Program Summary

This summer Green Collar Technologies has partnered up with the Hawaii“i State Workforce Development in supprot of their opportunity for summer work experience program. During this six week period (June 16, 2009 - July 24, 2009) individuals of various ages, backgrounds and skills have come together to learn how to become more sustainable both in the environment ("offline sustainability") and on the internet ("online sustainability"). They learned a plethora of skills that employers are demanding ranging from rainwater harvesting, growing food crop, building sustainable developments, and using alternative sources of energy to online marketing, search engine optimization, server maintenance and online collaborative skills. The hopes of this program is to build greener economies on Hawai‘i Island, but it also had another resulting hope for the trainees. This program helped expose the trainees to knowledge and experiences that will hopefully make them more competitive and appealing the in the job search, application and interviewing processes. In this difficult economy it is difficult to find a job, and even more difficult to be sustainble. Hopefully this program has taught the trainnes how to create harmony between people and the planet!