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Growing
the Green Collar Economy
Skills and labour challenges in reducing our greenhouse
emissions and national environmental footprint. DSF and the
Australian Conservation Foundation have released a major new study of
Australia’s emerging Green Collar Economy.
It shows we can take strong action to tackle climate change and create millions
of new job opportunities. Download
Paper.
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Submission to the Garnaut Review
Dusseldorp Skills Forum in conjunction with CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems Division
has made a submission the Garnaut Climate Change Review about the implications
of skills and sustainability. This submission is the first stage of a larger
project with the aim to uncover the possible employment outcomes of a number
of carbon emission reduction scenarios, the preparedness of Australia's
human capital stock to respond to the challenge of climate change and the
adequacy of existing skills and innovation policy settings. Download Paper.
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An Overview of Facilities Management
The task of managing the built environment is extremely multifaceted. It
is now, for example, clear that facilities management will have a central
role to play in building a sustainable future by 'greening' the built environment.
The purpose of this report is to describe facilities management in terms
of the work it does, the range of skills it includes, and the current provision
for education and training. Download Paper. |
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Green Collar Work: The Potential
in Australia
Can you imagine an Australia that has wholly embraced the sustanability
message? Where are we at now and what would it take? Dr John Spierings
sheds some light with this presentation at The University of Sydney Workplace
Research Centre Climate Change @ Work Conference on the 2nd April 2008.
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Greening
the Workplace: What Workers Say
An important piece of research examining how workplaces can become more sustainable
as told by workers themselves. It uncovers that there is a great deal of
interest in this area but also many questions and uncertainties. Download
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Useful
Reading
Although not collaborated on by the Dusseldorp Skills Forum, the following papers
may serve as useful reading if you are interested in skills for sustainability: |
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Seven Theses
on Sustainability, Innovation and VET
This paper by Dr Phil Toner of UWS argues that Vocational Education and
Training is a major driver of innovation and that sustainability will need
to be of increasing importance in the VET sector. Download
PDF (116 kB) |
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Green Recovery - A Program to Create Good Jobs and Start Building a Low Carbon Economy (2008)
This report demonstrates how a new Green Recovery program in the USA that spends
$100 billion over two years would create 2 million new jobs, with a significant
proportion in the struggling construction and manufacturing sectors. This research
shows that a strategy to invest in the greening of the US economy will create
more jobs, and better jobs, compared to continuing to pursue a path of inaction
marked by rising dependence on energy imports alongside billowing pollution.Download
PDF (5.3 MB) |
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KPMG, Brotherhood of St Laurence and Ecos Corporation - A Nation Energy Efficiency Program to Assist Low-income Households (2008)
This report puts forward a roadmap for the Government to meet its commitment
made in the Green Paper to assist low income households. It demonstrates the
difficulties which will confront low-income households but more importantly
provides a detailed plan of action to close the gap in the expected extra costs
of energy bills resulting from the Government's Carbon Pollution Reduction
Scheme. Download
PDF (1.7 MB) |
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Academy
for Sustainable Communities, Mind the Skills Gap: The Skills we need for
Sustainable Communities, UK (2007)
This report provides a cross sector assessment of the supply and demand of skills
relevant to deliver sustainable communities in the UK, investigating labour shortages
and skills gaps. The notion of sustainable communities refers to the creation
of carbon efficient, socially cohesive, prosperous and well-connected areas. Download
PDF (3.2 MB) |
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Environment
Canada’s Green Meeting Guide, version 2.0 Environment Canada Environmental
Affairs Division (2007)
There is an increasing awareness of the importance of considering the environmental
impact of organisations and businesses of all types. This guide is a reference
tool for anyone hoping to organise an environmentally responsible meeting or
conference, providing information on how to incorporate environmental concerns
at every stage of an event. Download
PDF (750 kB) |
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BVET,
Skills for Sustainability (2007)
This paper investigates the skills required for sustainable business development
in NSW. Realising that the skills policy response to climate change would become
an increasingly prominent issue, this report was commissioned by the NSW Board
of Vocational Education and Training in January 2005. Download
PDF (5.9 MB) |
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BVET,
Going with the Grain? Skills and Sustainable Business Development (2007)
This study examines how skills policy could facilitate and enable the NSW economy
to adjust to climate change policies. Commissioned by the NSW Board of Vocational
Education and Training, it focuses on the role of education and training in the
shift to a more sustainable mode of business development. Download
PDF (1.8 MB) |
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Kats,
G. Greening America’s Schools – Costs and Benefits, USA (2006)
This study demonstrates the many benefits of using green technologies in schools.
It shows that investment in green technologies significantly reduces the life-cycle
cost of operating school buildings, as well as providing a healthier learning
atmosphere and addressing environmental concerns. Download
PDF (2.2 MB) |
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Environmental
Jobs Network, The Guide to Environmental Careers in Australia (2005)
This guide provides information about environmental work, with details on necessary
education and skills required for these environmental jobs, advice on finding
work in environmental fields and trends in environmental employment. Download
PDF (840 kB) |
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