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How will we power our future? Can we create a healthy and clean economy?

Climate One at the Commonwealth Club is at the forefront of the global debate about energy, economy, and the environment.

Bringing together the brightest and most provocative leaders of our time, Climate One is the place where big ideas get heard.

With thoughtful and insightful discussions on policy, business, science, and culture,

Climate One founder Greg Dalton gets to the heart of the matter.

It's our future. It's time to come together.

From the Commonwealth Club of California, this is Climate One. I'm Greg Dalton. What's one of

the brightest spots in the slow and wobbly recovery since the Great Recession? Look up at the

sun. Solar jobs in the U.S. have more than doubled in five years. There are more people working

to get clean power from the sky than getting oil and gas

out of the ground. The solar industry added 35,000 jobs in just 2015 and now employs more than 200,000

people according to CNN money. There are many other kinds of jobs in the clean energy economy as well.

Large corporations are hiring people

to measure and reduce their carbon footprint all the way from their factories to their stores.

Architects are busy designing buildings that use little or even net zero energy and water.

Food companies are sourcing food locally and working to reduce waste. On the show today, we'll explore careers in the clean energy economy that is growing jobs and reducing carbon pollution.

In the second half hour, we'll hear from a career advisors about how to get a job in the clean economy,

and what are the hottest sectors.

First, we hear from three young professionals who are climbing the green ladder

at fast-growing companies in the Bay Area, Cliff Bar, Facebook, and Solar City. Keely Wax is

director of communications at Cliff Bar. Lyrica McTiernan is sustainability manager at Facebook,

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