S. clean economy to provide timely information that is both comprehensive enough in its scope and detailed enough in its categorization to inform national, state, and regional leaders on the dynamics of the U.S. low-carbon and environmental goods and services "super-sector" as they are transpiring in regions and metropolitan areas.
You can also view findings by state in the report's interactive indicator map.
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Share Your Resources
SEED's Curricula Wiki offers resource sharing exclusively between colleges |
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Share and explore green program and course development materials:
- Learning outcomes
- Classroom and lab activities
- Syllabi
- Laboratory & training manuals
- Equipment lists
- Lesson plans
- Textbooks
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Don't Miss...
Find a comprehensive list of events and announcements on theseedcenter.org.
IREC's Innovation Awards
Recognize individuals and organizations that have implemented innovative projects to promote and accelerate the adoption of renewable energy technologies.
Nominations due 8/10/11
Conferences:
See AACC & SEED featured at these upcoming partner conferences:
League for Innovation STEMtech
Indianapolis, In.
10/2-5/11
USGBC's GREENBUILD
Toronto, Canada
Oct 4-7, 2011
AASHE Conference & Expo
Pittsburg, Pa.
10/9-12/11
NCCET/NCWE Conference
St. Louis, Mo.
10/22-25/11
Other Green Economy Conferences & Events:
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ASME Energy Sustainability Conference
Including a workshop for educators developing renewable energy courses.
Washington, DC
8/7/11
Hagerstown Community College "Go Green, Save Green Expo"
Featuring energy efficiency & renewable energy businesses
Hagerstown, Md.
8/13/11
ACEEE National Conference on Energy Efficiency as a Resource
Denver, Co.
9/25-27/11
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Issue 7, August 4, 2011
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SEED Membership Grows & Member Orientation;
No Summer Vacation for Building the Green Economy!
While many of our campuses are quiet with summer break, we know that is only a calm front to lots of work continuing to happen behind-the-scenes. A recent uptick in SEED memberships tells us colleges are planning for new and refined green and sustainability programs this coming year. In July, 21 colleges from 16 unique states joined the AACC's SEED Initiative, created in partnership with ecoAmerica.
To help you get started with SEED, we'd like to give your college's designated SEED Campus Ambassador (the most appropriate faculty member, dean, workforce development administrator, or sustainability officer) an orientation to our offerings and discuss how SEED can best contribute to your green collar workforce development programs. Please contact Todd Cohen, director of AACC sustainability initiatives to set up a phone appointment.
We continue to enhance SEED's offerings for members. Mark your calendars for September 23, 1 PM, EST for a webinar by SEED experts and our partners on the Department of Energy home retrofit standards and what they mean for community college energy efficiency programs. More details will follow soon.
And, visit the "For Members" page in the SEED Center where you'll find a newly added downloadable press release template and speaking points to help your college share why this initiative is valuable and how your stakeholders can join.
When we closed the academic year, we shared stories of SEED members' achievements including Northern Maine Community College that matriculated New England's first class of wind technicians. Registration for fall courses is now open on most campuses. Community College of Rhode Island will launch an energy utility certificate program to help create a more dynamic workforce. I am sure many SEED members are creating new programs and adding courses to serve our students and communities. We are proud of our achievements and ongoing efforts to grow the clean, green economy. Tell us what you are doing, we'd like to share your story.
Sincerely,
Dr. Jerry Weber
Chair, AACC Sustainability Task Force
President, College of Lake County
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Success Stories
Connecting Community Colleges, Collaboration, Sharing Best Practices, Mentorship
The SEED Success Stories series provides an in-depth look at community college strategies and best practices to creatively and successfully address local and regional workforce needs. Published regularly after interviews and often site visits, SEED continues celebrating innovators in community college green workforce programs.
Bucks County Community College Fuels Green  Training Through Continuing Education
While many colleges build training programs in response to local industry demand, BCCC has focused on a robust continuing education program. This has proven to be an extremely effective way to rapidly respond to the unpredictable and frequently changing technologies of the fluid regional clean energy sector. BCCC's efforts are even more fruitful thanks to its outreach to and programming for a specific population in need of retraining: U.S. military veterans returning from service.
 Over the past several years, southern Bucks County, Pennsylvania, has lost once thriving manufacturing, chemicals production, and commercial construction industries and 23,000 jobs. Seeking a new employment base, the region focused on the possibilities of renewable energy-and specifically the wind sector. Gamesa, a leader in wind energy production and component manufacturing, made a $200 million investment (with 800 jobs) in the state, locating key operations in Bucks County. Read more.
Bucks County Community College has shared nearly two dozen sustainability and green economy courses in the SEED Sharing Community. Explore what's being taught at BCC and add your college's programs and courses, too.
In addition to the in-depth Success Stories, don't miss SEED's Sustainability Snapshots, quick spotlights on member colleges' effective efforts to align job training today with labor market needs of tomorrow. If your college has a Success Story or Sustainability Snapshot to share, let us know!
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| July, SEED Welcomes 21 New Members
from 16 States
If your college is not a member yet, join today, or refer a college to join and begin taking advantage of all the free resources SEED offers today.
Berkshire Community College Pittsfield, MA Coffeyville Community College Coffeyville, KS Cumberland County College Vineland, NJ Kanawha Valley Community & Technical College Institute, WV Los Angeles Community College District Los Angeles, CA Minnesota State College - Southeast Technical Winona, MN Mississippi Delta Community College Moorhead, MS New Mexico State University- Alamogordo Alamogordo, NM New Mexico State University - Carlsbad Carlsbad, NM Oakton Community College Des Plaines, IL Richmond Community College Hamlet, NC Ridgewater College Willmar, MN Salt Lake Community College, UT South Piedmont Community College Polkton, NC Southside Virginia Community College Alberta, VA Thomas Nelson Community College Hampton, VA Tillamook Bay Community College Tillamook, OR Tulsa Community College Tulsa, OK University of New Mexico - Valencia Los Lunas, NM Western Nebraska Community College Scottsbluff, NE Wiregrass Georgia Technical College Valdosta, GA |
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What do you think? Send comments, suggestions, sustainability success stories, newsletter ideas,
green economy events/webinars and conferences, and learn more about corporate partnerships: SEED@ecoAmerica.org
SEED is brought to you by the American Association of Community Colleges and ecoAmerica and
is supported by the Flora Family, Kresge, and Surdna Foundations and corporate partner Pearson Higher Education.
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