Career Field: Environment
Career Information
- Green Careers Guide (MonsterTRAK): General career advice includes a 'green jobs guidebook' with links to related articles
- Green Energy Career Guide: Provides an overview of career opportunities available within renewable energy industries
- EnviroLink: Non-profit organization which maintains a database of thousands of on-line environmental resources
- Green Careers Guide: Introduces in demand green collar jobs such as solar, wind and geothermal
Sample Employers
Job and Internship Listings
- Cool Climate Jobs: Jobs in climate change, renewable energy, and energy efficiency research, policy and practice.
- Cyber-Sierra's Natural Resources Job Search: Features jobs in natural resources, ecology and conservation.
- Environmental Career Opportunities: Well established source of both internship and other environmental job leads (subscription service).
- Environmental Jobs.Com: Job categories include renewable energy, environmental science, advocacy & policy jobs.
- Environmental Career.Com: Job categories range from alternative energy to zoology and all categories in between.
- Greenjobs: Focus is on renewable energy jobs worldwide.
- Green Dream Jobs: Site specializes in connecting candidates with business skills with environmentally conscious employers.
- WiserEarth.org: Specific focus on non-governmental organizations (NGO's) and those that support their work. Site includes many volunteer/internship opportunities abroad.
Resources at Other Colleges
Professional Associations
NOTE: Italicized titles can be borrowed and are located in the Baker Library Project Room in the Reserve Corridor. Click here for a complete list of borrowable books.
- Career Opportunities in Conservation and The Environment: Position descriptions-complete with career ladders, salaries, employment prospects, special skills sought and tips for entry- on 69 jobs in Outdoor Education, Ecotourism, Environmental Education, Forestry, Farming and Fishing, etc.
- Careers in Renewable Energy: Easy-to-read new book includes chapters on Solar Energy, Wind Energy, Geothermal, Hydroelectric Power & Marine Energy, Bioenergy, Hydrogen Energy & Fuel Cells, Green Building, Energy Management, Green Transportation, Teaching Energy, and Nuclear Electric Power.
- The Complete Guide to Environmental Careers in the 21st Century: Valuable tips on career search strategies plus case studies of representative work and individual profiles that provide an up-close look at a variety of environmental professions.
- ECO Guide to Careers that Make a Difference: Environmental Work for a Sustainable World: Offers wide overview of career choices and opportunities and identifies developing employment trends.
- Green Jobs: A Guide To Eco-Friendly Employment: If you ever wanted to go green, this book will instruct you how to find work opportunities in Green Energy, Green Transportation, Green Building, Green Organizations and NGOs, Natural Resources Management and Green Goods and Services.
