Author: Malcolm L. Hunter, Jr.Publish On: 2016-03-07
The book explores the major skills needed to become an effective conservation professional by offering useful advice on a range of topics. Chapters include: Is this the right career for you?
Author: Malcolm L. Hunter, Jr.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 9781119184799
Category: Science
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Written in an informal and engaging style, Saving the Earth as a Career is an ideal resource for students and professionals pursuing a career in conservation. The book explores the major skills needed to become an effective conservation professional by offering useful advice on a range of topics. Chapters include: Is this the right career for you? Designing a program of study Designing and executing a project Attending conferences and making presentations Writing papers Finding a job Making a difference Saving the Earth as a Career 2e is a friendly, accessible guide with a global perspective for anyone interested in becoming a conservation or environmental professional, and teachers will find this an invaluable resource for university students at all levels.
The book explores the major skills needed to become an effective conservation professional by offering useful advice on a range of topics.
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Written in an informal and engaging style, Saving the Earth as a Career is an ideal resource for students and professionals pursuing a career in conservation. The book explores the major skills needed to become an effective conservation professional by offering useful advice on a range of topics. Chapters include: -Is this the right career for you' -Designing a program of study -Designing and executing a project -Attending conferences and making presentations -Writing papers -Finding a job -Making a difference Saving the Earth as a Career 2e is a friendly, accessible guide with a global perspective for anyone interested in becoming a conservation or environmental professional, and teachers will find this an invaluable resource for university students at all levels.
Crane details the wonders of the sea and the challenges of being a woman in a male-dominated field. Croston, Glenn. 75 Green Businesses You Can Start to ... Saving the Earth as a Career: Advice on Becoming a Conservation Professional.
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Publisher: Infobase Publishing
ISBN: 9780816080731
Category: Electronic books
Page: 225
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Environment, Second Edition gives students the tools they need to chart a future in an environmentally oriented career with up-to-date industry information, job profiles, and tips for career exploration. Job profiles include: Ecologists Environmental engineers Environmental lobbyists Groundwater professionals Land acquisition professionals National Park Service employees Oceanographers Recycling coordinators Renewable energy workers Soil science and conservation workers.
Saving the Earth as a Career: Advice on Becoming a Conservation Professional. Hoboken, N.J.: Wiley-Blackwell, 2007. Professionals provide advice on choosing and landing a career in conservation biology. Irwin, Terri. Steve & Me.
Author: Ferguson
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
ISBN: 9781438131870
Category: Juvenile Nonfiction
Page: 225
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Explores the opportunities in animal careers, focusing on ten specific occupations, discussing education, training, and skills needed, salary ranges, and ways to prepare for a career.
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Author: Pamela Fehl
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
ISBN: 9781438133010
Category: Business & Economics
Page: 174
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Local, state, and federal governments pass laws and develop polices to conserve and protect the environment. Learn about the careers of officials and professionals that ensure that these laws and regulations are follows, and that conservation goals are met.
are what Malcolm L. Hunter Jr., professor of wildlife ecology at the University of Maine, defines as conservation professionals in his book Saving the Earth as a Career: Advice on Becoming a Conservation Professional.
Author: Paula Johanson
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN: 9781435835689
Category: Juvenile Nonfiction
Page: 82
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Provides information on careers in agriculture that promote ecological preservation, discussing employers, working conditions, workplaces, and training.
Saving the Earth as a Career: Advice on Becoming a Conservation Professional. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing, 2007. Langholz, Jeffrey, Ph.D., and Kelly Turner. You Can Prevent Global Warming (and Save Money!): 51 Easy Ways.
Author: Chris Hayhurst
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN: 9781435835672
Category: Juvenile Nonfiction
Page: 82
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Provides information on careers in environmental protection laws, discussing employers, working conditions, workplaces, and training.
... relating to careers your students might explore as they think beyond high school; a rewarding part of your job as a ... than that in Saving the Earth as a Career: Advice on Becoming a Conservation Professional (Hunter, Lindenmayer, ...
Author: Sharon Kane
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 9781351206891
Category: Education
Page: 422
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The Fourth Edition of Literacy and Learning in the Content Areas: Enhancing Knowledge in the Disciplines provides readers with the knowledge, motivation, tools, and confidence for integrating literacy in their disciplinary classrooms. Offering an original, literature-based approach to teaching disciplinary literacy, the new edition shares important ways in which teachers of courses in the disciplines can enhance student learning of subject matter and skills while also fostering their growth in the many facets of literacy. Throughout each chapter, Kane provides engaging and creative strategies and activities to make literacy come alive in discipline-specific courses and to encourage students to explore and learn in the classroom. Embedded in each chapter are examples, resources, and strategies to help readers actively engage with and implement literacy practices. These features include Teaching in Action examples by subject area; Activating Prior Knowledge activities to stimulate critical thinking to prepare readers to learn complex theoretical and conceptual material about teaching, learning, and literacy; and end-of-chapter Application Activities to apply field experiences to classroom use. New to the Fourth Edition Every chapter of this new edition is updated to reflect the current approaches, standards, and benchmarks for discipline-specific literacy. Enhanced Companion Website with BookTalks to introduce relevant books in many genres and subjects, encouraging readers to explore the books for themselves and providing a model for BookTalks in their own classrooms. Expanded practical instructional strategies for teaching literacy in math, science, and social studies. Updated to include newly published titles in children’s literature, young adult literature, and nonfiction.
Making a Living While Making a Difference by Melissa Everett, New Society, 2007. Saving the Earth as a Career: Advice on Becoming a Conservation Professional by Malcolm L. Hunter, Jr.; David Lindenmayer; and Aram Calhoun, ...
Author: Barbara Parks
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9781101023303
Category: Business & Economics
Page: 242
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The career opportunities of the future ... Green careers include jobs in which environmentally conscious design, policy, and technology are implemented to improve the environment and provide sustainable living. A growing number of people, whether right out of college or already well established in the workforce, are looking to market themselves and their environmental convictions. It is a promising path to a larger paycheck and healthier environment. *Green-collar jobs are on the rise according to Businessweek magazine *The Green Jobs Act of 2007 anticipates a growing labor need for thousands of green-collar workers with $125 million in annual funding for training and research
Green Careers: Choosing Work for a Sustainable Future. ... Making a Living While Making a Difference: Conscious Careers in an Era of Independence. ... Saving the Earth as a Career: Advice on Becoming a Conservation Professional.
Author: Daniel E. Harmon
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN: 9781435835702
Category: Juvenile Nonfiction
Page: 82
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Provides information on careers in cleaning up hazardous materials that pollute the environment, discussing employers working conditions, workplaces, and training.