Civic Ecology

Practices in civic ecology are for those looking for a rewarding career that can give back to their community. Civic ecology is all about revamping places that have been damaged, polluted, or just fallen out of use.

This can be anything from creating a park out of a vacant lot in your neighborhood, to rebuilding an entire city after a natural disaster. No matter what you do in this field, you will feel good about yourself and what you’ve accomplished at the end of the day.

There are a wide variety of environmental and civil engineering careers where you can spend your workday outdoors. If you would like to see more engineering jobs that are a bit unconventional, check out the article 5 Unusual Engineer Jobs on the STEM Jobs website.

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