Green jobs

When Boston officials tried siting a waste-to-energy plant 30 years ago, they chose a site on the edge of the Cape Verdean community in Dorchester.

In late October and early November, eight residents, aged 20 to 60 – some of whom participated in the on-site planting – took a virtual 35-hour training course, taught by Queeley and his colleague Danilo Morales over three weekends, in preparation for the National Green Infrastructure Certification Program’s exam.