Ficus on Jobs


A. Ficus: We Need Green Collar Jobs

1. Actively support colleges and organizations who emphasize education and employment for sustainability to present to students at the high school

2. Work with other county mayors to host a "Green Jobs Fair"

3. Pass a resolution supporting the Ella Baker Center's Green for All, Green-Collar Jobs Campaign

4. Support Green Jobs for veterans

5. Work with local businesses to identify ways to make business and jobs more sustainable, including through purchasing, recycling and composting of materials, and getting business owners to think creatively on how to take sustainability to the next level

Remake a Living: Defining the Environmental Workforce at GreenBiz.com

Watch a video of Omar Freilla of the Green Worker Cooperatives in New York's South Bronx at Free Speech TV

Green Jobs for Veterans


Van Jones, of the Ella Baker Center, Oakland, California, at the Bioneers Conference, UMass Dartmouth, Oct. 21, 2007


Majora Carter, Macarthur-winning founder of Sustainable South Bronx, an organization dedicated to holistic community development, sponsoring projects that create jobs, protect the environment and bring beautiful green space to the inner city, on Greening the Ghetto



Paid for by Friends of Ficus for Mayor Committee. Rose Bush, Treasurer.