Think you need more school for a green job?  

As cities face full-time labor shortages, they are falling behind on a range of energy and environmental management tasks. The new demands from climate change only increase the backlog of work that needs to get done. Paid, guided hourly work, can help cities catch up and reduce the impact of new climate-driven burdens and costs for residents.

With climate change, a range of risks are increasing across neighborhoods - floods, storms and economic vulnerability. The risks that are not adequately mitigated by cities become the burden of residents. Residential resilience demands new commitments and action to protect homes and personal property – our residents’ most valuable assets. Cities are compelled to act.

Residents are asking for more green space, more energy efficient buildings and cheaper transportation to improve how they live. They want the boost in property values that comes from having more green space. They want to be included in the green economy and supported in their efforts to build new businesses that allow them to work on decarbonizing buildings or maintaining municipal green infrastructure. Your work opportunities across a range of green jobs are significant and ongoing because cities continue to look for new ways to balance competing priorities.