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Green Collar Jobs: Saving Green Collar Jobs: Saving the Planet While You Workthe Planet While You Work
August 21, 2008SU Career Services
Author: Vicki Decker, Director
Career Services
Along with Cal Winbush, WSU Sustainability Consultant and
Panel of Experts
What are ‘Green’ Jobs? What are ‘Green’ Jobs?
•Ideas?
•Where are they found?
•What would you do?
Green Jobs DefinedGreen Jobs Defined
•Green Jobs are defined as:–A job that is contributing to fighting global warming and building a green economy,
resulting in healthier communities–Some define them as manual labor jobs
within new clean technology industries–Clean energy has become a $55 billion a
year industry worldwide
Market ConditionsMarket Conditions
•The Green job market is one of the fastest growing
•180,000 new jobs were created in 2007 in environmentally related fields
•In addition, companies are turning existing jobs into green jobs
•This market is expected to grow 5.5% annually through the end of the decade
Source: Career Insider, Nov. 2007 Green Careers Journal, Part Two
Green is EverywhereGreen is Everywhere
•CNN had a documentary in 2007
•Al Gore won a Nobel Peace Prize
•NBC had a ‘green week’
•Rick Steves–Travel
•HyVee
•Minneapolis St. Paul Business Journal
The Future of GreenThe Future of Green
•Michael Holloway, National Director, Green Leaders, says students pursuing green careers should:
–Learn all they can about businessAnd says:
–Exciting things are happening in product design,
research and development, manufacturing, and building & grounds
Future continuedFuture continued
•5.3 million jobs have been created by environmental management and protection
•By 2010, green jobs are expected to grow to 5.8 million
•By 2020, the industry is expected to reach 6.9 million jobs
Management Information Services Inc 2006 study
Where the Jobs AreWhere the Jobs Are
•Clean energy•Renewable energy•Environmental fields•Sales•Training and Development•Research•Manufacturing•Public Service –All levels of
Government
Where the jobs are Where the jobs are continuedcontinued
•Marketing•Wildlife management•Construction –new and retrofitting•Travel and Mass Transit•Entrepreneurs•Social accountability positions
within all types of industry•Law•Publishing
Where the jobs are Where the jobs are continuedcontinued
•Health Care•The Arts•Accounting•Communications•Consulting•Government•Non-Profit Sector•Education
Sample Job TitlesSample Job Titles
•Engineers•Marketing Writer/Strategist•Compensation Analyst•Marketing Support Specialist•Project Designer•Legal Assistant•Geologist•Park NaturalistSource: www.greenjobs.com
Green Economy Jobs Green Economy Jobs Sample $Sample $
•Computer Software Engineer: $43.54 average/hour
•Electrical Engineer: $37.99 avg/hour •Environmental Engineers: $35.41
avg/hour•Chemists: $30.57 avg/hour
Source: Job Opportunities for the Green Economy: A State-by-State Picture of Occupations that Gain from TgreenInvestments, Robert Polllin& Jeanette Wicks-Lim, Political Economy Research Institute, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, June 2008
Skills Needed for ‘Green’ Skills Needed for ‘Green’ ProfessionalsProfessionals
•Communication Skills including respect for diversity and intercultural communication
•Ability to lead and motivate others•Ability to resolve conflicts•Ability to cope with and manage
employee responses to change•Awareness of city, county, state,
and federal regulations
Skills needed continuedSkills needed continued
•Decision Making•Financial Management•Presentation Skills•Website Design•Fundraising, Grant writing•Organizational Politics•Strategic Thinking•Leadership
ResourcesResources
•Links:*http://www.salisbury.edu/careerservices/Students/MajorsEmployers/
GreenEmployers/Default.html-SU Website–www.epa.gov–www.clu-in.org–www.treehugger.com–www.sustainablebusiness.com–http://learningforsustainability.net/susdev/earth_clock.php
•Job Listing Websites:–www.ecojobs.com–www.ecoISP.com–www.ecoemploy.com/jobs–www.greenbiz.com–www.greenjobs.com
Kurt Hohenstein is an associate professor of history at WSU. He is the Director of the Paralegal Program, Co-Director of the Law and Society Program and the pre-law advisor for WSU. He earned his bachelor’s degree, master’s degree and jurisdoctor from the University of Nebraska, and his doctorate in history from the University of Virginia. He is a member of the WSU Faculty Senate. His interest in green careers involves advising students about options for legal and paralegal careers in environmental and regulatory law and business development careers involving emerging sustainability issues.
