1. Environmental Careers: Green Pathways to the Future Kevin Flint Environmental Science and Resource Management Oxnard College

2. What are the parameter of your job? Do you want to work with people or things ( i.e. computers)? When do you want to work: set hours, flexible hours, days, nights, weekends, be on call ? What skills and education are you willing to earn/learn? Where do you want to work: California, anywhere in U.S., overseas? Do you want to be your own boss, have a boss, be boss of others? Do you want to work indoors, outdoors, or both? How much money do you want to earn? Do you want a salary or earn by the hour? What is the future demand for this job where you want to work? Click for Career Locker Click for COIN

3. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Handbook Click here for web page

7. How can you find jobs in California? Ca Occupational Guide

8. Where are the jobs in the environmental areas? Link to E Magazine Eco Jobs.com Environmental Career.com

9. What are the high demand “Green Careers”? 1.Agriculture or forestry supervisors 2.Architects 3.Construction managers 4.Consultants: set sustainability benchmarks 5.Social responsibility officers: meeting goals regarding sustainability 6. Database specialists: track, analyze, and report 7. Engineers 8. Electricians 9. Scientific researchers 10.Transportation supervisors and dispatchers Source U.S. New & World Report

10. Education: Environmental & Outdoor Click for OutdoorEd.com Click for North American Assn. for Environmental Ed Traditional classroom Camps Parks, zoos, aquaria & museums Field based – Island Packers NGOs – National Wildlife Federation

11. Ecotourism & Adventure Travel Click for International Ecotourism Society Click for Center for Ecotourism Tourism is the largest business sector in the world. Ecotourism is growing at three times the rate of the tourism sector itself

12. Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency Click for wind energy jobs Click for hydrogen energy jobs Click for solar energy jobs Development (engineering) Installation – New construction and remodels Sales

13. Land Use and Planning Click for Architecture Click for GIS field Click for American Planning Assn. Rural or Urban Government or Private Design, Technical (GIS) or Management

14. Living Resource Management Click for Conservation International Click for Department of Interior Biodiversity conservation Fisheries Forestry Science, policy or regulation Click for National Wildlife Federation Click for Nature Conservancy Click for Ca Dept Fish & Game Click for National Marine Fisheries Click for World Wildlife Fund

15. Nonliving Resource Management & Environmental Engineering Click for Air & Waste Management Association Click for Ventura County Air Pollution Control District Click for NOAA Pollution control: land, air & water Water delivery: urban & agriculture System Modeling – weather, climate, currents Click for Metropolitan Water District Click for Environmental Engineering Click for Ventura Regional Sanitation District

16. Environmental & Occupational Health Click for Dept Health & Human Services Toxicology Epidemiology Risk Management Click for Institute of Risk Management Click for Na. Institute of En Health - Epidemiology Click for Society of Toxicology Click for OSHA

17. Agriculture Click for Ca Dept of Food and Agriculture Click for AgCareers.com Plant and animal Land and aquatic Biotechnology Development, consultation, management Click for Biotechnology Institute Click for USAID

18. Environmental Law, Policy & Regulation Click for World Resource Institute Click for National Resource Defense Council Click for Population Reference Bureau Click for Environmental Law Institute