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How successfully we tackle our environmental problems will depend on the next generation of environmental professionals - professionals who need to know where and how they can put their skills to work. For recent college graduates, volunteers, career counselors, career changers, and young professionals, this is the most complete source available on environmental career opportunities. Since the initial publication of The Complete Guide to Environmental Careers - which has sold more than 35,000 copies - the need for practical information on environmental career opportunities has grown tremendously. The New Complete Guide to Environmental Careers is an entirely revised and updated edition that provides readers with an invaluable overview of the entire spectrum of careers in the environmental field. While retaining the personal narratives and breadth of information that made The Complete Guide so valuable, The New Complete Guide features a new, easy-to-read format and includes more statistical data, more information about educational paths to specific careers, new and expanded case studies, and more in-depth analyses of environmental careers. In addition to individual chapters on a variety of fields, the book contains general job-hunting information, covering topics such as education, internships, volunteer programs, and career strategies. Established in 1972, the Environmental Careers Organization (formerly the CEIP Fund) is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting the environment through the promotion of careers, the development of professionals, and the inspiration of individual action. Over the past twenty years, ECO has launched more than 4,600 careers by providing paid, short-term environmental jobs at hundreds of agencies, corporations, consulting firms, and nonprofit organizations.