ISBN: 9781559639668

Developed by The Environmental Careers Organization (ECO, the creators of the popular Complete Guide to Environmental Careers), this new volume is unlike any careers book you've seen befo… Más…

Developed by The Environmental Careers Organization (ECO, the creators of the popular Complete Guide to Environmental Careers), this new volume is unlike any careers book you've seen before. Reaching far beyond job titles and resume tips, The ECO Guide immerses you in the strategies and tactics that leading edge professionals are using to tackle pressing problems and create innovative solutions.To bring you definitive information from the real world of environmental problem-solving, The ECO Guide has engaged some of the nation's most respected experts to explain the issues and describe what's being done about them today. You'll explore: Global climate change with Eileen Claussen, Pew Center for Global Climate Change; Biodiversity loss with Stuart Pimm, Nicholas School for the Environment at Duke University; Green Business with Stuart Hart, Kenan-Flager Business School at University of North Carolina; Ecotourism with Martha Honey, The International Ecotourism Society; Environmental Justice with Robert Bullard, Environmental Justice Center at Clark Atlanta University; Alternative Energy with Seth Dunn, Worldwatch Institute; Water Quality with Sandra Postel, Global Water Policy Project; Green Architecture with William McDonough, McDonough + Partners; and twelve other critical issues.To demonstrate even more clearly what eco-work feels like on the ground, The ECO Guide offers vivid "Career Snapshots" of selected employers and the professionals that work there. You'll visit government agencies, nonprofit organizations and local advocates. You'll go inside environmental businesses like Wildland Adventures and Stonyfield Farms. And you'll learn from academic institutions like theNational Center for Atmospheric Research and the Gund Institute for Ecological Economics.ECO also describes forty specific jobs that are representative of environmental career opportunities in the twenty-first century. It provides dozens of the best Internet resources. Media > Book, [PU: Island Press]<

2004, ISBN: 9781559639668

Contributor: Doyle, Kevin, Island Press, Hardcover, Auflage: 4th Revised ed. 320 Seiten, Publiziert: 2004-11-30T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Book, Books Global Store, Special Features, Books… Más…

Contributor: Doyle, Kevin, Island Press, Hardcover, Auflage: 4th Revised ed. 320 Seiten, Publiziert: 2004-11-30T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Book, Books Global Store, Special Features, Books, Career Guides, Careers, Business, Finance & Law, Subjects, Job Hunting, Conservation, Environment & Ecology, Science, Nature & Maths, Scientific, Technical & Medical, Island Press, 2004<

ISBN: 9781559639668

Island Press. Hardcover. GOOD. Spine creases, wear to binding and pages from reading. May contain limited notes, underlining or highlighting that does affect the text. Possible ex libra… Más…

Island Press. Hardcover. GOOD. Spine creases, wear to binding and pages from reading. May contain limited notes, underlining or highlighting that does affect the text. Possible ex library copy, that’ll have the markings and stickers associated from the library. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included., Island Press<