Kathryn Cooper at World Changing takes a look at the 7th World Wind Energy Conference in Ontario. They see a global tipping point toward renewable energy emerging based on successes like Germany which now generates 14% of its electricity from renewable sources, and in the process created 249,000 jobs and generated $38.8 billion in economic activity in 2007. This is what folks like Van Jones at Green for All and Majora Carter at Sustainable South Bronx are talking about in tackling poverty and our environmental crisis by creating a new clean economy based on green collar jobs. What they are talking about works.
Given the current clamor to suck the last of the oil out of delicate and bio-diverse ecosystems off our shorelines and in Alaska in order to extend our auto addiction just a bit further, hearing about momentum on alternative energy is very welcome news. Even more welcome will be the day we see similar goals and policies in place in the US.
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