The CCC – A Model for Green Jobs

The Civilian Conservation Corps

Now here’s a model for making green jobs happen today!!!

PBS’s American Experience Series is re-running a program about the CCC – a program that put 3 million men to work in the US during the Great Depression of the 1930s.  The CCC planted more than 3 billion trees, terraced farm lands devastated by the dust bowl, built over 800 state parks, repaired roads and bridges.  Within two months of creation, the CCC enlisted 250,000 workers who were provided with housing, clothing, meals, $30 per month ($25 of which they were required to send home to their families), and evening classes – which over 9 years taught 40,000 illiterate men to read and write.

The CCC’s story is told in the American Experience Series documentary from the perspective of the workers themselves.  Their personal accounts veterans of the CCC makes the film especially enriching and meaningful.  Watch the 60 minute program now and watch it again with all of your family and friends.  It’s that good!