Carver & Jackson Ward News reports on Richmond’s Green Jobs Now event, one of hundreds of such events held around the country “to urge leaders to jump start the clean energy economy [and] create real energy solutions that build a new green economy strong enough to create millions of green jobs and lift people out of poverty.” From the Carver & Jackson Ward News report:

There were a number of speakers, including mayoral candidate Paul Goldman and 2nd District council candidates Tyron Bey and Charles Samuels. We also heard from Melissa Phillips for PowerVote.org (pictured above), Jon Davidow from Back Porch Energy, Ron Brown of the Carver-VCU partnership, Christopher Maxwell, and Laura Halperin from Waste Not Want Not. Technical difficulties ate some of the recordings (sorry Charles), but most of the speechmaking is linked below.

Halperin’s growing composting project, Waste Not Want Not, stands out as exactly the kind of on-the-ground that needs more exposure. Richmond’s independent restaurants are in a good position to work with green entrepreneurs to cut down on their waste and take “biodegradable materials out of our precarious landfills and puts all the nutrients from the food waste back into the soil”.

John Murden of C&JN also caught audio of several speakers and posted it at the site. Follow the link to hear audio from mayoral candidate Paul Goldman and 2nd District City Council candidate Tyron Bey, among others.