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"A Family Tradition for 128 Years" PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, January 23, 1996 -9 'Green jobs' can boost economy and environment, author tells group Protecting of the envi- ronment and maintaining a healthy economy aren't opposites; in fact, one can lead to the other. That's the message on "green jobs", delivered last Thursday night (Jan. 18) by author and environ- mentalist Wayne Roberts at a forum held by Scu- gog's Green Team. He told the audience at the Scugog Community Centre in Port Perry that pursuing careers that are beneficial to the environ- ment ensures a healthy planet, and makes sense economically. "The whole idea of green jobs is a friendly way of working that is better for the planet," he said, "work that is healing." Mr. Roberts used as a example an agricultural model in use on the prair- ies: Farmers sell shares in their vegetable crops be- fore planting time, and use capital for their opera- tions. The dividends forin- vestors are a supply of fresh, nutritious vegeta- bles, at a lower cost than supermarket prices. It makes sense, he said: the food is of more nutri- tional value than produce trucked in from miles away, and support for the local farmer creates jobs in the community. Our dependence on im- ported produce has result- ed in a decline in the in- dustry here at home, he said. "Look at Ontario," said Mr. Roberts. "Compared to 1971, if we ate the same percentage of Ontario- grown food now as then, we would have 50,000 ad- ditional jobs in growing and producing food." He challenged his audi- ence to look for other ways of creating more self- sustaining, environmen- tally-friendly jobs. And that doesn't mean creat- ing economic hardship, he contended. "The trick is to figure out how do we go about re- placing the system, and Author Wayne Roberts was the speaker at the first of a series of talks on environmental issues being held this winter at the Scugog Community Centre by Scugog's Green Team. He spoke on the environmental and economic benefits of "green jobs" creation. The next talk in the series, on organic farming, is Feb. 1. how do we put a new sys- tem in place," said Mr. jobs in consulting, craft- Roberts. He said the farm- making, and manufactur- share system he had out- 'ing. lined is "typical of the new Thursday night's talk kinds of jobs we can pro- was the first in a series be- duce: It's a win for the con- ing presented this winter sumer, a win for the pro- by Scugog's Green Team, a ducer, and a win for the small group of environ- environment." mentalists. 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