Green Expectations, Green Collar Association's March Newsletter

Washington, District Of Columbia (PressExposure) April 10, 2010 -- The March issue of, Green Expectations, the Green Collar Association monthly newsletter features an in-depth interview with Deborah Willig, Senior Communications Specialist at FedEx. Willig is interviewed by Director of Research and Communications, Dr. Michael O. Dayan, who asks about her role as Senior Communications Specialist and about how FedEx draws on the company's logistics expertise to establish a unique CSR paradigm. This issue also contains "You're Either With Us or Against Us - Heard This Before?," a key article by Ron Sokolov, Green Collar Association Senior Vice President for Strategic Partnerships on the chances of Congress passing meaningful clean energy legislation.

The issue's "What's Hot" section provides a rundown of what's happening in both Washington DC and Ottawa on the climate change front as well as opportunities for you to save thousands of dollars through energy efficiency. As well as articles by Green Collar Association staff writers Joseph Tohill (Links between LEED Buildings and Higher Worker Productivity), Victoria Biernacik (Green education becoming an emerging global trend?), Anran Luo (Nature vs. Culture: A Brief History of Common Perceptions of the Environment), Paul Kleving (To be Green or not to be...read the label), and Alanna Mackenzie (Renewing our Interest in Clean Energy).

This month's issue of Green Expectations also conations important news from selected Green Collar Association members: Dow Chemicals, Southern California Edison, HVAC Reeducation, Sustainable.TO, Mesalands Community College, Long Beach City College, and Johns Hopkins University.

Every month Green Collar Association brings its members insight into the growth of green collar jobs from North America's leading experts in business, journalism, education, technology, non-profit, and politics. Recent lead articles in the Green Collar Association newsletter include exclusive pieces by Michael Ignatieff, Harvard Scholar and leader of the Liberal Party of Canada, and Andrea Buffa of the Apollo Alliance as well as a CSR interview with Ann Duffy, Corporate Sustainability Officer for the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games.

To read this month's Green Collar Association newsletter visit: http://www.greencollar.org/march2010.html

About Green Collar Association

Green Collar Association

Green Collar's mission is to advance the socially responsible economy and promote green collar jobs by aligning the interests of companies, educational institutions, and members of the workforce - including professionals and skilled workers.
We believe that an issue of such critical importance to our economic growth, national security, and environmental health will require a collaborative approach that engages the best and brightest ideas, people, and resources from each sector.

Thus, Green Collar Association is focused on:
o Building Bridges: Helping companies, educational institutions and groups representing the workforce better understand each other's needs and challenges to reduce costly missteps and errors
o Cross Pollination: Establishing a clearinghouse for exchanging best practices, tools, and ideas within and among all three groups
o Creating a Fair Playing Ground: Providing public policy support and guidance on the Federal levels on issues affecting the green economy and particularly stimulating green collar jobs that will allow our members to compete with those in other countries
o Developing Next Generation Leadership: Offering the most comprehensive listing of educational and job opportunities in the socially responsible economy
o Stimulating Profitability: Helping companies and educational institutions to benefit financially from a green, socially responsible economy through access to new customers and new ideas

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Press Release Submitted On: April 10, 2010 at 10:03 pm
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