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Green Career SIUC grow your carreer and save our planet

Our goals related to Green Careers/Jobs are to:

  • Make students aware of green careers and green jobs
  • Identify green career resources and job opportunities
  • Link these opportunities back to specific SIUC majors
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    What is a "green" job?
    Actually, the answer to that question lies somewhere on an extremely broad spectrum. A "green" job can be any position from a traditional, environmentally friendly position working in conservation to brand new positions such as emissions brokers, bio-mimicry engineers, sustainability coordinators, and green architects.

    Here is how a few industry insiders define "green" jobs:
    "A green job has to do something useful for people, and it has to be helpful, or at least not damaging to, the environment."
    -Carl Pope, executive director of the Sierra Club

    "It has to pay decent wages and benefits that can support family. It has to be part of a real career path, with upward mobility. And it needs to reduce waste and pollution and benefit the environment."
    -Phil Angelides, chairman of the Apollo Alliance board of directors

    Green Technology
    The term “technology” refers to the application of knowledge for practical purposes. The field of “green technology” encompasses a continuously evolving group of methods and materials, from techniques for generating energy to non-toxic cleaning products.
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    We can all make a difference and joining in Clean Up the World is a simple and practical way to do something about global warming and climate change. Be part of the solution and help Clean Up Our Climate
    Ian Kiernan, AO. Chairman & Founder, Clean Up the World
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    "When you think about green, you often think about people who have a lot of money and who can afford a certain lifestyle," Jones says. "But really what the green economy represents is a massive opportunity for new work, new wealth and better health for all Americans."
    Van Jones, President Obama's special adviser for green jobs, in an NPR interview on Morning Edition, May 12, 2009.
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