{"id":536536,"date":"2010-04-21T07:03:50","date_gmt":"2010-04-21T11:03:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cleantechnica.com\/?p=8548"},"modified":"2010-04-21T07:03:50","modified_gmt":"2010-04-21T11:03:50","slug":"ibm-and-columbia-university-team-up-in-green-jobs-initiative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/536536","title":{"rendered":"IBM and Columbia University Team Up in Green Jobs Initiative"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-8550\" href=\"http:\/\/cleantechnica.com\/2010\/04\/21\/ibm-and-columbia-university-team-up-in-green-jobs-initiative\/ibm-and-columbia-university-launch-smart-cities-drive-2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8550\" title=\"IBM and Columbia University launch smart cities drive\" src=\"http:\/\/go635254.s3.amazonaws.com\/cleantechnica\/files\/2010\/04\/IBM-and-Columbia-University-launch-smart-cities-drive1.jpg\" alt=\"IBM and Columbia University launch new green jobs drive called The Smarter Cities Skills Initiative\" width=\"500\" height=\"261\" \/><\/a><a title=\"ibm website\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ibm.com\/us\/en\/\" >IBM<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.columbia.edu\/\" >Columbia University<\/a> are set to groom the next generation of workers in the emerging green economy through an initiative called the &#8220;Smarter Cities Skills Initiative.&#8221;\u00a0 The two innovation powerhouses have joined forces to engage students in becoming part of a global movement that is transforming aging urban infrastructure into a more energy efficient, sustainable mode of operation.<\/p>\n<p>The initiative kicks off on Earth Day with a free public forum at Columbia called <a title=\"columbia website\" href=\"https:\/\/calendar.columbia.edu\/sundial\/webapi\/get.php?vt=detail&amp;id=40574&amp;con=embedded&amp;br=seas_events\" >Smarter Students for a Smarter Planet<\/a>, which brings 150 other schools around the globe to the table through a webcast.\u00a0 The focus will be on combining IBM&#8217;s technology resources and Columbia&#8217;s academic programs including business, law and engineering, to prepare students to enter a job market with growing opportunities in creating more sustainable buildings, electricity grids, and transportation.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/cleantechnica.com\/2010\/04\/21\/ibm-and-columbia-university-team-up-in-green-jobs-initiative\/#more-8548\" class=\"more-link\">(more&#8230;)<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/cleantechnica\/com?a=YWl39uXF8ZA:OGHEYEnl-Qc:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/cleantechnica\/com?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/cleantechnica\/com?a=YWl39uXF8ZA:OGHEYEnl-Qc:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/cleantechnica\/com?i=YWl39uXF8ZA:OGHEYEnl-Qc:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" 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