Posted in Detroit, Economic Development, Green Economy, Green Jobs, Industry, Rust Belt, Sustainability, tagged Autoworkers, autoworkers challenge the logic of capitalism, Blue Collar Jobs, Detroit, green collar jobs, Industry labor, Infinia, theRealNews.com on October 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The following video series is an interview by theRealNews.com called “Autoworkers ‘Challenge the Logic of Capitalism’.” Not only Detroit, but many post-industrial Great Lakes cities house legions of autoworkers and other industrial laborers currently in need of stable work.
Autoworkers have a unique set of skills that could be extraordinarily useful for building the technology necessary for capturing [...]
Posted in Economic Development, Government, Great Lakes Cities, Green Cities, Green Economy, Industry, Innovation and Design, Love Your Place, Rust Belt, Sustainability, Transportation, Urban Re-Development, Vacant Land, tagged Brookings Institute, Bruce Katz, Federal-state compact to renew the great lakes region, Great Lakes Congressional Caucus Leadership, Great Lakes Economic Initiative, John Austin, presentation, report, The Brookings Institution, The Vital Center, Vital Center Report on October 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Brookings Institution Metropolitan Policy Program wrote a groundbreaking report about the importance of renewing the Great Lakes region, called “The Vital Center: A Federal-State Compact to Renew the Great Lakes Region.”
Below is the presentation given on March 5, 2007, by Bruce Katz (Vice-President of the Brookings Institution) and John Austin (Non-Resident Senior Fellow) to brief House and Senate [...]
Posted in Economic Development, Green Cities, Green Economy, Industry, Love Your Place, Rust Belt, Sustainability, Urban Re-Development, Vacant Land, Youngstown, tagged documentary, Meltdown, movie, Ohio, Steel Valley, Youngstown on October 27, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Posted in Cleveland, Economic Development, Green Cities, Green Economy, Green Jobs, Industry, Innovation and Design, Local Food, Love Your Place, Northeast Ohio, Rust Belt, Sustainability, Urban Re-Development, tagged community development, Economic Development, Evergreen Cooperative Laundry, Evergreen Cooperatives, Greater University Circle, Green Business, Green City, Green City Growers, Green Economy, Green Jobs, Local, Neighborhood Voice, Ohio Solar, Ohio Solar Cooperative on October 22, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Last night I went to the official opening of the Evergreen Cooperatives, which are businesses working together with Greater University Circle communities (Hough, Glenville, Fairfax, Buckeye-Shaker, Little Italy and East Cleveland) and some of Cleveland’s anchor institutions to create green jobs for local residents.
Each year, these major institutions–including CWRU, the Cleveland Clinic and University Hospitals, among [...]
