What does ECO stand for?

When the Environmental Careers Organization (ECO) closed shop last April after accusations that it had misused government funds, students trying to get real-world experience were left wondering where to turn.

95 (pa) Developed by The Environmental Careers Organization (ECO) this guide to environmental careers, rather than simply providing a catalogue of job descriptions or professional disciplines, takes an issue-oriented approach to the material, identifying 19 environmental, conservation, and sustainable development concerns and presenting the results with interviews with specialists involved with the issues in which they address the nature of the problem, the ways environmental professionals are dealing with the problem, advice for people that want to get involved, and what resources are available for those who want to learn more.

Excerpted from The Complete Guide to Environmental Careers in the 21st Century, by The Environmental Careers Organization.

A program of The Environmental Careers Organization.

The environmental professions are clearly booming," said Kevin Doyle, national director of programs for the CEIP Fund, a Boston-based environmental careers organization with offices in five cities, including San Francisco.

ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL CAREERS ORGANIZATION The Environmental Careers Organization, Inc.

95), compiled by The Environmental Careers Organization, takes a more comprehensive approach that abandons spiritual concerns and focuses on the jobs themselves.

Her coursework and successes with the DEC led to her selection as one of 100 student trainees at the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) through the "Diversity Initiative Associate Program," a three-year-old project of The Environmental Careers Organization (ECO) that provides well-paid training jobs to students of color.