Greencorps: Chicago Trains the Workers of Tomorrow

The people over at Chicago's City Hall must be feeling pretty clever right now. People need jobs. Chicago needs to be greener. Why not create jobs that green the city? Chicago's Greencorps program does just that, providing jobs that beautify neighborhoods and benefit the environment. In this video we meet the people who are working these new 'greencollar' jobs, earning a living while learning valuable skills and training for the future. From a woman who used the program to turn her love for gardening into a teen-action community garden project, to an ex-offender who's using his skills from Greencorps to start his own landscaping business, this is a look at some of the amazing stories this program inspires.

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• Green
• Jobs
• Environment
• Sustainable
• Living
• Chicago
• Creencorps
• Workers
• Greencollar
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