Making Our Wind & Solar World is Work: 5 Clean Energy Labor Groups & Resources
Organizations & Tools to Get the Clean Energy Job Done
5 Clean Energy Labor Groups & Resources
1. BlueGreen Alliance
The BlueGreen Alliance unites labor unions and environmental organizations to solve today’s environmental challenges in ways that create and maintain quality jobs and build a clean, thriving, and equitable economy.
2. American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE): National Clean Energy Workforce Alliance
The National Clean Energy Workforce Alliance is a cross-sector effort to improve clean energy education, training, and job placement outcomes—and ensure that expanding clean energy job opportunities are inclusive of diverse candidates and underserved communities. Since January 2022, the Alliance has been virtually convening more than 500 employers, training providers, community-based recruitment and support organizations, and energy justice organizations.
3. Labor Network for Sustainability
Voices for a Sustainable Future: Labor Network for Sustainability is a project of Voices for a Sustainable Future. VSF brings together science, art, and economics in an effort to achieve a sustainable future for planet and people.
4. Department of Energy: Clean Energy Corps
DOE’s Clean Energy Corps is comprised of the staff from more than a dozen offices across DOE—current staff and new hires—all working together to research, develop, demonstrate, and deploy solutions to the world's greatest challenge. The Clean Energy Corps is a diverse group of talented individuals committed to public service and with a mission of supercharging the clean energy revolution.
5. Tower Climbing Grease Monkeys
In 2012 I had a crazy idea to create a Facebook Group called the Tower Climbing Grease Monkeys. A place where wind turbine techs from all over the world could share their knowledge and experiences. I invited all of my friends in the industry, they invited their friends, then they invited more friends. The group grew in popularity and was a great source for techs to talk shop, solve issue, talk about best practices and equipment.
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