A green-collar worker is a worker who is employed in the
environmental sectors of the economy. Environmental green-collar
workers (or green jobs) satisfy the demand for green
development. Generally, they implement environmentally conscious
design, policy, and technology to improve conservation and
sustainability. Formal environmental regulations as well as
informal social expectations are pushing many firms to seek
professionals with expertise with environmental, energy
efficiency, and clean renewable energy issues. They often seek
to make their output more sustainable, and thus more favorable
to public opinion, governmental regulation, and the Earth's
ecology. Green collar workers include professionals such as
conservation movement workers, environmental consultants,
environmental or biological systems engineers, green building
architects, holistic passive solar building designers, solar
energy and wind energy engineers and installers, green vehicle
engineers, "green business" owners,, organic farmers, envir