{"id":2740,"date":"2008-02-13T09:39:30","date_gmt":"2008-02-13T15:39:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-367309-1145705.cloudwaysapps.com\/2008\/02\/13\/will-work-for-planet-and-profit\/"},"modified":"2008-02-13T09:39:30","modified_gmt":"2008-02-13T15:39:30","slug":"will-work-for-planet-and-profit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/will-work-for-planet-and-profit\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Work for Planet and Profit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/files\/2008\/02\/school-books.jpg\" title=\"school-books.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/files\/2008\/02\/school-books.jpg\" alt=\"school-books.jpg\" align=\"left\" height=\"223\" width=\"330\" \/><\/a>I remember graduating from college and having that feeling in the pit of my stomach &#8220;Damn, now what?&#8221; Well, if you&#8217;re into clean energy, you may have some good prospects.<\/p>\n<p>Renewable energy businesses are booming, but they&#8217;re competing quite intensely for talented people. Writing for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.renewableenergyaccess.com\/rea\/news\/story?id=51408\">Renewable Energy Access<\/a>, Dawn Dzurilla noted that the &#8220;triple bottom line&#8221; of People, Planet, and Profit are motivating job seekers to enter the industry. Its rapid growth and challenging opportunities are keeping people in this cutting-edge career.<\/p>\n<p>There are several <a href=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/2006\/01\/14\/new-yorks-canton-tech-to-begin-bachelors-degree-program-in-renewable-alternative-energy\/\">colleges<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/2007\/03\/14\/sustainability-on-campus-aashe-releases-digest-2006\/\">universities<\/a> around the country offering cleantech-related programs, like wind turbine maintenance. The University of Oregon has become the first in the U.S. to offer a course in renewable energy law. It&#8217;s a part of its sustainable business certificate program to train students for careers in environmentally friendly industries. The state has identified cleantech and renewable energy as &#8220;vital&#8221; to the economic development of the state, so it&#8217;s taking steps to train its workforce in that field.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ktvz.com\/Global\/story.asp?S=7850507\">KTVZ.com<\/a> (Portland, OR)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.renewableenergyaccess.com\/rea\/news\/story?id=51408\">Renewable Energy Access<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I remember graduating from college and having that feeling in the pit of my stomach &#8220;Damn, now what?&#8221; Well, if you&#8217;re into clean energy, you may have some good prospects.&nbsp;[ &hellip; ]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":17421,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,7],"tags":[240,377,52],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Will Work for Planet and Profit &#8226; 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