Best Online Resources for Environmental Jobs

You've gotten your science degree and want to save the planet but don't want to sort seeds for minimum wage. And why should you? The environmental field is one of the fastest growing career sectors with lots of interesting prospects for job seekers. Here are some of the best online resources for environmental jobs.

Green Dream Jobs

There are listings in green building, renewable energy, organics, social investing and sustainable business. No matter where you are in your career, Green Dream Jobs helps you find positions from internships, volunteer openings, entry, mid and senior level in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom and beyond.

Green Biz

Business, the environment, the bottom line. That's Green Biz's motto. Here you can search for environmental jobs in the United States and Canada. Green Biz also allows job seekers to post their resumes and for employers to search the database of potential employees.

At Green Biz there are career tools like a guide on how to land the environmental job of your dreams. There's also a Green Career Advisor with insight on choosing the right career and what to do to get a job in your chosen field. Life in the Trenches offers profiles of real people who've found their environmental dream job. Green Biz's Career Resources offers links to organizations, news and other online environmental job banks.

Ethical Performance

Environmental jobs include the mainstream business sector in the fields of corporate social responsibility and socially responsible investment. Why? Because when people aren't exploited, resource exploitation decreases as well.

This site has many postings in the field of sustainability. Sustainable business practice, sustainable energy practice and sustainable ecological practice add up to equal a healthy planet and productive economies that work in harmony with natural resources, including people.

Business for Social Responsibility (BSR)