Midwestern Green Jobs Tour 2010

From July 12-16, 2010 the Midwestern Green Jobs Tour headed to Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota and Ohio. During the tour the Heinrich-Boell-Foundation and the Blue Green Alliance released a new policy paper: Three Hundred Thousand Green Jobs - Low Carbon Growth in Germany and the U.S. The paper analyzes the success of the German renewables industry and discusses which of the lessons learned could be applied to the U.S.

The tour addressed legislators, union-, environment-, faith-, business- and other local leaders and featured discussions with Ms. Christine Wörlen, the paper's author and former Head of the Renewable Energy Division of the German Energy Agency dena, as well as Aaron Peterson, Vice President for Business and Project Development at juwi Prairie Wind Power LLC.

Discussions and findings from the tour will be incorporated in a final report of policy recommendations that will be released in Washington, DC prior to the Congressional elections. 

Download the presentation of Christine Wörlen here.

Download the presentation of Aaron Peterson here.

For more information on the Midwestern Green Jobs Project please contact Mr. Till Kötter at +1 202 464 4930 or mail to till@boell.org.

Event Schedule of the Midwestern Green Jobs Tour 2010

Monday, July 12, Minneapolis and St. Paul, MN

Briefing for state legislators
9:00-10:30 am
Minnesota AFL-CIO
175 Aurora Avenue, St Paul
A light breakfast will be provided. This briefing is for legislators and their staff only.
Please RSVP to Ms. Katie Gulley (katieg@bluegreenalliance.org ; 651.283.2848)

Community Partner Roundtable
Noon-1:30 pm
Minnesota AFL-CIO
175 Aurora Avenue, St. Paul
A light lunch will be provided.
This event is open to  legislators, union -, environment-, faith-, business- and other local leaders.
Please RSVP to Ms. Katie Gulley (katieg@bluegreenalliance.org ; 651.283.2848)

 

Wednesday July 14, Detroit, MI

Green Partnership Meeting
1:00– 3:00 pm
Uni-Solar in Auburn Hills, MN
This meeting is for stakeholders of the Green Partnership only.
For questions please contact Sue Browne (sbrowne@usw.org ; (269) 838-5956).

Briefing and Tour at the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW)
5:00-6:00 pm, Briefing and Tour 
This briefing is open to legislators, union -, environment-, faith-, business- and other local leaders.
Please RSVP to Ms. Sue Browne (sbrowne@usw.org ; (269) 838-5956)

6:00 – 7:15 pm, Briefing and dinner discussion
Light dinner will be provided. This briefing is open to legislators, union -, environment-, faith-, business- and other local leaders.
Please RSVP to Ms. Sue Browne (sbrowne@usw.org ; (269) 838-5956)

 

Thursday July 15, Indianapolis, IN

Briefing for Legislators
9:00 - 11:00 am
Capitol Conference Center 
201 N. Illinois St, Suite 200
This briefing is for legislators and their staff only.
Please RSVP to Mr. Tom Conway (tomc@bluegreenalliance.org ; 219.738.9029)

Community Partner Roundtable
1:00 pm-3:00 pm
Capitol Conference Center 
201 N. Illinois St, Suite 200
This briefing is for union -, environment-, faith-, business- other local leaders and interested public.
Please RSVP to Mr. Tom Conway (tomc@bluegreenalliance.org ; 219.738.9029)

 

Friday, July 16, Columbus, OH

Briefing for Ohio Air Quality Development Authority
10:00 am-1:00 pm
This briefing is by invitation only.

Community Partner Roundtable
2:00 pm -4:00 pm
300 E. Broad Street,
O'Keefe Conference Center
First floor
This briefing is for union -, environment-, faith-, business- other local leaders and interested public.
Please RSVP to Ms. Wendy Patton ( wpatton@policymattersohio.org; 614-221-4505).

This program is supported by the European Commission. The EC is not responsible for the content of the program.