You don’t necessarily need to be businessman or businesswoman in order to make a difference in both the business world and the environment: You simply need to stop walking past that tree on the way to your company car. Green project management is a major buzzword in contemporary society, but the idea of being a green project manager does not mean that you have to totally adjust the way you do business; you simply have to tweak your thinking a bit.
Cars are going green (think, Chevrolet Vault). Even aircraft are going green (think, Southwest Airlines, which unveiled an environmentally friendly plane back in 2009). Maybe it’s time to take things to the next level (think, outer space – and specifically, think about the Death Star from “Star Wars”). Exactly how much would it cost to make this well-known, fictional 30-year-old moon-sized space station so green that it becomes LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Gold Certified?
Environmental jobs are pretty easy to come by, when you think about it: We literally are surrounded by the environment, and people are needed in many parts of the United States and across the globe to provide a wealth of services in an effort to preserve the environment for coming generations. Take a look at some of today’s most popular environmental careers, assess your own personal career skill set, and determine which environmental job may be the best fit for you right now.
Even within the great green war against climate change, a small battle is taking place between wind energy and solar power. When you pit wind energy against solar energy, solar power this year has come out on top—outshining the competition. Experts say that if you are in the wind industry or are thinking about entering the wind industry, a few barriers are halting the flow of the wind that once gave rise to this booming sector of the green energy field. Now is the time to decide whether Mr. Sun is the best choice for melting your financial and energy troubles away or whether Brother Wind still has enough gust power to blow the competition away.
The reality is that alternative energies to power our fossil-fuel vehicles are a strategic priority for global security. Industrialized nations decry their reliance on foreign oil, yet they avoid pragmatic solutions. Dire warnings from economists and national security personnel are ignored. Policies and programs for energy independence are characterized by indifference. Oil prices are linked to international recessions, threaten our core national interests of economic planning, national security, and environmental health, and oil is the mother’s milk of terrorist sponsoring countries.
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