October 2009

In This Issue Dear Leanne,

Emerging Industries
Report Release Where are those green jobs? What kind of training are companies
looking for? What will it take to grow quality green jobs in
GETF Stakeholder Pledge Philadelphia?

Committee Meetings To answer these questions, we went to the experts: all of you. More
Schedule
than 30 businesses and as many stakeholders contributed to the
News
first three chapters of the Emerging Industries Project: Sustainable
Manufacturing, Construction & Demolition Waste Recovery, and
Events Energy Efficiency & Building Retrofits.

Resources On Friday, ninety Green Economy Task Force Stakeholders

attended our now bi-annual Stakeholders Meeting to review the
Photos report and begin to dive in on recommendations for growing green
jobs in our region.
Join our list
These first three chapters provide the industry-specific evidence we
need to grow the companies that are both improving environmental
quality and providing quality jobs to Philadelphians. Now we've
begun to lay our foundations and the real work, as The Inquirer
reported Saturday, "to fully capitalize on the business growth and
employment potential of the nascent green economy" begins.

To read the first three chapters of the Emerging Industries Project,

click here. Green Economy Task Force committee meetings will
each focus on specific industries and recommendations within the
reports; please join us for the projects you'd most like to contribute
to.

Fondly, Kate

Emerging Industries Report Release

Emerging Industries
Project

At the Stakeholder Meeting last

Friday, we released the first three
chapters of the on going
Emerging Industries Project.
These three chapters are:
Sustainable Manufacturing,
Construction and Deconstruction Waste Recovery, and Energy
Efficiency and Building Retrofitting. To read the full report click
here to download the pdf.

EIP Participating Businesses

We would like to thank all of the businesses and organizations that
helped to make these chapters of the Emerging Industries Project
possible.

Penn Scale Manufacturing Co.

MIO
Windle-Excel Machine Solutions, Inc.
OnionFlats; Blox
Sandmeyer Steel
Sun & Earth, Inc
Aerzen USA
Tymel Style LLC
Globe Dye Works
Pappajohn Woodworking
Construction Waste Management
Kevin Brooks Salvage
ReStore
Niche Recycling
Bioneighbors Sustainable Homes
Clark Energy Consultants
Elliott-Lewis
Energy Coordinating Agency
Fix'em, Inc.
Gensis Group
Green and Save
Green Depot
Green Homeworks Inc.
Greenable
JHK Sustainability Solutions
Lord Contractors
Practical Energy Solutions
Tozour Trane
US Facilities
The Green Perspective
Green Village Philadelphia
e3bank
National Foundry Products, Inc.

GETF STAKEHOLDER PLEDGE

Revised Pledge

Thank you to the thirty stakeholders that helped edit the GETF
stakeholder pledge. Please submit any revisions by Monday
October 19th to zac@sbnphiladelphia.org.

To read the revised pledge and to sign on as a stakeholder, click

here.

GETF Committee Meetings Schedule

Next Steps for Green Business Development -

Lessons from Emerging Industries Project

Led by GETF Funding Committee

Tuesday October 29th 9:00AM at Philadelphia Water Department
RSVP to laureen.boles@phila.gov

Building Relationships with Employers - Lessons

from Emerging Industries Project

Led by the Job Training Committee & Employer Commitment

Committee:
Friday October 30th 10:30AM at Philadelphia Youth Network
RSVP to caustin@pyninc.org

Construction and Demolition Waste Recovery

Led by the Policy Committee:

Tuesday November 4th 9:00AM at Sustainable Business Network
RSVP to knapp@pennfuture.org

NEWS

Philadelphia Receives $14.1 Million in EECBG

Funding

On Friday Mayor Nutter announced that the City of Philadelphia will

receive $14.1 million in funding through the U.S. Department of
Energy's Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant
(EECBG). These funds will be invested over the next 12-18 months
in reducing energy use and costs, community development, and
furthering the City's sustainability priorities.

Specifically, the EECB Grant will: help City government green itself
with building retrofits, target energy budgets, a pilot solar project,
led traffic lights, and a greener building code; help green our
communities with more big bellies and bike racks; and green our
businesses with loans and grants structured to help businesses of
all sizes make improvements to their buildings.

