MAREP
MAREP Environmental Careers Workshop
19 Oct 2019
Environmental Careers Outline
John Esson, Director
Environmental Career Center (EnvironmentalCareer.com)
PASE Corps (PASEcorps.org)
Presentation Outline and Links: https://EnvironmentalCareer.com/MAREP/
MAREP Environmental Careers discussion:
- Intro: Background
- Audience
Preparation/Academic:
- High School - STEM
- College
- Grad school
- Continuing Education
Professional Associations
- Mid-Atlantic Region Environmental Professionals
- National Association of Environmental Professionals (NAEP)
- Association of Climate Change Officers
- The Wildlife Society, Ecological Society of America
- US Green Building Council
- International Association of Sustainability Professionals (ISSP)
- Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE)
- Air & Waste Management Association
- Environmental professional associations (list from Yale U.)
- Volunteer to help professional associations- NETWORK! Propose a career seminar!
- Start a student chapter! Build your resume and professional network!
Career Trends
- GreenBiz State of the Profession Report
- Environmental Employment Projections- USDOL Bureau of Labor Statistics
- Generally 5 to 8% growth through 2028
- Estimating Scale of Green Economy- Nature.com 15 Oct 2019
- Upcoming 2020 National Environmental Employment Survey by Environmental Career Center
Important Skills
- Skills you have or want to hone and you want to USE
- Skills from ECC past National Environmental Employment Surveys:
- Writing
- Speaking
- Technical (GIS, ISO 14001, …)
- Teamwork
- New areas:
- Resiliency planning
- Climate change
- 2020 National Environmental Employment Report – see com Dec 2019
Internships:
- Find 2020 Environmental Internships in Maryland
- Student Conservation Association (SCA)
- AmeriCorps
- Federal Programs
- What we do – advanced careers technical training and internship/experience program
- Where we do it: SE Virginia now. Raleigh, Richmond, DC (2019-2020)
- Seeking MD volunteers for MD/DC training and internship program launch
- Contact John@PASECorps.org
Conferences- Networking:
- 2020 National Environmental Careers Summit
- April 21-23, 2020
- Celebration of 50th anniversary of Earth Day
- Livestream and venue TBD
- See Events tab at EnvironmentalCareer.com
Contact info:
LinkedIn.com/in/johnesson/
