Green Careers

1. Green Careers Presented by Clark University Career Services

2. Define Your Goals • Really think about your interest in pursuing a green career: • Why do you want to work in the Green Industry? • What type of job would you enjoy and excel at? • Which Green category are you more interested in? • Eco-Friendly • Green • Sustainability • Telecommuting

3. Eco-Friendly • While not entirely Green, eco-friendly means the company you work for utilizes green and environmentally friendly policies. • It doesn’t necessarily mean you will be working in an organization directly impacting the environment .

4. Green • Green jobs involve working for organizations that focus primarily on the environment and clean energy and technology. • Most organizations in this field are non-profit, offer low wages/salaries, and require long work hours during the week

5. More Options • Sustainability • Involves working in a direct impact role within an eco-friendly company (i.e. “Office of Sustainability”) or working in a Green organization • Telecommuting • It is possible to work for organizations located in other areas of the country or world through telecommuting, web development, and even blogging which benefits both the employer and employee

6. Agricultural Inspector Architect (Environmental/Sustainable Design) Bicycle / Scooter Technicians Biologist (Conservation) Building Operations Management Business Manager Camp Counselor Career Consultants (Green) Car Manufacturing (Green) Chemist (Environmental) 11. Climate Risk Analyst 12. Climatologist/Environmental Meteorologist 13. Community Affairs Manager Complementary Health and Medical Care Construction (Energy Efficiency – Green Building) Corporate Social Responsibility Professional Ecologist Economists (Environmental) Educators (Ecological) Emissions Manager Top 20 Green Collar Jobs * According to the greeneconomypost.com

7. Portland, Oregon San Francisco, California Boston, Massachusetts Oakland, California Eugene, Oregon Cambridge, Massachusetts Berkeley, California Seattle, Washington Chicago, Illinois Austin, Texas 11. Minneapolis, Minnesota 12. St. Paul, Minnesota 13. Sunnyvale, California 14. Honolulu, Hawaii 15. Fort Worth, Texas 16. Albuquerque, New Mexico 17. Syracuse, New York 18. Huntsville, Alabama 19. Denver, Colorado 20. New York, New York Top 20 Greenest American Cities

8. Education and Training • Many universities and colleges have begun to add green courses to their curriculum. • Most organizations offer on-the-job training which cater to your specialization or preference. • Green careers are possible for every career from science to law to information technology and even construction.

9. Social Networking • It’s always helpful to network with others, especially when looking for a job. • LinkedIn is a great option and does have Green Groups to join: • Bright Green Talent • Green Jobs and Career Network

10. Kevin Doyle’s Words of Wisdom • Understand your industry • Residential Energy Efficiency (EE) • Commercial and Industrial EE • Wind Power • Solar Photovoltaic Power • Solar Thermal • Geothermal • Biofuels • Biomass • High Performance Green Building • Carbon Management

11. Finding Green Careers • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJspjRNZMk4 • A look at how you can find green careers and learn simple ways to immediately impact the environment!

12. http://www.ecojobs.com (Username: clarkcareerservices Password: careerservices) http://www.spotlightoncareers.org (Username: lacn password: summit09) Industry guides - Sections on Environmental, Public Policy and Social Activism Clark University Career Services Resource Blog http://clarkcareerblog.wordpress.com/category/environmentgreen-careers/ Clark University Resources

13. Sustainability • Campus Sustainability http://www.clarku.edu/offices/campusSustainability/index.cfm • Includes Clark policies, academic programs and courses, alumni in environmental careers • Marsh Institute http://www.clarku.edu/Departments/Marsh/

14. Clark Students with Green Related Internships • Callista Perry ’11 (Barth Internship Summer 2009) – Worcester Green Jobs Coalition http://greenjobsworcester.org/ • Bjoern Weidlich ’10 (Barth Internship Summer 2009) – Aberdare Conservation Action Group, Kenya • Ashley Trull ’10 (Barth Internship Summer 2008) – Summer of Solutions, St Paul, Minnesota. This experience evolved into Summer of Solutions, Worcester http://www.summerofsolutionsworcester.org/ • E. Ben Clark ’09-World Energy Solutions, Worcester MA http://www.worldenergy.com/ • Laura Faulkner ’10- Green Jobs Workforce Development, County of San Mateo, CA. http://www.co.sanmateo.ca.us/portal/site/SMC • Carolyn A Kristo ’08- Regional Environmental Council, Worcester, MA, http://www.recworcester.org/ • Suela John ’10-Marsh Institute, Worcester MA http://www.clarku.edu/Departments/Marsh/

15. Alumni with Green Related Careers • David Bennett (MA ’00) Clean Tech Open-- Sustainability Fellow http://www.linkedin.com/in/davidjbennett • Jia Liu (MA ‘07) Intertek Sustainability Solutions-- Environmental Consultant http://www.linkedin.com/pub/jia-liu/0/906/ab9 • Kerry Dolan (BA ’08) Alliance for Climate Protection--National Field Operations Coordinator • Elizabeth Spray (BA ’04/MA ’05) Green Beacon Solutions—Marketing Associate http://www.linkedin.com/in/elizabethspray • Joanne Stone Wyman (BA ’72) Dynamac Corporation---Environmental Policy and Regulatory Services http://www.linkedin.com/pub/joanne-stone-wyman/1/3a9/abb • William Stendrup, ProGreen Cleaning Company--Owner http://www.linkedin.com/in/bstendrup • David Greene (ES & P/MA ’05) Austin, Texas Water Utility--Sustainability Engineer • Natalie Howlett (ES & P/MA ’06) Massachusetts Division of Energy Resources-- Renewable Energy Project Coordinator. • Maureen Shenberger (ES & P/MA ’06) Chicagoland Bicycle Federation with the City of Chicago Department of Transportation (CDOT), the Pedestrian program--Contractor