Going Green Jobs

According to ECO CANADA, an environmental CAREERS organization in Calgary, Alberta - the hottest GREEN careers right now are environmental technologists and technicians, environmental engineers, conservation biologists, geographic informations system (GIS) analysts, and environmental communication officers.

Anyone that is going back to school to upgrade, should be considering these statistics - 65 per cent of environmental employers in Canada were hiring in 2008 and 71 per cent of green firms have said that they plan to expand their businesses in the next two years. Sixty-five per cent of environmental employers in Manitoba and Saskatchewan have expansion plans.

Senior Marketing Manager, Chris Stewart, with ECO Canada, said the top three sectors hiring employees in the area of environment in Manitoba and Saskatchewan were water quality at 34 per cent, waste management with 27 per cent, and land quality with 19 per cent.

According to Stats Canada, the province of Saskatchewan had employment growth in 2008 in several sectors related to the environment. For instance, Forestry, fishing, mining, oil and gas employment increased by 11.5 per cent and businesses, building and other support services increased by 12.4 per cent. As these sectors increase, the need for green technologies & clean technologies not only for energy, but also safe water and waste management, can be expected to increase too.

Going Green is not just cute, it is the right thing to do. It helps to save the environment for future generations and it saves money, and for many companies - it is the bottom line that speaks the loudest.