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Gray Is Green (The National Senior Conservation Corps) enables people over 65 to actively participate in creating positive environmental change.

Civic Ventures’ new Get Started Guide answers 12 of the questions most commonly asked by individual seeking encore careers that offer income doing work that is personally fulfilling and has social impact.

Among the questions answers are “How can I update my job skills,” “How do I finance the transition to an encore career?” and “How do I transition from a corporate job to a nonprofit one?”

The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Green Careers written by Encore.org member and Green Career Coach
Barbara Parks provides information about green jobs in which environmentally conscious design, policy, and technology are implemented to improve the environment and provide sustainable living.

In Careers in Renewable Energy: Get a Green Energy Job, author Gregory McNamee reviews careers in solar, wind, geothermal, and hydroelectric energy, hydrogen energy and fuel cells, and nuclear energy as well as employment in green building, management, and transportation. Each chapter begins with a brief factual introduction and explains career opportunities, salaries, and required education. A brief bibliography follows each chapter.

In Green Jobs: An Guide to Eco-Friendly Employment, authors A. Bronwyn Llewellyn, James P. Hendrix, Ph.D., and K. C. Golden, M.A. identify the greenest jobs by industry, provide advice on how to break into eco-friendly fields, where to go for extra training, and how to go about starting your own eco-friendly business.

Planet Green is a 24-hour eco-lifestyle television network. The site offers extensive online content about living green, and offers a green careers search function. Planet Green also connects readers to an array of other Green Job Boards along with general advice for those seeking work in the green industry.

GreenBiz.com has a terrific collection of green job listings. You can search for jobs, post a resume, view resumes, and use career tools. The site also features energy and climate news and multiple blogs.

In Green Careers: Choosing Work for a Sustainable Future, authors Jim Cassio and Alice Rush provide details about the emerging field of environmental jobs. The book includes industry-by-industry overview of green jobs, case studies, career planning information, and job search resources.

NDRC, the National Resources Defense Council provides comprehensive information on green policy issues, news, and ways to take action, and green business resources.

The LEED green building rating system — developed and administered by the U.S. Green Building Council, a Washington D.C.-based, nonprofit coalition of building industry leaders — is designed to promote design and construction practices that increase profitability while reducing the negative environmental impacts of buildings and improving occupant health and well-being. This site offers information about certification, case studies, downloadable tools, and other helpful advice. LEED certification