The world had keep on evolving and keep on coming with more and more advanced technologies. It is true that all the technology we have today is making our lives easier, but it also has a big and negative impact on the environment. All the pollution we make with our cars, all the products that we buy without considering the amount of industrialization and resources used for it, all the stuff that we throw away into the nature and so on…all of these factors are just making the world more and more pollute and either if we like it or not our resources will be over one day. Even though we won’t live to see that day, our children and their children will do, and if we want them to have a better life we must consider this aspect and make some changes today.



There is a special field that is taking care of these things, and it is usually called green field, or green life…or any other option having the word “green”. We seem to find more and more terms these days that have the “green” word in them such as: green food, green energy, green cars, green computers and so on. And all of these things have the same principle: to live our life trying to consume as less resources as possible and to try to pollute the environment as less as possible or to not pollute it at all. And all of these aspects are meant to make a healthier life for us, but especially for the generations to come.



Since there are so many domains that are becoming “green” these days, of course there have to be some people taking care of those businesses or activities. So there have to be also some “green jobs”. This is what we are going to discuss about today, and we’ll focus just on some US green jobs. You can find a lot of them on the internet, and there is even a site made specially for these kind of jobs. It is called: www.5milliongreenjobs.org and it promises to offer 5 million green jobs in the next 10 years. So this is a domain that is constantly evolving and developing and you might want to search for a job in this domain because you’ll have good perspectives.

So now let’s take some jobs from this site and discuss more about them. Let’s begin with the “project coordinator” job offered by the “Green Building Services Inc.”. This is a firm with the headquarters in Portland, Oregon and which is searching for a talented project coordinator that will be responsible for supporting a wide variety of projects. The perfect candidate must have 1 or 2 years of project support experience in the domain of building design, construction or management. He also must be familiarized with the USGBC LEED Rating System and must have a passion for sustainability. He has to be very well organized and have good communication skills and also have technical, graphical and computer skills. In return he will have an enjoyable work environment and a good opportunity to develop a successful career. He will also get a salary depending on his experience and other benefits such as medical and dental insurance and stock ownership. The job is  full time and will be based in Portland.



There are so many jobs already on the site, and there are more added each day, so you can have where to choose from. But for today we’ll discuss about one more, leaving you with the task to discover the rest. Let’s take for example the “Environmental hygienist” job offered be the ACM Engineering & Environmental Services Inc. This company is looking for an experienced person who wants a career in Industrial Hygiene and who will focus on asbestos, mold, bacteriological assessments and indoor air quality. Among his responsibilities there will be  field work, technical writing , report generation and also data interpretation. The perfect candidate must have great technical writing abilities and can work with both critical and analytical aspects. He must also have very good customer service skills and he has to be able to communicate and interact with all sorts of people. He must also have a Science Degree and experience in the environmental field. Besides the salary that will be negotiated at the interview, the future employee will also benefit from medical and dental insurance, paid vacations and holidays and a 401 (k) Plan.

So we hope you made an image about the green jobs, and if you think you are qualified for one of them don’t hesitate to apply, and hopefully you will be the “perfect candidate”.

Nowadays, it is well known that certain actions that we all take are affecting the environment and in this way the quality of life on earth. This is why we should all become more aware of the necessity to change certain aspects of our lifestyles for a better life quality on earth to be made possible. We all have to do something in this respect as it cannot all be achieved by some persons.

A collective effort is required so as for the results to be noticeable in the end. Green living refers to all sorts of aspects, from the ones related to our diets and our health to the ones related to the natural environment and to the ways in which we should decide to build the houses in which we want to live. From this point of view, many of the persons who have been interested in learning more about the green living concept have also been interested in finding out more about green homes such as the ones which can be found in San Diego for example.



When discussing about Sand Diego green homes it is also important to be mentioned the green building program that has been established in this area by following the concept of green living that should interest all of us nowadays. This program is known to be concerned with the idea of protecting the environment by adopting the proper ways in which to build a house and afterwards in which to live in it by making the right decisions everyday. This program has also been made in the idea of encouraging persons who want to build a new house for themselves and for persons building these houses to adopt environmentally friendly procedures in this process.

The emphasis in this project has been on sound procedures which are also very important to be taken  account by persons willing to built a new house for them by following the concept of eco green living.

The encouragement of a responsible development has also been focused upon when this project related to SanDiego green homes has been developed. The necessity for a clean environment which should be protected by all of us should already be known to all of us as we can all notice many changes which have damaged its quality and in this way the quality of our lives. This is why it is fundamental for us to also adopt changes that might improve the quality of life on earth so as for us to be able to continue with our lives properly by avoiding the risk of all sorts of damages caused to the environment to affect our lives.



The county of San Diego has created this project concerning the necessity for green homes to be built by following ideas such as those related to the necessity of natural resources to be preserved, to the necessity to be concerned with water and energy conservation and many other vital aspects to be considered in world in which the quality of life has been diminished and needs to be improved. These are only some of the important aspects related to green living as there are many others which should also be taken in account. Every small step in this respect matters as a collective effort will help us obtain good results in this respect.