A new range of eco-friendly jobs are being created and new skills are being sought as businesses are forced to change the way they see sustainability and respond to growing changes in the population and condition of our climate.
The change is being driven by a rapidly growing global middle class, coupled with an increasingly volatile climate, causing price rises for food and energy. This places an increasing strain on natural resources, such as fresh water, and are making global supply chains increasingly vulnerable. A greater understanding of this growing green economy is urgently needed, particularly in the education sector.
Green engineers
To tell you how much energy your appliances are using and how to use them more effectively, domestic engineers will not only repair your broken appliances but also give your house a “wattage test”.
Green Builders
They can use green building techniques to help residents to construct from ecologically friendly materials, such as earth, and discarded refuse, such as tires and plastic bottles. The result will be a safe, sturdy building and a new value for rubbish that is otherwise chucked into rivers or burned for lack of better disposal methods. The self-sustaining building will also green the environment for years to come by educating the area’s youth about sustainable lifestyles and training them for work in the green economy.
Green Design Professionals
These professionals can add features like topography and skylights that open and close throughout the day to illuminate the building within. The roof doesn’t trap heat like a traditional asphalt application, so the building’s interior averages some 10°F (5.6°C) cooler than it would be under a standard roof. That means big energy savings. Green design professionals from architects and landscapers to urban planners can be a part of a growing effort to green the spaces where we live and work.
Water footprint managers/Water Quality Technicians
To calculate how much water a business is using and suggest more water efficient ways to produce goods and services.
Virtual health support workers
Retail energy specialists
To provide customers with informed advice on which appliances are the most energy and water efficient.
Living roof and wall gardeners/Urban Growers
To help these new green spaces thrive at they can cut local air pollution, better insulate buildings and increase biodiversity.
Green call centre advisers
To provide expert guidance to households over the phone about how they can use their appliances more efficiently to save energy, water and money.
Smart travel co-ordinators
To implement new technology systems to cut travel time and congestion, enabling people to plan their journeys better, cut traffic jams and optimise journeys.
Traceability managers
To check the source for the products they sell, as concerns will grow among consumers about whether the goods they buy have been produced ethically and have been properly labelled.
Clean car mechanics/ Clean Car Engineers
To keep up with the changing world of motoring. In future there will be a whole new generation of cars from hybrids through to electric. Mechanics will be required with the skills to service and repair these cars of the future.
Landfill miners/ Recyclers
To reduce resource costs rising as demand grows. Suddenly the stuff we have thrown away in the past will increase in value and will be ‘mined’ from old landfill sites.
Natural Scientists
A diver measures ocean, to help chart the evidence of Earth’s changing climate and observe its impact on ecosystems.As the world’s nations try to move towards sustainable lifestyles and greener economies, it’s essential that trained professionals monitor and analyze our impacts on the world around us and the natural resources on which we all ultimately depend for both wealth and health.
Solar Cell Technicians
This engineer will test solar cells in a laboratory, wearing protective clothing and eyewear that testifies to the power that can be harvested from the sun’s rays.
Wave Energy Producers
Though the potential of wave power is enormous, the industry is small today. Supporters hope that projects like this one portend future growth in the renewable energy sector. Waves bend the partially submerged tubes at these joints, which house hydraulic cylinders to resist the motion and pump fluid into pressurized accumulators to generate electricity, which is then sent ashore using an undersea cable, helps in generating enough power per year to meet the average electric needs of homes.
Wind Energy Workers
A worker is dwarfed by an assemblage of wind turbine blades, warehoused and ready for shipment. Proponents of wind power believe that the industries can become a giant part of global electricity production—perhaps producing as much as one-third of the world’s total by 2050—and replace fossil-fuel industry jobs with greener equivalents.
References:
- https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/sustainable-earth/11-of-the-fastest-growing-green-jobs/?user.testname=none
- https://www.theguardian.com/careers/careers-blog/green-economy-jobs-future
By: Dr. Bhawana Asnani.
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Good initiative,we need dedicated efforts for green revolution again.i want to join for green electrical appliances. I can give suggestion and green building solution.
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