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dewey decimal call numbers ResouRce Guide: GReen Business and caReeRs
GReen seaRch enGines
If you’d like to browse the stacks in your local library,
Green Maven try the following Dewey Decimal call numbers to find
www.greenmaven.com books on environmentally-aware jobs:
Search the “green web,” and find green,
• 333.72
Education & Job
eco-conscious and sustainable websites.
• 333.794 Information Center
GReen Books • 650.14
sample Green Job Books
The following search terms and books are a great
These are just a few books you can find at Brooklyn
way to start your research into environmental Public Library:
career opportunities.
subject Terms
Type these terms into the Brooklyn Public Library
75 Green Businesses You Can Start to Make Money
and Make a Difference
by Glenn Croston (333.72 C)
Resource Guide:
catalog to find vocational, employment and
economic resources.
• Biology
Saving the Earth as a Career: Advice on Becoming a
Conservation Professional
Green Business
& Careers
by Malcolm L. Hunter Jr., David Lindenmayer and
• Clean energy industries
Aram Calhoun (333.72023 H)
• C
onservation of natural resources
• E
nvironmental education Green Jobs: A Guide to Eco-Friendly Employment
• Environmental engineering by A. Bronwyn Llewellyn. (650.14 L)
• Environmental protection
• Environmental sciences Careers in Renewable Energy: Get a Green Energy Job
by Gregory McNamee (333.794 M)
• nvironmental policy
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• Environmentalists The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Green Careers
• Green movement by Barbara Parks and Jodi Helmer (333.72 P)
• Pollution control industry
• ildlife conservation
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Education & Job Information Center
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718.230.2177
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