Opportunity to shine

Green energy jobs are booming even without government support

On a nine-day trip to Mastatal, Costa Rica, in the spring of 2011, a group of Madison College students got a glimpse of the future.

They found about 100 people in the remote farming village living in houses built by hand, with wood taken from the surrounding forest. The homes had dirt floors, tin roofs, no running water and no electricity. But the students helped the villagers get one modern convenience: electricity...