What is a “green” job?
uDefined as one which “reduces the negative impact made on the environment”.
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uWhat innovations occur when environment sector jobs are created?
–production process
–product innovation
–innovation in producer-consumer relationship
–change in consumption patterns
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uNet impact of environmental policies is positive.  The real choice is not “jobs or the environment” … it is both or neither.
*    this definition stretches from innovations that reduce the environmental    impact of traditionally dirty industries, to jobs that are entirely new and    have been initiated primarily to address specific environmental problems.

*   production process (eg waste minimisation and cleaner production)
*   product innovation (eg advanced materials, electric cars)
*   innovation in producer-consumer relationship (eg recycling, car sharing,    industrial ecology)
*   change in consumption patterns (eg re-usable paper, cycling,      composting)

*    mention Factor four (doubling of material wellbeing while halving      resource use)