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California Indian Manpower Consortium Announces Green Jobs Initiative
Initiative aims to bring green jobs to California's tribal lands
SACRAMENTO, Calif., May 12 -- The California Indian Manpower Consortium (CIMC) - a non-profit corporation dedicated to the purpose of working for
the social welfare, educational and economic advancement of California Native Americans - today announced an initiative to bring green jobs to
California's tribal communities.
Under the new initiative, CIMC will be looking to develop relationships with government entities, non-profit organizations, and public and private
companies who are looking to develop environmentally friendly programs and/or technologies. Under the program, CIMC will be helping empower local
tribal communities to take leadership roles in restoring the land, air and water of not only their tribal lands, but for the greater community as a whole.
"Native American tribes across California are willing and eager to participate in our country's emerging green economy," said Lorenda Sanchez,
Executive Director of CIMC. "It is only fitting that the communities who first inhabited our country are being returned to the role of its steward to help
preserve it for future generations."
According to new government data, renewable energy and energy efficiency programs will create millions of new jobs in the United States over the next
decade. Specifically, the data cites that we could have 37 million jobs in our national economy in energy efficiency and renewable energy by 2030 - or
approximately one out of every five jobs in the American economy.
"Fundamental changes are coming in the American energy economy, and we need to have a serious discussion of how tribes, as governments, fit into
making these changes happen," said Sanchez. "We are ready to draw from our traditional place as stewards of the earth and transfer these principles
into solutions to our world's environmental problems."
Initiative aims to bring green jobs to California's tribal lands
SACRAMENTO, Calif., May 12 -- The California Indian Manpower Consortium (CIMC) - a non-profit corporation dedicated to the purpose of working for
the social welfare, educational and economic advancement of California Native Americans - today announced an initiative to bring green jobs to
California's tribal communities.
Under the new initiative, CIMC will be looking to develop relationships with government entities, non-profit organizations, and public and private
companies who are looking to develop environmentally friendly programs and/or technologies. Under the program, CIMC will be helping empower local
tribal communities to take leadership roles in restoring the land, air and water of not only their tribal lands, but for the greater community as a whole.
"Native American tribes across California are willing and eager to participate in our country's emerging green economy," said Lorenda Sanchez,
Executive Director of CIMC. "It is only fitting that the communities who first inhabited our country are being returned to the role of its steward to help
preserve it for future generations."
According to new government data, renewable energy and energy efficiency programs will create millions of new jobs in the United States over the next
decade. Specifically, the data cites that we could have 37 million jobs in our national economy in energy efficiency and renewable energy by 2030 - or
approximately one out of every five jobs in the American economy.
"Fundamental changes are coming in the American energy economy, and we need to have a serious discussion of how tribes, as governments, fit into
making these changes happen," said Sanchez. "We are ready to draw from our traditional place as stewards of the earth and transfer these principles
into solutions to our world's environmental problems."
