Exploring Environmental Careers
Did you know that jobs in the environmental field, or green careers, represent one of the fastest-growing segments of employment? Are you curious about potential opportunities for both degreed and non-degreed job seekers? Tune in to learn what opportunities are available for “green-collared” workers!
Green careers can include a wide range of specializations, from air quality protection, energy management, stormwater management, wildlife conservation and sustainable manufacturing, among many others, and the future workforce needs all of them. Green professionals can include scientists, engineers, statisticians, regulators, property managers, marketing specialists, architects and city planners.
Register for our virtual session on Exploring Environmental Careers, meeting on Monday, April 18 at 2:00 p.m. via Zoom, and hear from our green career professionals:
- Texas A&M University
- City of Plano Sustainability and Environmental Education Division
- Granite Properties
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Learn more about the panelist organizations and their work:
SEED:
- Become a Live Green in Plano Volunteer
- Register for classes and events with the City of Plano’s Sustainability & Environmental Education Division
Library Resources
Continue learning and exploring environmental careers through these Plano Public Library resources, available with your library card:
Books/E- books
For adults:
- Careers in renewable energy : get a green energy job by McNamee, Gregory
- Peterson’s graduate programs in the physical sciences, mathematics, agricultural sciences, the environment & natural resources
For Young adults:
- Top STEM careers in science by Suen, Anastasia
- Environmental science experiments by Walker, Pam
- Ace your ecology and environmental science project : great science fair ideas by Gardner, Robert
For juniors
- Green general contractor by Soumervill, Barbara A
- Wildlife conservationist by Trueit, Trudi Strain
- Saving the environment by Langley, Andrew
Launchpad/ STEAM Kits/DVD
- Weather [STEAM kit]
- Look up! Look down! [Launchpad] Environmental issues.
- Mission accepted! [Launchpad] STEAM.
- Let’s explore–. The rainforest [DVD video recording]
- Saving Atlantis [DVD videorecording]
Online Streaming Videos
Kanopy
- Green careers. Green design.: You can work toward a green career as an architect, interior designer, industrial engineer, or product designer within a myriad of businesses
- Green careers. Recycling: Recycling provides opportunities for young people to start with a temporary or part-time job, then move up to supervisory and management responsibilities
E-magazines
Press Reader Examples of e- magazine
- National Geographic
- Smithsonian magazine (has interesting environmental-related volumes)
- ID magazine
- Planeta – in Portuguese
- Beyond Horizons
- Canadian Geographic
Gale in Context- Opposing viewpoints online collection
- Careers in Environmental Science. (2009). In B. W. Lerner & K. L. Lerner (Eds.), In Context Series. Environmental Science: In Context (Vol. 1, pp. 95-99). Gale. https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CX3233900040/OVIC?u=txshrpub100303&sid=bookmark-OVIC&xid=9f77f504
- I want to be an environmental data analyst. What will my salary be? (2017, December 6). Globe & Mail [Toronto, Canada], B12. https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A517576487/OVIC?u=txshrpub100303&sid=bookmark-OVIC&xid=199b92f7
- Work: Postgraduate courses: A fair wind for green careers: Universities are meeting demand for environmental skills with new master’s courses, writes Ian Wylie. (2010, September 18). Guardian [London, England], 7. https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A237454676/OVIC?u=txshrpub100303&sid=bookmark-OVIC&xid=15646a51
Articles from Databases
You can find these databases and more on the library’s Research & Learn page.
EBSCO
- Green career choices: the influence of ecological stance on recruiting
- Career: Going Green while Doing Good
Credo Reference
- Environmental Scientists and Specialists
- Environmental Engineering Technicians
- Marine science degree programs
Learning Express Library
- Best Environmental Careers– eBook
- Career Snapshot: Environmental Science and Protection Technician – Article
- AP® Environmental Science Practice Exam 1 – Test
Register for our virtual session on Exploring Environmental Careers, meeting on Monday, April 18 at 2:00 p.m. via Zoom, and hear from our green career professionals.
