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Overview of Green Collar Jobs Green-Collar Jobs… Provide Pathways Out of Poverty Rebuild a Strong Middle Class Require Some New Skills (and some new thinking about old skills) Tend to be Local Jobs Strengthen Urban and Rural Communities Protect Our Health and the Health of the Planet www.greenforall.org So what is a “Green Job”? Green collar jobs focus on protecting and benefiting the environment, reducing waste and pollution, and making buildings more energy efficient, while also providing a living wage. What kind of jobs are there? Many types of “green jobs” exist. Here are examples of career paths in the energy efficiency field.