Green Career Opportunities Abroad: Outside the Red, White, and Blue

By: Shane Sabine

Green career opportunities abroad may be worth some extra consideration, especially given the current financial crisis the United States of America is facing. There are plenty of resources readily available so that no one should stop short of attempting to meet his or her own goals in this regard. Career counselors at your university, professional staffing agencies, and websites catered to the green-keen should account for more than enough support.

To reiterate Ms. Kethaki Nair’s statement, financier extraordinaire George Soros’ advice to overcome our recent woes is to invest heavily in green initiatives. Nicolas Sarkozy, France’s president, has decided that the country shall invest 400 million euros in research and development of hybrid cars and electric vehicles. There is ample attention given to corporations’ energy saving measures, general practices, and governmental guidelines and we may soon observe the most green-friendly organizations succeeding in a most pronounced respect.

Brown University’s Career Development Center has collaborated with the environmental organizations on campus with much avail. Refer to http://www.environmentjob.co.uk/ for career opportunities in the United Kingdom within the environmental sector. Browsing Idealist at http://www.idealist.org/en/ivrc/program/index.html may help you to formulate a plan, too.

Albeit roughly a year ago, President Bush himself declared the following:

“I believe oil prices are going up because the demand for oil outstrips the supply for oil. Oil is going up because developing countries still use a lot of oil. Oil is going up because we use too much oil, and the capacity to replace reserves is dwindling. That's why the price of oil is going up.”

As such may be the case, invest in green initiatives by seeking career opportunities abroad. Consult your institution’s career counselors, keep a positive attitude, and thank yourself for being so conscientious as to consider the future.