Benny Shendo, Jr. was in Pittsburgh, PA this week participating in the First Annual National GREEN JOBS Conference. The historic event was sponsored by the Blue-Green Alliance, which brings together the United Steel Workers Union and the Sierra Club to work on creating a new economy of green jobs based on clean, renewable energy.
During the three-day conference, Benny met with leaders from across the country, including Sierra Club National President Carl Pope (pictured below), to discuss ways to move communities, states and our nation toward a more sustainable economy.
Benny was there to share information about the opportunities here in New Mexico as well as to learn from other representatives about initiatives that are being created around the country and around the world. Green Jobs are jobs that fight global warming either directly, like building wind turbines, or indirectly, like replacing old industrial jobs with cleaner, healthier and more sustainable jobs in high-tech fields and also in low-tech fields, such as local tourism and culture--all of which are especially relevant to New Mexico.
