Green Collar Jobs Training Program Update (7/6/09)

It's officially the beginning of Week 4 of the Green Jobs Training Program! So far the trainees have had numerous sustainability experiences ranging from online blogging to building environmentally friendly Earthships. With a total of less than 3 weeks left in their summer opportunity for work experience there's still a lot to accomplish and very little time.

According to the tentative six week plan brainstormed in Week 1 trainees were expecting to jump into the more client work, but like mentioned before, workers head where the work is needed. Therefore, it shouldn't come as a surprise that the trainees are back in Mountain View building a greenhouse at the Green Collar Technologies treehouse "classroom".

Beginnings of the Green Collar Technologies greenhouse.

Dominic, Leroy, and Dylan building the greenhouse.

There workers, with the help of Brent, Connor, and Faizah, used recycled wood to build the foundation for the Green Collar Technologies greenhouse. This greenhouses will be used to enhance the learning experience when the Mountain View "classroom" is fully functioning as a site for sustainable education.

Once again, the online members are back in Hilo keeping the sites up to date. Online trainees also placed some time aside to "get in touch with their inner Zen". With a few hundred brochures to fold, trainees learned a few more lessons about being patient.