green-collar worker
职场的蓝领和白领之分,大家应该早就习以为常了吧?蓝领工人一般被视为体力劳动者,而白领则被划至脑力劳动者之列。不过,随着各国环保意识的增加,我们伟大的劳动者行列又多了一个群体,green-collar worker(绿领工人),你大概能猜到他们是做哪一行的吧?
绿领工人就是受雇于环保经济产业的工人。环保绿领工人(绿领工作)可以满足绿色发展的需要。一般来说,他们实行注重环保的设计、政策和技术以加强环境的保护和可持续性。
A green-collar worker is a worker who is employed in the environmental sectors of the economy. Environmental green-collar workers (or green jobs) satisfy the demand for green development. Generally, they implement environmentally conscious design, policy, and technology to improve conservation and sustainability.
绿领工人从事的职业包括环境咨询师,环境或生物系统工程师,绿色建筑师,太阳能和风能工程师及安装师,绿色机动车工程师,“绿色商业”老板,等等。
Green collar workers include professionals such as environmental consultants, environmental or biological systems engineers, green building architects, solar energy and wind energy engineers and installers, green vehicle engineers, "green business" owners, and so on.
词汇拓展:
绿色信贷 Green Credit
碳税 carbon tax
碳足迹 carbon footprint
碳减排 carbon emission reduction
《京都议定书》Kyoto Protocol
大功率电器 high-power electrical appliance
一次性筷子 disposable chopstick
污水治理 sewage treatment
可再生能源 renewable energy
绿色“生物燃料” biofuel
馏出燃料 Distillate fuel
地热 ground-source heat
液化天然气 liquefied natural gas
可燃冰 flammable ice
碳排放与交易 Cap and trade
自然保护区 nature reserve
生态旅游 ecotourism
全面禁烟 carpet smoking ban
再生水 recycled water