{"id":1583,"date":"2021-10-14T10:40:02","date_gmt":"2021-10-14T14:40:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/pseg-sustainability-institute\/?p=1583"},"modified":"2021-10-14T10:40:02","modified_gmt":"2021-10-14T14:40:02","slug":"5-green-jobs-for-gen-z-grads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/pseg-sustainability-institute\/2021\/10\/14\/5-green-jobs-for-gen-z-grads\/","title":{"rendered":"5 green jobs for Gen-Z grads"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Many entering the job market are looking for careers that will help them make a positive environmental impact on the planet. These young job seekers might be in luck. According to the\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bls.gov\/ooh\/life-physical-and-social-science\/environmental-scientists-and-specialists.htm#:~:text=4%25-,Employment%20of%20environmental%20scientists%20and%20specialists%20is%20projected%20to%20grow,the%20average%20for%20all%20occupations.\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\" data-ylk=\"slk:Bureau of Labor Statistics\">Bureau of Labor Statistics<\/a>, jobs for environmental scientists and \u201crelated specialists\u201d will increase by 8% over the coming decade. These jobs also pay well. The 2020 median pay for environmental scientists is $73,230, while\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2020\/11\/12\/gen-z-grew-up-with-climate-change-now-its-affecting-career-choices.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\" data-ylk=\"slk:environmental lawyers\">environmental lawyers<\/a> bring home a median yearly salary of $122,960. Dr.\u00a0Tuininga sees the passion of planet-conscious young people every day in her work.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Our students really care about having a healthy planet, a world where they can thrive,\u201d she said. \u201cWe show them how to incorporate sustainability into their career.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span class=\"prpl-button\"><a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/malaysia.news.yahoo.com\/five-green-jobs-gen-z-164718487.html?guccounter=1\" target=\"_blank\">Learn about the five surprising jobs that help eco-warriors win<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Amy Tuininga, Institute Director, spoke with Laura Vogel from Yahoo Finance about the opportunities for students pursuing environmental degrees<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1583","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-in-the-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/pseg-sustainability-institute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1583","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/pseg-sustainability-institute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/pseg-sustainability-institute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/pseg-sustainability-institute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/34"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/pseg-sustainability-institute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1583"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/pseg-sustainability-institute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1583\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1585,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/pseg-sustainability-institute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1583\/revisions\/1585"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/pseg-sustainability-institute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/pseg-sustainability-institute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/pseg-sustainability-institute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}