| Title | Description | Sector | Topic |
|---|---|---|---|
| Achieving High Performing Advisory Committee Handbook | With an emphasis on equity, diversity, and inclusion, the Achieving High-Performing Advisory Committees Handbook includes strategies to improve and enhance ACs as well as integrate “green and sustainable focused” employers onto traditional advisory committees. | Energy Efficiency, General Clean Tech, Green Building, Natural Resources, Renewable Energy, Solar, Sustainability Education, Sustainable and Regenerative Agriculture, Transportation & Fuels, Wind | Innovative Practices & Partnerships, Professional Development Resources |
| Advancing Equity Marketing Toolkit | This marketing toolkit provides green jobs training programs with proactive marketing strategies to recruit BIPOC individuals and women | Energy Efficiency, Green Building, Natural Resources, Renewable Energy, Sustainability Education, Sustainable and Regenerative Agriculture, Transportation & Fuels | Innovative Practices & Partnerships |
| DEI Plans, Resources and Tools from APTA | Resource page on increasing DEIA initiatives in public transportation. This page includes links to its own strategic plans, sample plans of partner transit districts, a webinar series, tools to assess equity, and other outside resources. | Transportation & Fuels | Innovative Practices & Partnerships |
| Resource Dashboard | A collection of resources and different department sites on building science and green building. This page is organized by topic areas including fact sheets, emerging technologies, commercial buildings, residential buildings, appliances, and building energy codes. | Energy Efficiency, General Clean Tech, Green Building | Curricular Materials, Innovative Practices & Partnerships |
| U.S. Department of Energy STEM Educational Resources | Open-source educational webinars, courses, workshops, trainings, and more from the various offices of the U.S Department of Energy related to STEM (Science, Technology, Math, and Engineering) | Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy | Curricular Materials |
| U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit | The U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit provides a guide of steps to build resilience, case studies, regional and national climate data, and information for different topic areas. It is geared towards communities, policymakers, and businesses, but all information is open source from the U.S. government and its resources would be useful to supplement climate and sustainability education | Curricular Materials, Innovative Practices & Partnerships | |
| Building the Future Workforce | A playbook for state policymakers, governors, advocates and state agency leaders who want to cultivate a strong, diverse, multigenerational workforce capable of driving the development and maintenance of our nation’s new infrastructure | Energy Efficiency, Green Building, Renewable Energy, Transportation & Fuels | Policy & Funding Sources |
| Resources for Incorporating Green Jobs Into Curricula: A Toolkit | Integrate the latest information into your existing course offerings and programs | Energy Efficiency, Green Building, Renewable Energy | Curricular Materials |
| What is a Quality Green Program? | Common elements of today’s green technical programs. | Energy Efficiency, Green Building, Sustainability Education | Curricular Materials, Employment Industry Projections, Innovative Practices & Partnerships |
| How to Build a Quality Green Program | 15 key strategies for building quality green job training and sustainability programs. | Sustainability Education | Curricular Materials, Innovative Practices & Partnerships |
| Campus as a Living Laboratory | Using the Built Environment as a Context for Learning & Preparing Students for Jobs in a Green Economy | Green Building | Curricular Materials, Innovative Practices & Partnerships |
| Assessment Tool: Green Genome Framework | Helping community colleges integrate green. See the appendix to access the self-assessment tool. | Curricular Materials | |
| For US Based Employers | Connecting with Potential Employees and Improving College Curricula | Energy Efficiency, Green Building, Renewable Energy | Innovative Practices & Partnerships |
| For International Employers | Connecting with Potential Employees and Improving College Curricula | Energy Efficiency, Green Building, Renewable Energy | Innovative Practices & Partnerships |
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