By Pamela Fehl
ISBN-10: 0816081549
ISBN-13: 9780816081547
ISBN-10: 1438133006
ISBN-13: 9781438133003
The fields of communique, schooling, and go back and forth are experiencing a growth in eco-friendly jobs. Activists and nonprofit staff increase cash and suggest for environmental reasons, lecturers train humans approximately environmental concerns and conservation, and ecotourism pros advertise and set up environmentally dependable trip to nature components.
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Activists work well independently and on teams. Strong, clear communication skills are required. Some activist jobs also require familiarity with e-activism software, online marketing techniques and technologies, and various software programs. A flexible attitude and good sense of humor also help tremendously in dealing with a wide range of people and deadline pressures. Exploring Learn more about the job by talking to people in the field. The next time you see an environmental activist out on the sidewalk handing out literature and talking to people, stop and see if you can ask them a few questions about the work.
In 2006. ) About 40 percent of the coordinators employed in the United States worked in public or private elementary or secondary schools, and 20 percent worked for public or private colleges and universities, and professional schools. The remainder worked for state and local government; individual and family services; child day-care services; scientific research and development services; and management, scientific, and technical consulting services.
Q. What has surprised you the most about the work, or the field? . . [That] I’m able to have the job that I have, and to know that when the work gets tough, I just need to go outside, smell the fresh air, take in the amazing scenery, and realize how fortunate I am to be able to work in a green industry. Q. What book can you recommend that really inspired you? A. Anything by Farley Mowatt, especially Never Cry Wolf. It taught me to not assume anything about nature and to realize that the environment is a very fragile system.