The City will be looking to business organizations for advice and

support as they go through the process of finalizing and
implementing these initiatives through some round tables, info
sessions and feedback sessions.

RFP for Youth Industry Pipelines

The Philadelphia Council for College and Career Success, a

subcommittee of the PWIB, is announcing the release of a Request
for Proposals (RFP) seeking qualified, committed and innovative
organizations to develop and implement an industry pipeline model
and a youth continuum model for 21st Century Skill building.

There will be two Bidders' Conference sessions held on Thursday,

October 15, 2009 at the offices of the Philadelphia Youth Network,
714 Market Street, Suite 304, Philadelphia. The times are as
follows: Industry Pipeline applicants: 1:00 - 2:30 PM, 21st
Century Skills Continuum applicants: 2:30 - 4:00 PM.

Please RSVP by filling out the form on PYN's website

(www.pyninc.org) under the In-School Youth RFP posting.

Applicants are required to submit a Letter of Intent to Apply by 4:30

p.m. on Monday, October 19, 2009. The LOI should be faxed to
267-502-3868.

Proposals are due Friday, November 13, 2009 by 12:00 p.m.

Please note that late or incomplete applications will not be
accepted. The RFP will be available on Thursday, October 8, 2009
by 4:30 p.m. and will be available at www.pyninc.org,
www.philadelphiacouncil.org, and www.pwib.org.

$52 million for green energy generation projects

"PA Green Energy Works!" is a competitive grant program that is

funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and
managed through the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental
Protection. All projects must create jobs and be ready to begin
work within 6 months of the grant award and be completed within
24 months or prior to April 30, 2010.

Eligible applicants include: businesses, non-profit corporations,

colleges or universities in Pennsylvania, an economic development
organization, a political subdivision, municipal electric utilities, rural
electric cooperatives, and municipal authorities.

For more information click here.

Emerging Industries Project Chapter 4: Green

Infrastructure and Stormwater Management

Sarah Francis, SBN's current policy fellow is beginning her work on

the next chapter of the Emerging Industries Project dealing with
Green Infrastructure and Stormwater Management. As she is
beginning to convene a working group for this chapter, she wants to
extend an invitation to GETF Stakholders to join the forum. If this is
your area of expertise and you are interested in participating,
please contact Sarah at sarah.francis@gmail.com .

U.S. stimulus funds in Philadelphia

"In the seven months since Congress passed President Obama's

$787 billion stimulus plan, $303 billion has flowed from it. So has
immeasurable controversy. Is it delivering real economic recovery?
Are enough jobs being created? Is money reaching those in need?
While political partisans vehemently debate, some questions are
already answered for Philadelphia workers suddenly in the path of
the Philadelphia Housing Authority money stream."

To learn more read Jennifer Lin's article in the Inquirer.

Landmark Green Jobs Bill Passes New York State

Senate

The New York State Senate passed the historic Green Jobs-
Green New York bill yesterday after more than a year of hard work
from the WFP and a broad coalition of environmentalists,
businesses, community groups, labor unions and key Senators and
members of the Assembly. The bill - which had already passed the
Assembly unanimously and is supported by the Governor - would
make energy efficiency upgrades to one million homes and
businesses across the state over the next five years and create
tens of thousands of badly needed jobs.

To learn more about this read Dan Cantor's article here.

Obama Administration Contemplating Employer Tax

Credits for New Hires

The Obama administration and Democratic leaders in Congress are

discussing extending several safety net programs as well as
proposing new tax incentives for businesses to renew hiring. One of
the options under consideration would give employers a $3,000 tax
credit for each new hire they make.

To read more about this, check out the New York Times article by
Jackie Calmes.

EVENTS

Green Careers Workshop for Women in Philadelphia

The Department of Labor's Women's Bureau and SBN will be

hosting an upcoming program, "Green Careers Workshop for
Women in Philadelphia" on Friday Oct. 23rd. This half-day
workshop, being hosted by Drexel University, will inform women
about green job resources, opportunities, and training programs in
the Philadelphia area.

