Green Jobs Training Program at Mark Hanson's Earth Bag Home

For our Green Jobs Training Program we partnered with Goodwill Industries of Hawai`i in support of their Ola I Ka Hana program and Hawai`i State Workforce Development in support of their Summer Opportunity Work Experience program.

These programs allowed us to serve the community by volunteering to deliver the program.

Our program focused on two main areas of sustainable practices:

1. OFFline sustainability practices include knowledge, skills and abilities development in rainwater harvesting, growing food and using renewable energy sources for power. Off-the-grid skills arent the only lessons learned.

Five trainees are learning "OFFline" sustainability and self-sufficiency practices including, sustainable gardening of food crops, rainwater harvesting storage and usage and renewable energy systems for off-the-grid living.

2. ONline sustainability practices include the development of skills which help trainees learn how to use the Internet to become economically self-sufficient. One goal of online sustainability training is to telecommute to earn revenue and improve the local economy.

Five of the trainees learned ONline sustainability practices. This included learning several of the basic skills employers are demanding such as online marketing, search engine optimization and online collaborative communications. These online green technology jobs prepare trainees for remote collaboration and telecommuting jobs.

Category:

Nonprofits & Activism

Tags:

• Earth bag home
• earthship
• green jobs
• hawaii
• green collar technologies

[TheChimneyash]

My Names Ash Webster of Charleston, SC and Big Island, Hi...I wanted to know how to attend one of your classes on location...I am planning now for Earthbag construction within 10 miles of your location on one of our lots...My email is chimneyash@yahoo.com

[NorrisBrent]

If you'd like to call me I can get you in touch with the builder.

-Brent 808  896 7656

[flyingrv6]

Is there a way to contact you on the big island? I want a earthbag or yurt and would love any input.

[carveawoodeneye]

can you make a video of what the house looks like done theirs only like 10 videos on youtube and no one has finished a house? wtf?