Women Engineers Likely to be Drawn to CleanTech Jobs

Sonitah Lontoh, women's issues columnist for Forbes Magazine, believes that cleantech jobs may be appealing for women engineers, unlike other disciplines.  While still a male-dominated field with leaders coming from the oil and gas industry, Lontoh opines that women will be drawn to the effective social issue represented by cleantech; this view is substantiated by NSF research reports on women in engineering.  In order to boost this trend, young women need to be encouraged to excel in math and science, and see female role models within the field.  http://blogs.forbes.com/85broads/2011/05/26/green-tech-finally-a-female-friendly-engineering-tech-energy-field/?partner=yahootix