Contact: [email protected]
Anne Morse has worked for Winona County since 1988, first as a recycling coordinator and today as its coordinator of sustainability initiatives. In addition to her local work for the county, she has also been a strong voice at the state and national level for the development of a systems approach to the management of our natural resources. As the Board Chair of the GrassRootsRecycling Network, a national recycling advocacy organization, she played a significant role in the development of producer responsibility legislation, including the recent e-waste legislation in Minnesota -the first of its kind in the nation. In 1998, during her term as Chair of the Southeast Minnesota Recycler’s Exchange, the organization of counties received a national award as the country’s Outstanding Rural Community Program. Morse has served on a number of state and national foundation boards, including the Recycling Association of Minnesota and Conservation Minnesota. Morse has a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, and lives in Dakota.
Contact: [email protected]
InformationInformationPete Sandberg has a Bachelor of Science in health education
and physical education from Winona State University (’73). He worked in construction and manufacturing before beginning a career in higher education facilities management, which led to interests in managing commodity demand and consumption and the carbon impacts of consuming commodities. Sandberg is currently the assistant vice president of facilities at St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minn. He chairs the college’s Sustainability Task Force, which sets goals and develops policy; is the principle author of the college’s Sustainable Design Guidelines; is a U.S. Green Building Council LEED Accredited Professional; designed and implemented a composting program at St. Olaf that handles 100 percent of campus food waste; and wrote a successful grant application that led to the installation of the first utility scale on campus, a self-generating 1.65 mega-watt wind turbine, in 2006. He also led the planning, design, and construction of Regents Hall, a comprehensive, 200,000-square-foot natural science and mathematics facility that anticipates achieving LEED Platinum status in fall 2008. It will be the largest college or university science facility in the world to achieve Platinum status.
Contact: [email protected]
ResourceResourceCaroline van Schaik, has worked in the field of
sustainable agriculture for the Land Stewardship Project for the past 10 years. She has bachelor’s degrees in journalism and agronomy, a minor in Art, and a Master of Science in soil science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her work experience involves the advocacy of and organizing around sustainable farming, food systems infrastructure, business training for farmers, and collaborative field research into the environmental benefits of good farming. After extensive travel and jobs in journalism, food and farming, she and her family raise 100 percent pastured sheep on a farm 20 miles from Winona. In addition, van Schaik served in the Peace Corps in West Africa, which inspired her to return to agriculture school.
Contact:[email protected]
ContactsContactsKate Worley works for Minnesota Waste Wise, where she
helps businesses and organizations address solid waste reduction, recycling, energy usage, sustainability goals, and any other aspects related to their overall environmental program. She holds a bachelor’s degree in biology from University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and a master’s degree in environmental science from Minnesota State University, Mankato. Her work experience includes county solid waste/recycling and humane/environmental education, including for the Animal Humane Society in the Twin Cities and Metropolitan Mosquito Control District. Her areas of interest and research include community education, recycling/solid waste and inter-disciplinary learning. She is currently a member of the Forum of Women in the Environmental Field (FWEF) and has previously been involved with the National Association of Humane and Environmental Educators (NAHEE) and Minnesota Association for Environmental Education (MAEE).
Contact: [email protected]
100 Ways to Save the 100 Ways to Save the EnvironmentEnvironment
•Sustainable Environment for Quality of Life
•www.seql.org/100ways.cfm
