The United States as we know it, survives on debt that is printed on paper when the world needs all its' trees. The reason for this post is because we can eradicate this debt and revive the nation that powers the world, and it can be done quite easily. I'll start by simply putting some facts out. All people need water, but all life needs oxygen even more. Pollution and deforestation has degraded our cityscapes and left us with hazardous air to breath,so this is a MANDITORY problem needed to be addressed which too means there are many jobs, millions even just in planting trees. For instance, a full grown oak tree can displace 50,000 gallons of water during a flash flood, the old growth of New Orleans could've saved so much! Also, it is not just trees but large terrestrial masses must be implimented into barren lands to carbon fixate and reinvent severe domino effects. The media says we need better cars and we do, but we also need more trees to take in the carbon. BOTH!!! We can call this one of many steps necessary. Next, immense trash displacement! Again with simple facts, what you bury in the ground finds its way back to the groundwater thus toxifying our freshwater reserves not to mention infultrating soil integrity in which our fish and cucumbers end up toxic from bioaccumulation. What to do!? Simple. Like I mentioned earlier, our debt is outrageous but many countries are in desperate need of revitalization and so they take on some debt for us to come and recycle the waste and recreate an ecosystem which in turn gives them a new chance at economical growth. SHAZAM!!!! That accounts for millions of jobs too!!!! What to do with the waste though? Our recycling capabilities are in an infant state but soon they will be adult, trust me. This is my idea and all of this I didn't sleep for months thinking about and this is the way we catalyze the change we need overnight,........we create a global treaty that embraces recycled imports and exports by a specific date and then we begin creating stations all over the globe where garbage becomes not waste but a commodity, a resource that can be reclaimed, seperated by the common man, and the net weight of ANY material can be calculated and much like a deposit, our garbage turns to money, AND INSTANTLY a huge problem is transformed into a brand new industry.  This means the plastic, batteries, aluminum, cell phones, etc., but lets not forget the biomass.  This refers to all the fruit and veggies that get tossed.  If we collect that garbage elsewhere we can begin composting to aid the dying farmlands, and sell more of our refined waste to areas in need; meanwhile, all the methane produced in the breakdown of the biological matter goes on to provide heat and combustible renewable energy to run these factories.  Also, if we could merge our agriculture with our biomass no longer would the methane from the animals escape but it too could be trapped in like one of those indoor golf arenas nearby?  Remember, agriculture accounts for most of our pollution and so it too should be refined in our efforts to recreate this failing world, but we now know one must fail in order to understand how to succeed.  When reading this keep in mind the startup will be immense but ultimately once built these new industries will cost 0$ every day after (-upkeep of course).  At this point in the game investors are scared because we keep reinventing new technology and they have the right to be scared because there still is much change to come.  Especially when the manufactures realize that many of these renewable energy sources shouldn't be competing but instead merging.  Solar-wind, geothermal-solar-wave turbines, and so on.  We all need to step back now, since we finally can, and take a moment to imagine the world we want to create.  It's exciting!!!!  I'm dedicating my life to this fix and that is because I refuse to bring new life into a failing world, so help me help you help us all.

 

Sincerely,

Ian Allen Orawiec,

Biologist/Environmental Scientist/Chemist/Illustrator/Musician/Carpenter/Lover/Leader/Friend-2-All

 

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Currently jobs are being lost, spending is down, foreclosures are up and everyone is going crazy. The worst part about this is that each step is catalyzed by the step before it. For instance, a family wants to save money but hours are cut at work. With less money coming in and the intentions to save that stimulus check, this family is not contributing the expected amount back into stimulating the economy and not only that, but they've altered their lifestyle, diet, and traveling costs to try and stretch their money out as they prepare for unemployment. This is most of the middle-class families in America were talking about. Outside of the basics being cut you can bet that trend setting is at a high time low, especially since the earlier goodwill trend became hip. More markets with low turnover and forced into bankruptcy. Ultimately making the company the first family works for cut hours and staff. This is a downward spiral effect and it will not stop until it completes its cycle.... UNLESS! Unless we interject in this cycle with a NEW variable that can feasibly stand chance in redirecting it back the way it began to descend. This is not easy because every false interjection actually speeds up the decline. Let's think here, what could provide jobs, security, and economic stimulation? HMMMMM....this is funny,......SUSTAINABILITY! Seriously if we embraced it with the idea of a global movement, we could get so many people and even other countries right behind us, with us and FINALLY moving forward with global efforts to sustain life on earth. I have ALL the details down and the steps ready to enact, I just need the word to sound. Global reform by reinventing global morale. Remember, it is all for the kids for they are the future. You will all being hearing from me soon. This is exciting stuff, but time is short and we must be swift to reverberate through the many corners of the world.   Read More »

In my opinion a green job is any job that relates to work, either directly or indirectly, to the endeavor of trying two saves the planet. What that means is that if you work for a company that is trying to be earth conscious, you have a green job. There are jobs that directly relate to being green. This involves planting trees, installing solar panels, and just doing the established green items to help. But if you work for a company that builds solar cells or grows trees for replanting, these are also green jobs.

If you're a coal miner, this would be a tough sell as a green job. This doesn't mean that you can't be a green person but there are some jobs that simply aren't green. There are conditions where you could work at being green in your job without working in a green job. If you are strip miner you could plant trees in your spare time. If you worked for a plastics manufacturer, you could try to correct what you can. If you work for a car company and the company continues to try to work towards a green vehicle, you have a green job. Car dealers can be green with the way they run their dealerships.

I believe that you can make most jobs green. The trick of course is the balance