professional development |
Raquel Rivera
Pinderhughes |
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WHAT'S NEW...... 1. The green collar job training program model I developed is being launched in Oakland, through the Oakland Green Job Corp program, and in Cleveland, through the Pathways out of Poverty through Green Collar Jobs program. Both programs are supported by the community college systems. 2. Coming soon... Check out the newest student projects made from recycled materials (see 530 appropriate technology projects on left side of this home page) 3. Coming soon... Check out student spoken word poetry inspired by the theme of environmental justice (see 515 spoken word poetry on left side of this home page) 4. Coming soon.... Students in URBS 515 conducted a study with residents in Midway Village, the report will be up on this site in fall 2008. 5. Students in my classes raised funds to send farm animals to low-income families and support sustainable development in the Philippines through the HEIFER project. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6. Check out my textbook on sustainable urban development: Alternative Urban Futures: Planning for Sustainable Cities throughout the World (Rowman & Littlefield, 2004) This book focuses on planning and policy approaches and appropriate technologies that can be used to minimize a city's impact on the environment while providing urban residents with the infrastructure and services they need to sustain a high quality of urban life. The book's focus is on ecologically and socially responsible planning and management of the urban infrastructure in five critical areas: water supply and management, waste minimization and management, energy production and use, transportation, and food systems. The book is unique in its emphasis on sustainable urban infrastructure management, processes and appropriate technologies, its pragmatic focus, its comprehensiveness, and its truly international, non-Eurocentric approach... (find out more) |
Pathways out of Poverty
through Green Collar Jobs
REPORT & EXEC SUMMARY
can be downloaded at this site by clicking on the purple links below
email: raquelrp@sfsu.edu |
Department of Urban
Studies |