6. Environmental Jobs of the First Kind
โข Nonprofit environmental groups
- Choose your issue!
- Come in many sizes.
- Stellar qualifications help. Energy and devotion.
โขGovernment
- Classic jobs: inspector, planner, scientist, manager, communicator,
statistician, legislative aide: city, county, state, federal, international
- May get to directly work on reducing impacts
- Pent up need! When US rejects the rejection of
responsibilityโฆ
โข Corporate
- Internal compliance, regulatory affairs
- Communication, planning
- Sustainability, product development
12. Be a Quiet Change Agent
โข Creativity may be misunderstood.
โข Donโt threaten peopleโs sense of security.
โข Win their confidence.
โข Gauge for yourself what their level of commitment to responsibility
and to environmental values really is.
โข Perceptions are key โ are you loyal to their mission?
โ The printer who imposed the less toxic solution on workers, who
complained, who withdrew it and then reinstalled it without saying
anything
โ The EPP cleaner that the workers chose after being given a chance to
try several
โ The acid regeneration process that was approved when the safety
folks concurred with the environmental folks
โ The agency that enforced harshly because they didnโt think the
company respected them or the law
16. Go to meetings
โข Academic lectures on topics of interest. Watch C-Span
โข Meetings of organizations involved in the topic, hearings, political
meetings
โข Volunteer with local committees
โข Get the email or news alerts from relevant sources
โ JOB POSTINGS!
โข Get into the habit of staying up to date on certain issues
โข Professional associations may have low-cost or free options, EBI,
BBA
โข Organize comments on proposed rules, visits to legislators
โข GO VISIT Organizations, agencies, with questions about how to
engage and contribute and learn.
โข Organize a speaker series at your local library or school, inviting
people you want to meet.
โข Pick up the phone, or write, to people who interest you. Tell an
author you appreciated his or her writing!