Environmentalist Overview

Environmental Science is for those of you who have a genuine love for nature. Something that translates beyond planting cactus and palms in your balcony. If you have an opinion on everything from the height of the Narmada dam to the yellowish tinge on the Taj Mahal, you probably have what it takes to be a crusader for the environment. Here's giving you more info on the topic.

 

Concern about the world we live in has increased manifold. Concerns about everything - global warming, rising of sea level, suspended particulate matter (SPM) in the air, level of nitrogen dioxide in the air, lead pollution from paints used for various things, sulphur dioxide pollution from industries, polluted river water, pollution in the sea, sound pollution, the list just goes on. 

 

As an Environment Scientist it's your core job to identify pollutants, factors that affect acceptable level of pollutants in the air, identify what causes the pollution, and then develop systems and procedures to arrest pollution. Your job is to see that industrial effluents and bi-products are harmless to the nature, the level of SPM in the air is within acceptable limit, river water is pollutant free and the harmful gases in the air are treated to make them harmless. 

 

Environmental Scientists are mainly concerned with research on environmental pollution and developing ways to control it. You will be concerned with research and development in the areas of solid waste management, management of toxic waste and biological waste, chemical waste and various other types of waste.

 

As an Environment Scientist you will work on everything - air pollution control, green house gases, ozone depletion, side effects of pollution on human being, animals, and plants. Water quality management, land conservation, soil conservation, etc. are also your areas of work. 

 

In fact, the job is very much specialised in several fields:

 

Environmental Planning: The job of environmental planners are concerned with planning, designing and developing systems and procedures to counteract the pollution. You could be involved at a macro level where you plan and design the environment control systems and procedures for a whole township/city/region.

 

Environmental engineering: You'll be responsible for designing, constructing and maintaining waste management systems and other systems to control pollution. You'll work at the micro level i.e. for an industry/plant. Waste treatment of industries, municipalities, refineries, distilleries, 

mines, fertilizers, food processing and textiles industries are a major concern today for environment engineers.

 

Other areas

As an environmental specialist you could work in media houses like newspapers, magazines and journals as journalists to write and report exclusively on environmental issues. 

Environmental scientists are also involved in the area of imparting education in colleges, universities, schools and community clubs. 

 

You could serve as social workers or environmentalists in various NGOs to address various environmental issues and problems. 

 

You could also try your hand at environmental related tourism or eco-tourism. 

 

Here is a list of the top science colleges

 

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