Hello, world. Welcome to discover your talent, do what you love. I'm your host, Don Hutchison.

Every Tuesday, I interview someone from around the world who's discovered their talents to do work they love to create a life of success, satisfaction, and freedom.

On Fridays, I interview an individual with many years of experience from one of the most popular or interesting occupations or professions

who shares an insider's look at what it's really like to do what they do. Today I'm delighted to bring you our featured guest, Ron Kamen, and our topic, A Day in the Life, what's it really like to be a clean energy consultant? Welcome, Ron. It's a pleasure to be here. Thanks for having me, Don. Thank you, sir. Ron, are you using your talents doing work that you love?

I surely am, Don. Thank you.

Good. Ron came in as CEO of Earthkind Energy Consulting and host of the awesome Earthkind podcast.

His life mission is to empower everyday people to make clean energy transitions to reduce their carbon

footprint and save them money. For more than three decades, Ron has energized communities,

governments, nonprofits, and businesses to take their step to increase energy efficiency

and use renewable energy. He's now building an online community of awesome earth-kind people ready to go clean and save green.

Well, as I mentioned, Ron, before every day in the life, we'd like to give an overview for our listeners of the breadth and death of the occupation of the guests.

So here are a few data points.

According to the 2019 U.S. energy employment report, 611,000 people

worked in zero-emission technology industries, including renewables and nuclear in the United

States. The international renewable energy agency recorded even higher renewable energy employment in the U.S. at $855,000 direct and indirect jobs in 2018.

Jobs in energy efficiency experience significant growth.

The sector now employs more than 3 million people in the United States.

The International Renewable Energy Agency also reports that

globally, the renewable energy sector employed 11 million people in 2018, 700,000 more than in 2017.

Climate adaptation and resilience stand out as rapidly emerging areas of employment as a result of climate change

impacts. These sectors will be critical to track in tandem with jobs in renewable energy and energy

efficiency in the coming years. As we discussed in the pre-interview chat, before we get into the

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