The event will involve presentations by companies in various

sectors of the Green Economy. There will also be a peer
roundtable discussion with women who currently hold green collar
jobs at companies such as: Gamesa, Energy Coordinating
Agency, and SEPTA.

Event Details:

DATE: Friday October 23, 2009

TIME: 8:30 AM to 12:00 PM (doors open at 8:00AM)

LOCATION: Drexel University's Bossone Center on Market St.

between 31st Street and 32nd Street.

DIRECTIONS: Located 1 block west of the 30th Street Station

REGISTER: To register for the event go to the event website at:

www.sbngreencareersworkshop.eventbrite.com,
or by phone at: (215) 922-7400 ext. 4#.

ESL Resource for the Public Workforce System

The Home Builders Institute (HBI) the National Association of

Home Builders (NAHB), Retention Education, and Lowes have
partnered to offer a webinar to introduce the workforce system to
an English as a Second Language (ESL) tool that is designed to
help members of the Hispanic construction workforce master basic
English literacy and job site safety skills called Sed de Saber.

Designed to provide job skills as well as safety and English as a

Second Language (ESL) training, Sed de Saber empowers
members of the Hispanic community in their efforts to secure
meaningful employment in a number of sustainable industries.
Presenters on the Webinar will include a representative from the
workforce system that has worked closely with the Sed de Saber
product and Retention Education to describe the tool's impact on
outreach, placement, retention and career promotion.

Date: 10/14/2009
Time: 12pm Eastern (11:00am/Central, 10:00am/Mountain,
9:00am/Pacific)
Length: 90 minutes

To register for this webinar click here.

350Philly! International Day of Climate Action

On October 24th, 2009 join 350philly, the local chapter of 350.org,

on Independence Mall where they will be holding an International
Day of Climate Action.

350 is the safety zone for planet earth. 350 parts per million is what
many scientists, climate experts and progressive national
governments are now saying is the safe upper limit for CO2 in our
atmosphere.

In December of 2009 in Copenhagen, Denmark, delegates,

businesses, and non-governmental organizations, from every
nation will meet to finalize a new global climate change agreement.

Six weeks before this crucial event, on October 24th the

International Day of Climate Action, 350philly and its supporters will
meet at Independence Mall at 1pm to make the 350 message
heard. Attendees will hear inspiring messages of local and global
sustainability from Katherine Gajewski, Director of the Philadelphia
Mayor's Office of Sustainability, and their keynote speaker, Ray
Anderson, radical industrialist and environmental heavyweight.

For more info and to get involved go to www.350philly.org or look

for them on facebook!

RESOURCES

Solar Installation Training Program Opens in Philly

Approved by the Philadelphia Workforce Investment Board,

Maxwell Education Group is providing an innovative training model
for dislocated workers for entry level Photovoltaic (PV) Solar Panel
Installers, Designers, and Solar Sales/Estimators. They can be
reached at 215-537-8300 for trained PV installers, designers, and
sales/estimators. Externs are also available.
NGA Publishes State Green Economy Profiles and
Rankings

The National Governors Association Center for Best Practices

(NGA Center) has commissioned Collaborative Economics Inc.
(CEI) to prepare a profile of each state's "green" economy.

State profiles can be found by clicking here.

Pennsylvania is ranked 6th for Overall Venture Capitol Investment

in Clean Technology and 9th in Overall Green Patents.

PHOTOS

GETF Stakeholder Meeting

Photos

View photos from Friday's GETF

Stakeholder Meeting here.

GETF Stakeholders
Participate in World Green Energy Symposium

On Friday September 25th, Kate Houstoun from SBN brought

together a panel of workforce development experts to discuss five
clean energy training programs in Philadelphia. We would like to
thank the panelists and their organizations for their participation in
this program:

Jerome Shabazz, Overbrook Environmental Education Center -

Environmental conservation
Walter Yakabosky, Energy Coordinating Agency - Energy
efficiency & weatherization
Steven Williams, Partnership CDC - Green Roof Installation
Micah Gold-Markel, Solar-States - Solar technology
Sheila McKenna, Community College of Philadelphia - Training &
Support

View photos from the event here.