We're too sexy for their lists

Sexiest jobs lists 'forget' to include eco-professionals

Posted by Kevin Doyle (Guest Contributor) at 2:26 PM on 15 Feb 2008

Read more about: green jobs | sex

In a crushing blow to environmental types everywhere, two "sexiest jobs" lists emerged recently and neither one picked an eco-professional among the sexy.

According to CareerBuilder.com, the sexiest jobs are:

Entertainer/Model
Cocktail Waitress
Athlete
Firefighter
Cowboy
Nurse
Artist
Military Professional
Construction Worker
TV/Anchor Personality

Salary.com selected:

Firefighter
Personal Trainer
CEO
Bartender
Pilot
Nurse
Surgeon
Photographer
Soldier
Cowboy

Well, I spent a week on Maui last month with a cool bunch of coral reef protection professionals, and I'll put them up against a pack of TV Anchor Personalities on the sexy scale any day of the week. Wet suits and snorkel masks v. hairspray and blazers? No contest, baby. Bring it on.

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by jabailo at 9:27 AM on 17 Feb 2008

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Mollested by a troll.

Well of course, there is nothing sexier than nature itself. Being out in it with nature connected healthy people. Bring a double sleeping bag. Hehey.

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by amazingdrx at 10:09 AM on 17 Feb 2008

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by jabailo at 10:32 AM on 17 Feb 2008

Bicycle mechanic?

I have to say I've never met an overweight bicycle mechanic or a lonely one either. Not that I have a huge sample size but it's quite obvious that biking keeps the pounds off like firefighting never will.

For that matter organic farmers are a lean and wiry bunch that are usually well tanned. Really, really, well tanned. Tree climbers are quite sexy although they tend to be short lived. The urban forest requires constant pruning to keep things green.

I would have to say the sexiest green job is yoga instructor. The guys who do it do not lack for company and as for the ladies, well, think about it for a minute.

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by Pangolin at 11:42 AM on 17 Feb 2008

But how about?

The environmental science teacher? What's not sexy about these balding, chronically fatigued, and penniless civil servants?

If you continue to do what you've always done you'll continue to get what you've always got. - Yogi Berra

by Matt at 8:59 AM on 19 Feb 2008

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