As occasional guest blogger (after a bit of a break), I wish to share a few links I have come across recently about Green Jobs in Africa on a micro level, triggered by coming across this interesting company merging green jobs with low-impact design and living: touchingtheearthlightly.com and a pre-announcement for the Green Economics Conference in Cape Town in January 2011.
While at a macro level the topic of Green Jobs is widely debated (see previous entries on Sustainable Options and some information from UNEP), others simply get on with the job of creating green jobs at the micro or local level.
Some interesting examples of creating local green jobs in Africa, include:
- an innovative take on clean energy in Kenya,
- a drinking water solution from South Africa,
- recycling for job creation in Ghana
- and revisiting tourism as a natural, yet often under-performing green job creator.
Gerhard Buttner
H/T planeta.com video, Afrika Tourism
