Environmental Career Center – Helping people work for a better environment since 1980

We all expect certain job categories like recycling, mass transit, organic foods and renewable energy are green jobs.  They are.  But how about nuclear power, manufacturing lead free bullets and environmental films?  The answer is yes.  What about designing jewelry out of  discarded factory waste?  The Department of Labor has composed a roster of  job categories it considers green .  Currently, green jobs comprise 1 to 2 % of the today’s workforce.  A green job is defined as any job that creates, supports, maintains or regulates recycling, energy efficiency or renewable energy products and services.