This Saturday's “Green Jobs Now” event to kick off a national day of action promises to be a crucial moment in helping to create the local, green economy of the future. “As Rhode Islanders struggle to make ends meet amidst a declining job market, a turbulent economy, stagnant wages, and record high gas prices, our green economy presents an opportunity to dig ourselves out of the ditch,” says Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse. He will be the keynote speaker at the event, billed as a "community discussion."

All are welcome. Be there, Saturday morning, 9:30 to 11:30, at the New England Institute of Technology in Warwick, on Post Road right near the airport. Click here for further details. Click here for a new report about the emerging green economy, released this week by the Worldwatch Institute. And click here for a commentary on this topic by Tom Sgorous, over at RI Policy Reporter. Tom talks a bit about the connections between jobs, the economy, a good society, and a healthy environment. He concludes: 

The idea is both to educate people who want to learn more about what might be possible in a world with more green jobs, and to pressure Congress to fund the Green Jobs act, and take the next step beyond that. Join us, please.