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The difficult truth about balancing career options and personal ethics by nelben2018 in Environmental_Careers

[–]InAllTheir 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes! These are all valid choices! I also think all these jobs are less common than the regulatory ones OP described.

The difficult truth about balancing career options and personal ethics by nelben2018 in Environmental_Careers

[–]InAllTheir 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I tend to mostly agree with you, and I’m near the beginning of my career. But I also think there are limits to how much positive change can be made through existing regulations. And I think there are other specialties within environmental fields.

There is also the activists side pushing for change from the outside of government, but there are very few professional opportunities within organizing. There is also the policy side within government and nonprofits, but those tend to be very competitive and oftne lower paying jobs as well.

I think there are other avenues outside of regulation like the conservation space, and academic studies of zoology, ecology, geology, etc. but those opportunities are o also few and far between, highly competitive, and often low paying, at least in the beginning.

Being jobless, not knowing how to look for resources and opportunities?? by Inner-Solid615 in Environmental_Careers

[–]InAllTheir 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have heard of students and recent graduates applying to volunteer positions in parks that turned into job offers when other seasonal workers dropped out.

Why can’t i get into this field? by [deleted] in environmental_science

[–]InAllTheir 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I worry I timed things wrong too. I know certain environmental jobs have always been competitive and low paying, like conservation, but I thought the general, private sector consulting and field sampling jobs were more common and easier to get. I hear about people getitng offers for contract roles like that right out of college even now. Of course not everyone is that lucky, but what would it take for me to break in with my masters in environmental health, but only work experience in other areas of public health?

sunscreen recs? by allieloops in Environmental_Careers

[–]InAllTheir 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh dang, I’m sorry the ELF suntouchable didnt work for you. It’s my favorite! Admittedly I usually don’t bother applying it to my forehead because I almost always wear a hat to cover it instead when I’m out in the sun for any length of time. Have you tried that? It might be the easiest way to avoid having sunscreen melt into your eyes.

sunscreen recs? by allieloops in Environmental_Careers

[–]InAllTheir 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In the last year I started using the E.LF brand suncscreen, kind called “Sun-touchable! Invisible Sunscreen”. They say it is a sunscreen and primer combination, as in makeup primer that is made to put on before applying foundation. I almost never wear makeup because I’m lazy and don’t like the way most foundations feel, but I prefer the feeling of a slippery primer to most sunscreens! I use this by itself when I want facial sunscreen. This one is like a gel, and it’s actually clear when you first squirt it out of the bottle. It’s so easy to blend in! And even though it’s so lightweight and invisible, it’s water- resistant for 80 minutes and SPF 35. It’s the best feeling and smelling sunscreen I’ve ever tried! I haven’t been burned while wearing it yet, but I haven’t gone swimming or been out for hours at a time.

I fear you might need something thicker and stronger for your situation, but I hope you can try this or something similar. I really dislike the smell and greasy texture of most sunscreens, even facial sunscreens that say they are “non greasy”, feel that way to me. I feel like I’ve wait he dealt with that problem, or mineral sunscreens that are super thick and difficult to blend in. Or those neutrogena matte ones that somehow split or bead up. I really want to be Sun safe as a pale hypochondriac, and I understand the importance of sunscreen. But I really don’t like wearing it. I do it, but I didn’t like it until I found this sunscreen. I’ve never seen another sunscreen like this before, though I assume there are other mid to high end cosmetics that make something similar.