Career Resources
Environmental and Sustainable Development Career Opportunities
The Earth Institute, affiliated with over 28 environmental and sustainable development programs at Columbia University, is dedicated to furthering environmental and sustainable development education programs and to supporting students and faculty in those programs. This site was created as a comprehensive source of information on sustainable development and environmentally-focused jobs and opportunities. The events and resources on this site are designed to help you in your career search no matter what your sustainable development and environmental foci are.
Here, you can find information on upcoming environmental career events brought to you by the Earth Institute, often in collaboration with affiliated departments and career centers across campus. These events bring environment and sustainable development professionals onto campus to connect with students and help them learn more about potential career paths.
The Earth Institute has also coordinated with the career centers at each school within the University to provide a list of resources on environmental careers. Through this site, students have the opportunity to connect with alumni and resources from such diverse programs as environmental law, environmental health sciences, sustainable development and environmental science and policy, among others.
Upcoming Events:
Environmental Engineering Career Panel
When: Wednesday, November 12, 2008 from 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm
Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, Schapiro Center for Engineering and Physical Science Research (CEPSR), InterSchool Lab (Room 750)
Description: The Environmental Engineering Career Panel is an opportunity for students to hear from professionals in the environmental engineering field. Panelists from different organizations and areas of environmental engineering will speak about their experiences and answer student questions. Students of all degree levels are invited to attend.
Please click here for more information and to register.
EPA Information Session
When: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 from 4:30 pm to 6:00 pm
Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, Alfred Lerner Hall, Satow Room (5th floor)
Description: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) leads the nation's environmental science, research, education and assessment efforts. At this information and networking event, several representatives from the EPA will be on hand to talk about the organization and answer student questions. Students of all degree levels are invited to come and learn more about the EPA, its work, and its people.
Please click here for more information and to register.
All Ivy Environmental and Sustainable Development Career Fair
When: Friday, March 6, 2009 from 10:00am-3:00pm
Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, Low Memorial Library, The Rotunda
Description: All eight Ivy League schools have teamed up again to provide representatives from public agencies, consulting firms, nonprofit organizations and business and industry an opportunity to connect with top graduate and undergraduate students.
For more information and to register, please click here or contact Betsy Ness-Edelstein at betsy@ei.columbia.edu.
Environmental Career Resources at Columbia University
Barnard Career Services
BA Environmental Biology
BA Environmental Science
BA Environmental Policy
Barnard Environmental Resources can be accessed at
http://www.barnard.edu/ocd/students-careerresources.htm#environment.
Center for Career Education
Concentration in Sustainable Development
BA Earth and Environmental Sciences Environmental Biology
MS Earth Resources Engineering
BS Earth and Environmental Engineering
PhD Earth and Environmental Engineering
PhD Earth Resources Engineering
MA Conservation Biology
MA / MS Earth and Environmental Science Journalism
MA Climate and Society
PhD Ecology Evolution and Environmental Biology
PhD Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
PhD Evolutionary Primatology
PhD Earth and Environmental Science
SIPA Career Services
MPA Environmental Science and Policy
MIA / MPA Environmental Policy Studies
MIA / MPA International Energy Management and Policy
PhD Sustainable Development
The School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) offers a variety of environmental resources with their office in Room 420 of the SIPA Building; please see the below list of magazines and directories offered:
Environmental Protection Agency Headquarters Telephone Directory
Conservations Directory
EnviroDirectory Mid-Atlantic
EnviroDirectory New
The Directory of Environmental Web Sites on the Internet
Careers for Environmental Types & Others Who Respect the Earth
Careers in Focus Energy
The Foundation Directory
The Big Green Internship Book (Internships and Summer Jobs for the Environment)
Consulting & Consultants Organization Directory, Vol. 1 & 2 (30th Ed.)
Vault Guide to the Environmental Careers (downloadable from OCS website)
Vault Guide to Top Energy Employers (downloadable from OCS website)
Vault Guide to the Energy Industry
Vault Guide to Energy Oil/Gas Employers
Environmental Finance (magazine)
City Limits (weekly online and hard copy newsletter)
Green Careers Journal
Environmental Career Opportunities (bi-monthly online newsletter)
Careers in Renewable Energy
ECO Guide to Careers that Make a Difference
Business School
School of Journalism
Law School
School of Public Health
MPH Environmental Health Sciences
PhD Environmental Health Sciences
DrPH Environmental Health Sciences
Online resources:
Department of Energy
Food and Drug Administration
National Institutes of Health
NIEHS Centers Program
National Library of Medicine PUBMED
Society of Toxicology
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Print Resources in the OCS Resource Room (722 West 168th Street, Suite 1029):
The Big Green Internship Book 2008 (The Internship Series for the Environment)
Enviro-Directory New England
Enviro-Directory Mid-Atlantic
Environmental Careers in the 21st Century
The New York Environment Book
The Guide to Graduate Environmental Programs
World Directory of Environmental Organizations, 5th edition
Resumes for Environmental Careers
School of Social Work
Teachers College
Helpful Search Engines
www.indeed.com (searches about 150 job websites)
www.netimpact.org (You have to be a member, but students get a discount.)
http://www.ellenweinreb.com/boards.htm (This is a link to a list of resources on socially and environmentally responsible job sites in the
www.enviroyellowpages.com/envirolinks/envirolistings.htm
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