Office of Career Services

Green Careers is a broad term that reflects an individual’s values in the type of work they choose to do, whether in clean technology, creating organic and natural products, participating in a sustainable development, environmental protection and preservation, educational, or entrepreneurial. You can find professionals in Green Careers across many industries. Breaking into the fields requires you do some research on the types of industries that interest you and the skills you would like to use (research, writing, marketing, etc.). All majors can participate in different aspects of green careers. For example, engineers may participate in alternative fuel creation; humanities concentrators may contribute to marketing initiatives, public relations, and other strategic initiatives. If you are interested in law, you can participate in environmental and regulatory law; those interested in finance can join financial firms as sustainability and sustainable investment analysts. There are green architects, environmental marketing specialists, ecotourism guides, etc. Participating in an internship or even volunteer work will enable you to gain experience that will build upon your interests and skills.