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Bozzi quoted on potential of green jobs in New Haven

Laura Bozzi, a doctoral candidate at the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, said that Green jobs are one career path that people can be trained for, and the result will be dependable employment that is needed in a world that is growing more “green” every day.

“It creates environmental benefits while also creating economic development,” she said. “The current situation for green jobs is as of 2011, there were a little less than 6,000 green jobs in New Haven. … That isn’t very good, but we actually see a lot of opportunity.”

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