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There is now broad consensus among employers, policymakers, educators, and the general public that everyone must collectively work to conserve resources and protect the biodiversity of the global environment. This cultural shift, which demands environmental stewardship along with economic growth, is changing how private sector employers pursue the development of products and delivery of services. The changes taking place across industries in recognition of the collective environmental challenge have created a growing clean economy — one that relies on new processes and materials and requires workers with enhanced or new sets of skills to develop environmentally beneficial goods and services. This report, illustrates effective programs being implemented in community colleges across the country to create college graduates with the sustainability skills needed for the new clean economy. It also outlines recommendations that will lead to the scaling of these programs as the clean economy continues to expand.

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This guide is designed to provide an overview of work-based learning models and advice on how to implement them to develop stronger talent for the present and the future. It delivers basic background information on work-based learning. The findings in this guide are based on an extensive literature review; focus groups of retail employers, retail employees, and training providers; and three in-depth case studies of retailers Best Buy, Gap Inc., and Wegmans, which all have successful work-based learning programs.

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The Southwest Alabama Workforce Development Council [SAWDC] leadership is concerned about workforce challenges in the southwest corner of the state. The rural counties of Region 7, a sub-state area designated by the state for addressing workforce development issues, have lagged behind their urban neighbors in recovering from the economic recession of 2007. SAWDC recognizes that a new and expanded effort is required to improve the rural economy and better align demand and supply of workers attempting to connect around real-time hiring needs.

This report presents the findings and recommendations from an 11-month long analysis of current and projected education and workforce development needs in the rural counties of Region 7 in Alabama. The Delta Regional Authority-funded project will help the workforce collaborative SAWDC and its partners to develop programs and systems-based policies to build a more connected, comprehensive workforce system among education systems and business and industry sectors.

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