The sector of environment-related professions has begun to emerge as one of the future's fastest-growing job markets.  Granted, most of the 30 careers on the list of hottest occupations identified by the Bureau of Labor Statistics were computer- or health-related, but these three green gigs made the cut on this year's ranking byu merit of their projected percentage of growths from 2004 to 2014

Hydrologist Expected job growth: 316 percent Hazardous materials removal worker Expected job growth: 312 percent Environmental engineer Expected job growth: 30 percent Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, www.bls.gov

Green careers aren't just for technically trained types like Sivan, either, says Marie Kerpan, a green-career consultant in Mill Valley, California. "All functions of business could be applied to a green career," she says. "You could be a marketer working in a business in renewable energy." Indeed, Sivan says that when he recently hired an accountant and a warehouse manager, he wasn't
looking for green credentials but for people who knew their jobs and were interested in working for a green company like his.