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around what we can and can’t do and by
outlawingactivities thatweonceenjoyedor
profited from. But one green trend is about
opening doors and expanding opportunity.
That’s what is behind the
rising interest in green ca-
reers and green employ-
ees. Ori Sivan knows this
angle inside and out, hav-
ing graduated in 2005 with a
college degree in environmental engineer-
ing (a field in which he briefly pursued
employment) before starting his own busi-
ness, Greenmaker Supply, a Chicago-based
sustainable-building-materials retailer. To-
day, hehires peoplewhowant towork for a
green company.
In contrast to the worrisome forecasts
and warnings often given by environmen-
Working toSave
theEnvironment:
TheTopThree Jobs
The sector of environment-related professions
has begun to emerge as one of the future’s
fastest-growing jobmarkets. Granted, most of
the 30 careers on the list of hottest occupa-
tions identified by the Bureau of Labor Sta-
tistics were computer- or health-related, but
these three green gigs made the cut on this
year’s ranking bymerit of their projected per-
centage growths from2004 to2014.
Hydrologist
Expected jobgrowth: 31.6percent
Hazardousmaterials
removalworker
Expected jobgrowth: 31.2percent
Environmental engineer
Expected jobgrowth: 30percent
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics,
tal observers, the green-career business is
booming. “Absolutely bonkers,” is the way
Sivandescribes it.
Green careers aren’t just for technically
trained types like Sivan, either, says Marie
Kerpan, a green-career consultant in Mill
Valley, California. “All functions of business
couldbeapplied toagreen career,” she says.
“Youcouldbeamarketerworking inabusi-
ness in renewable energy.” Indeed, Sivan
says thatwhenhe recentlyhiredanaccoun-
tant and a warehouse manager, he wasn’t
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