A useful site for information about geography departments and links to their home pages is the Geography Departments Worldwide site. However, more and more companies are recognizing the skill that a geographically-trained individual brings to the table. You'll also find many geographers working as instructors, professors, and researchers at schools, colleges, and universities. Being able to view the world geographically is a fundamental skill for everyone. Understanding the connection between the environment and people, geography ties together diverse sciences as geology , biology , and climatology with economics , history, and politics based on location.
Geographers understand conflict in East Timor and the Balkans because so many factors are involved.
Taking geography courses, reading geography books , and, of course, exploring this site are great ways to learn. You can increase your geographic literacy of places around the world by getting a good atlas, such as Goode's World Atlas and use it to look up unfamiliar places any time you encounter them while reading or watching the news. Before long, you'll have a great knowledge of where places are. Reading travelogues and historical books can also help improve your geographic literacy and understanding of the world - they're some of my favorite things to read. More and more schools across the United States are offering or requiring geography be taught at all levels, especially high school.