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Green for All is an organization whose stated goal is to build a green economy while simultaneously lifting citizens out of poverty. Green for All was co-founded by Van Jones, former head of the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights and Majora Carter former head of Sustainable South Bronx,〔http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/14/nyregion/thecity/14majo.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0〕 and was officially launched in September 2007 at the Clinton Global Initiative.〔http://earth911.com/news/2007/09/26/green-for-all-launches-at-the-clinton-global-initiative/〕 The United Steelworkers (USW), the Sierra Club, the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), Green for All and the Blue Green Alliance, a partnership of the USW and Sierra Club, have launched the national Green Jobs for America campaign.〔(Blue Green Alliance | The Blue Green Alliance )〕 == History == Green for All was co-founded by Van Jones and Majora Carter〔http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/14/nyregion/thecity/14majo.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0〕 after the two had become increasingly concerned with issues of poverty and crime, as well as the lack of a solid infrastructure for "green" jobs. Rather than approach each issue separately, Jones decided to combine the two in a more unified vision and business model. The organization launched in September 2007 at the Clinton Global Initiative, when Jones appeared to announce Green for All's commitment to securing one billion dollars by 2012 to create "green pathways out of poverty" for 250,000 people in the United States. Jones also added that the Ella Baker Center would continue to run a "Green-Collar Jobs Campaign" regionally and statewide in California. A major component of the Green for All movement is job security:
According to a March 26, 2008 press release from United Press International (UPI), the green-collar job sector is growing in the United States, and could include more than 14 million workers by 2017. Although it is difficult to pin down what constitutes a green-collar job, the American Solar Energy Society said there are around 8.5 million U.S. jobs that involve Earth-friendly enterprises and renewable energy sources. This figure could grow by 5 million in the next 10 years according to Jerome Ringo of the Apollo Alliance.〔http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Business/2008/03/26/upi_newstrack_business/3955/〕 Green for All and other green-energy businesses have been receiving increased press by major publications such as the New York Times, USA Today, Business Week and The Nation, indicating that the growth potential cited by UPI is picking up steam in the public sector as well. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Green for All」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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