Barack Obama’s Earth Day speech promises creation of green jobs [video]
April 23, 2009 at 6:09 am by Ben Luongo
President Obama announced on Earth Day new initiatives to harness alternative energy including wind, solar, and ocean currents. During his speech, Obama made it clear that his new initiative was not only intended to address threats of climate change but could also create new jobs.
Now, the choice we face is not between saving our environment and saving our economy. The choice we face is between prosperity and decline…. The nation that leads the world in creating new energy sources will be the nation that leads the 21st-century global economy.
It is refreshing to finally have a president who recognizes that “environmentally friendly” doesn’t mean “bad for the economy.” A video (after the jump) demonstrates how a green economy can actually create jobs. The new initiative will lease federal waters to harness wind and ocean currents as a renewable source of energy. These facilities must be designed, materials need to be bought, their construction needs to be contracted, staff needs to maintain it – all are positions waiting to be filled.
Here’s the video:
The President recognized that this won’t be a simple agenda, but it will be worth it in the end:
So it won’t be easy. There will be bumps along the road. There will be costs to our nation and for each of us as individuals…Our parents, our grandparents, our great-grandparents adapted to much more difficult circumstances to deliver the prosperity that we enjoy today. And I’m confident that we can be and will be the benefactors of a brighter future for our children and grandchildren.
A greener economy is just a better solution all around. Imagine an economy and an American entrepreneurial spirit that is cognizant of the health and environmental ramifications of our traditional energy use and restructures itself to meet the new demands of health and environmental standards. Isn’t this the kind of economy we want to work in, not to mention the kind of world we want to live in?
Below is a short list of websites that will link you to green jobs right here in Florida. If you are aware of other websites for green jobs then leave a comment below with the website’s address so that we can start ‘greening’ our economy.
http://jobs.care2.com/a/all-jobs/list/l-florida/mi-exact
http://www.sustainablebusiness.com/index.cfm/go/greendreamjobs.main
http://www.idealist.org/if/as/Org/ig
http://www.greencollarblog.org/green-job-boards.html
