Dream Green Jobs

Gretchen--not sure what you're talking about...

For YEARS Peter Blanchard has provided the "green community" with an invaluable and FREE resource in the form of his Planet Friendly web portal. Peter has volunteered his time to create and maintain this resource and only recently began asking users of the site for donations to support this INCREDIBLY worthwhile effort. What Peter offers is far and beyond a job posting site, and is far different from what (relative newcomers) Work Cabin and ECO Canada offer. I suspect that rather than attempting to divert traffic away from other sites, Peter is simply attempting to make people aware of ALL the resources that they have at their disposal. I see absolutely nothing wrong with that.

Personally, I have found employment through his site, learned of interesting events through his site, found resources that have helped me in my work through all of the links he provides, found resources to help me in my personal efforts to live in a more environmentally sustainable manner on his site, and have found information that has helped me write many a research paper. The only criticism I can possibly think of is that the site has some broken links and could use some updating, which is to be expected when you have one person responsible for maintaining something that massive.

Three cheers for Peter and http://planetfriendly.net and http://www.goodworkcanada.ca ! THANK YOU for all of your hard work!!!

I give www.workcabin.ca a lot of credit for doing something very unique for a green job site and that's actually being green themselves. Who would have thought....a green green jobs board. Give 'em props because they are definitely leading the way. I can't understand why anyone would try to deflect attention away from their responsible approach, as a previous poster has done, unless such a person runs a site that is being impacted by this new job site startup

I think we'll see more changes towards a sustainable lifestyle when the government realizes that the long-term effects of ecologically sound methods of living will outrun the short-term benefits of using oil to boost our current economy. However, human nature makes this relatively rational approach not as obvious, just like getting drunk over and over again, relinquishing yourself to the consequences of alcohol intoxication, or smoking. Another example, second hand smoking is kindda like air pollution: air masses flowing to nearby pristine-like area carrying pollutants downwind from smoke stacks of a petroleum factory. The government should realize that by going green, we'll be better off in the future economically by: 1) a large majority of the health care costs will be slashed by addressing environmentally-linked health problems, some examples that come to mind easily are asthma and cancers 2) a new sector opening more jobs 3) less dependence on other countries if we harness energy from the wind, earth and sun 4) internationally, Canada is known for its vast natural areas and diverse ecological regions, so if we can find ways to show off why this is a beautiful country, we could boost the tourism industry and create a unified identity.

I think people are finally realizing how bad the economy has gotten and how we need to start making changes in the way we live meaning living greener.

Just curious if you's have any position in say telemarketing. Best way to sell green products I think.