基本説明
Includes jobs related to alternative energy, water resources, green marketing, green business, green building, and environmental law.
Full Description
This is a comprehensive yet practical guide for job seekers looking for green career opportunities.
Green Collar Jobs: Environmental Careers for the 21st Century is a simple, easy-to-reference guide that will help students, recent graduates, job seekers, and career changers at all levels find the latest information and job resources in this burgeoning new field.
This exceptionally timely book examines all aspects of green careers, beginning with an overview discussing green jobs from environmental, economic, and political perspectives. The core of the book is comprised of chapters that describe specific types of green jobs and career paths. These include jobs related to alternative energy, water resources, green marketing, green business, green building, and environmental law. For those willing to leave home, there is a chapter on global environmental jobs, and there is information on niche green careers such as ecotourism and green interior design. Each chapter includes job sources, education and training resources, and a listing of companies involved in the particular business.
Provides original insights and advice from professionals in green career fields
Includes web addresses for associations, discussion groups, job boards, and companies in each chapter
Lists relevant job sites and online references
Contents
Foreword by Tim Center
Acknowledgments
Introduction
CHAPTER 1 The New Space Race
CHAPTER 2 The Basics
CHAPTER 3 Water, Water, Everywhere
CHAPTER 4 Imagining New Power
CHAPTER 5 Building for the Future
CHAPTER 6 Green Business
CHAPTER 7 Green Marketing
CHAPTER 8 Green Law
CHAPTER 9 The Green World
CHAPTER 10 More Green Jobs
CHAPTER 11 A Final Note
Notes
Further References
Index
