Can green jobs solve poverty?

On a more serious note, there is an interesting conversation about

Can green-collar jobs clean the "dirty-energy economy" and lift people out of poverty?

The discussion revolves around education in California where the drop out rate from public schools is now 25%. 41% for Blacks and 31% for Latinos.

Van Jones and California State Senator Darrell Steinberg discuss a unique solution for our economy and environment. Together they offer a clear vision for green economic development and its potential.

Click through to listen here.

Well worth listening to!

Make it right - summary

As a follow up to my pledge to help Make it Right by Writing made here and here, I have tallied the posts that I published between October 18th up through and including November 1st. According to my count I wrote the following quantity of posts:

Steve's 2 Cents - 35
Franklin Matters - 37
quiet poet - 17
Joyful Jubilant Learning - 2

This totals out to be 96 posts (assuming my math is correct). At $2 per post, that will be $192 split between the Franklin Food Pantry and the MA Good Neighbor Energy Fund.

What can you do to help fight poverty?

Make it Right by Writing

Image by adria.richards via Flickr

Coming out of the recent Blog Action Day, David Zinger is encouraging a campaign to raise money to help fight poverty.

If you blog and want to join the pledge to donate 2 cents per word during the last week of October.

You can read more about the pledge details here.

If you don't blog, no problem, you can still donate to a charity of your choice that will help the cause.

I have taken the pledge and will donate for each blog posting I make across the following sites:

Franklin Matters
quiet poet
Joyful Jubilant Learning

and of course, here at Steve's 2 Cents.

In lieu of counting words, I will contribute two dollars per post and divide the donation between the Franklin Food Pantry and the Massachusetts Good Neighbor Energy Fund.

Will you join me?

Contribute what you can to a charity of your choice that works to address poverty.

Thank you!

2 cents for poverty

Coming out of the recent Blog Action Day, David Zinger is encouraging a campaign to raise money to help fight poverty.

If you blog and want to join the pledge to donate 2 cents per word during the last week of October.

You can read more about the pledge details here.

If you don't blog, no problem, you can still donate to a charity of your choice that will help the cause.

I have taken the pledge and will donate 2 cents for each word written here beginning now. Stay tuned to find out the charity that will benefit from this contribution.