Earlier this week, I volunteered at the SJF Institute’s conference on the New Green Economy (http://www.sjfinstitute.org/), which had 300+ attendees and range of people – investors, cleantech entrepreneurs, energy and building contractors, academics, and students.  Most of the conference centered on cleantech investment and entrepreneurship, and there were several great panels. One of the panels I sat in on was titled “Green Building Training Strategies”, which I think, was the only session related to workforce development.  That in itself is interesting, because much of the transition towards cleantech will require a skilled and strong workforce (although entrepreneurs did talk about the importance of building and growing strong teamsin other panels).  Panelists in the green building training session mainly worked in Read More