From the 2010 Alliance to Save Energy Green Campus Energy Efficiency Summit – Greening the Campus, Building the Workforce

1. West L.A. College Green Campus
Centers of Excellence Project

2. Green Workforce Today

3. Educating Youth
Initiative

5. What is COE?
Centers of Excellence is a nonprofit
research firm which specializes in
providing information and insight
for community college labor force
and economic development
programs.

6. WLAC GC and COE in
Tandem
West Los Angeles Community
College’s Green Campus Team and
COE joined forces to optimize the
accessibility of green workforce
information to the community
college students in the Los Angeles
region.
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7. Strategy
Green Occupations Green Industry
Publicize valuable information

8. Publicize Valuable Information
Growing Salary
Occupations Skills Requirements
Prerequisites Schools that offer relevant Industry-targeted
degrees trends

10. Project Details
• The one-pagers will be put up on bulletin
boards and given to career service offices on
campus
• They’ll also be shared with the other Green
Campuses, in particular ELAC and LASC which
are sister Green Campuses in the LACCD
• By publicizing this information and making
these educational flyers widely available, this
will bring more attention to green jobs and
show students tangible next steps they can
take in pursuing a green career

11. The Significance of the COE Project
CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES
HAVE LIMITED RESOURCES

12. The Significance of the COE Project
Due to lack of information, the
opportunities available for the community
college student are often missed.

13. Conclusion
Information is key

14. Questions/Credits
Special thanks to Lisa Lewenberg from the
COE
www.coeccc.net
James Turner
323-301-9024
bryonneturner@yahoo
Michael Sanchez
626-376-3428
mikeantsanchez@yahoo.com