Education is key in the new green economy. Whether you are looking to get training for yourself or your workforce at a local vocational or trade school, get a degree that will help you land a green job, or looking for how to make your building LEED-certified or make your business Green Seal Certified to get certain contracts, this is the place to look.

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Green Jobs and Education

Looking for job training in the green economy? Look at some of the offerings at these schools:

Green Career Central

Community Colleges/Trade Schools/Training Centers

• From the Green Jobs Guidebook, a listing of schools that offer green job educational opportunities
• Los Rios Community Colleges
• Los Angeles Trade and Technical College
• East Los Angeles Skills Center — Courses in Solar Panel Installation
• San Jose City College
• Merritt College
• Regional Technical Training Center, Oakland — Training for Environmental Engineering Technicians
• Shasta College — Alternative Energy and Sustainability courses
• PG&E Power Pathway Program
  This program offers classes at several community colleges, including:
  • Butte Community College
  • City College of San Francisco
  • College of San Mateo
  • Fresno City College
  • Laney College
  • American River College
  • San Jose/Evergreen Community College District
  • Los Medanos College
  • Palomar College

Four-Year Schools and Graduate Programs

• Dominican University of California — Green MBA program
• University of California, Berkeley — Program in Green Chemistry and Chemicals Policy
• Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo — College of Architecture & Environmental Design
  
• Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo — Sustainable Environmental Design Education Program
• Presidio School of Management — Sustainable Management Masters Programs
• San Francisco Institute of Architecture — Ecological Design and Green MBA programs
• Humboldt State University — Environmental Engineering program

Continuing Education

• Sacramento State College of Continuing Education — Green Business Operations Certificate
• University of California, Davis Extension — Green Building and Sustainability courses

Research Centers

• University of California, Davis Energy Institute
• Precourt Energy Efficiency Center, Stanford
• Woods Institute for the Enviroment, Stanford

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Business Resources

Are you a business looking to go green? Here are some resources to help your business be greener and cleaner:

LEED Certification/Green Building

• Green Building Design and Construction — from the California Integrated Waste Management Board
• U.S. Green Building Council
• U.S. Green Building Council — Northern California Chapter
• California Green Building Standards Code
• State of California Green Building Directory
• Build It Green
• Green Built Construction Inc., Sacramento
• Mogavero Notestine Associates, Sacramento

Green Certification

• Green Seal Certification

Business Practices

• California Green Solutions
• Cool California Small Business Toolkit
• Green California — Information on building, buying and working green in California

City and County Green Business Programs

• Bay Area Green Business Program
• Contra Costa County
• City of Los Angeles/EnvironmentLA
• City of San Ramon
• City of Santa Monica
• Marin County
• Monterey Bay Area
• San Diego County
• San Mateo County
• Santa Barbara County
• Santa Clara County
• Sonoma County

Contract Opportunities

• Connect Here — Sacramento Asian Pacific Chamber of Commerce’s Supplier Diversity website

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