The Gulfsouth Youth Biodiesel Project (GYBP) is a youth-led social enterprise focusing on the production and sale of biodiesel fuel as a means of educating and developing leadership and social entrepreneurship in young people, ages 16-24, as part of a “Green Collar” workforce. Through a program that combines classroom instruction with hands-on work, underserved youth receive effective job training that enables them to connect to job opportunities in the new green economy. In addition, they become part of the movement to conserve our national resources and reduce the South’s dependence on traditional fossil fuels. By 2012 GYBP participants may be able to recycle more than half a million gallons of used cooking oil into biodiesel fuel and generate nearly $1 million in revenue each year.
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View GYBP Brochure Here
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For more information, contact:
Arthur Johnson, Chief Development Officer
E-mail: ajohnson@operationreach.org
Phone: (504) 529-1922 ext. 110
A Green Future for Our Gulf: Gulfsouth Youth Biodiesel Project Seeks Participants
If you are a young person impacted by the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, the Gulfsouth Youth Biodiesel Project (GYBP) may be the program for you. The GYBP is a youth-led social enterprise focusing on the production and sale of biodiesel fuel as a means of educating and developing leadership and social entrepreneurship of young people as part of a “Green Collar” workforce.
To be eligible for the program, applicants must have been impacted by the oil spill and must provide a Gulf Coast Claim Facility letter and number as well as proof of Employment Separation (job loss) as a result of the spill. Applicants also should be between the ages of 16 and 25.
As part of the program, participants will take part in intensive workforce development training that includes basic safety, basic rigging, biodiesel production, processing and testing, construction drawings and blueprints, financial management, introduction to alternative fuels, and lots more. Additionally, participants will receive certification by the National Center for Construction Education and Research (NCCER) and enrollment in Delgado Community College, where students can further education in skill areas of interest, including but not limited to plumbing, welding, pipefitting, HVAC, automotive, carpentry, etc.
