It’s America’s new call to arms - “Go Green”.  And now, our community colleges are joining a nationwide effort  to collaborate on and implement programs to prepare students with the education and skills needed to succeed as skilled workers for jobs in renewable energy, energy efficiency, and green building.

Launching today, The SEED Center is a leadership initiative, free resource center, and online sharing environment for community colleges to dramatically scale up programs to educate America's 21st century workforce to compete in the green economy.  SEED – Sustainability Education and Economy Development – is an effort by the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) and ecoAmerica to enable the nation's 1,200 two-year colleges in the critical task of preparing the American workforce with the skills needed to succeed in sustainable, clean tech and other green economy jobs.

More than 300 community college presidents have already signed on to the training initiative.

"Community colleges are uniquely positioned to be leaders of the sustainability movement, focusing on local economic development and partnering with businesses and government to provide access to jobs," said John J. Sygielski, president of Mt. Hood Community Collegein Oregonand chair of the AACC Board of Directors. "Community colleges are the backbone of American workforce training, and now is the time for us to step up and help our students and communities restore American prosperity."

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     (source:  ecoAmerica)