Environmental Careers

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This episode of the award-winning GreenWorks for Pennsylvania TV is a valuable resource for both younger audiences considering career paths and adults who want to know more about opportunities to work in environmental protection. In this episode, GreenWorks interviews people who have turned their environmental interests into careers to give you a sense of the options out there.

Environmental professionals featured in this episode include:

• Nancy Pointon, a hydrogeologist with Allegheny Power in Greensburg, Westmoreland County, who monitors the effect the company operations have on groundwater, in order to protect area drinking water;

• Kevin Peter, Executive Director of the not-for-profit Riverbend Environmental Education Center in Montgomery County, where students, community groups and educators learn how improving the environment improves their quality of life;

• Melanie Pallone, reporter and host of the Allegheny Front, a weekly show on WYEP Radio in Pittsburgh that highlights the positive things people in southwest Pennsylvania do to protect their environment;

• Raymond Schutzman of the Allegheny Financial Group of Pittsburgh, which helps people to invest in socially responsible companies with clean environmental records;

• Dick Snyder, a biologist who helps raise healthy fish and protect aquatic resources with the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission's Pleasant Gap Fish Culture Center in Centre County;

• John Micowychok, Executive Director of the Lancaster County Parks and Recreation Department, which provides recreational opportunities for families and promotes the preservation of open space; and

• Robert Zaccano of DEP's Southcentral Regional Office of Pollution Prevention and Compliance Assistance, who assists manufacturers in determining ways to voluntarily reduce pollution and waste.

GreenWorks TV host Tom Sexton comes to you from the Education Center of the Department of Environmental Protection in Harrisburg. The Center's Director, Helen Olena, shows Tom all the information available in print, on the Web, and from experienced professionals, regarding career opportunities in environmental protection.

GET INVOLVED:

Allegheny Financial Group

Allegheny Power

Lancaster County Department of Parks and Recreation

Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, Southcentral Region

Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission

Riverbend Environmental Education Center