Degrees: Real talk about planet-saving careers
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Degrees: Real talk about planet-saving careers
Want to use your job to tackle climate change? Today there are more opportunities across industries to find a job and have impact. Join Climate Corps network manager Yesh Pavlik Slenk for candid conversations with everyday changemakers about careers, motivation, how they're fighting climate change —...
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A regenerative approach to networking with Drew Wilkinson (Founder of The Climate Leadership Collective)
We form a lot of different kinds of relationships in our careers. Some are transactional, and others are more personal. Drew Wilkinson, founder of the...
Pivoting to a climate job with LinkedIn’s Green Economy Lead
What can you do when you know you want a job in sustainability, but have no idea how to get there? When Nidhi Kaul graduated college, the pathway to h...
Connection as a climate solution
Degrees, real talk about planet saving careers, is a production of Environmental Defense Fund. The show is hosted by Yesh Pavlik Slenk and Daniel Hill...
Katharine Hayhoe on how to start climate conversations
Dr. Katharine Hayhoe’s research focuses on understanding what climate change means for people and the places where we live. She is the Horn Distinguis...
How to land one of the millions of new clean energy jobs
Betony Jones is a nationally recognized expert in labor-climate issues, with a focus on the intersection between climate jobs, clean energy, and union...
How to green your faith communities with Rev Dr. Ambrose F. Carroll
Rev. Dr. Ambrose F. Carroll, Sr., is the founder and CEO of Green The Church, a catalyst for environmentalism and sustainability built for and by the...
The climate fight at the heart of the PR industry
Solitaire is a renowned sustainability expert who works with some of the world’s most influential organizations. She is co-founder and Chief Solutioni...
Hotline Episode! Sustainability careers expert Shannon Houde answers your career questions
Shannon Houde is the multi-lingual International Coaching Federation (ICF)-certified coach and talent strategist behind Walk of Life Coaching, where s...
Hollywood screenwriter and producer Scott Z. Burns on making climate change central to storytelling
Scott Z. Burns is a screenwriter, director, producer and playwright. His film writing credits include “The Bourne Ultimatum,” “The Informant!," "Conta...
From mud cakes to high stakes with Youth Climate Collaborative’s Pooja Tilvawala
Pooja Tilvawala is an Indian-American climate justice advocate, opportunity curator, and youth engagement expert with five years of experience in the...
Eco-anxiety is fueling a new green career: climate psychology
Rebecca Weston, LCSW and JD is a metro-New York psychotherapist and co-president of the Climate Psychology Alliance of North America. She supports cli...
Creating zero waste in an unexpected place: the hair care industry
Ciara Imani May is the founder of Rebundle, the first U.S.-made, plant-based hair extensions brand on a mission to provide more comfort and less waste...
How a punk-rocking paralegal harnessed employee power to green Microsoft
Drew Wilkinson is a climate activist and co-founder of Microsoft’s 10,000-member employee sustainability community, which has pushed the company to pr...
Introducing Season 6: How to Green Your Job
🌎 Job hunting? Visit our comprehensive Green Jobs Hub for job listings, networking resources, skills and certification information and more.
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How to green any job with Project Drawdown's Jamie Beck Alexander
Jamie Beck Alexander is the director of Drawdown Labs, a division of the climate nonprofit Project Drawdown. In 202, Alexander developed and launched...
The great electrician shortage: a bonus episode from The Carbon Copy with Stephen Lacey
The Carbon Copy is a co-production of Post Script Media and Canary Media.
In a special collaboration with Grist, reporter Emily Pontecorv...
Learn how to build your climate experience with Terra.do founder Anshuman Bapna
Anshuman Bapna is CEO and founder of Terra.do, an international platform with educational opportunities designed to help people get jobs working on cl...
Transfer Your Skills to a Green Job with Work on Climate’s Eugene Kirpichov
Eugene Kirpichov co-founded Work on Climate, an online community for people passionate about solving the climate crisis, in 2020. Prior to WoC, Kirpic...
How to network for a green job with purpose-driven LinkedIn expert Nick@Noon
Technologist and entrepreneur Nick Martin founded the social impact company TechChange. He’s taught graduate courses at several colleges, including Co...
Browngirl Green’s Kristy Drutman: Taking the mystery out of finding a green job
Kristy Drutman is a speaker, content producer, consultant and environmental advocate. Much of her work is focused on where media, diversity, equity an...
Introducing ‘The Year of the Climate Job,” a special Degrees mini-series
🌎 Job hunting? Visit our comprehensive Green Jobs Hub for job listings, networking resources, skills and certification information and more.
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How Heather McTeer Toney is redefining climate action for the next generation of leaders
Elected at age 27, Heather McTeer Toney knows what it means to be a public servant. She was the first African-American, first female and the youngest...
The future of climate-smart ag and the hot politics of your dinner plate
Helena Bottemiller Evich, founder and editor in chief of Food Fix, which has rapidly become one of the go-to premium newsletters for anyone and everyo...
How to solve the EV problem and a jobs problem at the same time
Kameale Terry, CEO of ChargerHelp!, was born and raised in South Central Los Angeles. The daughter of Belizean immigrants, Kameale has always had a fo...
Tracking jaguars with a toddler: Introducing Going Wild with Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant
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How to get a job investing millions in planet-saving tech
Mia Diawara is a partner at Lowercarbon Capital, where she invests in ambitious teams building needle-moving climate tech — always with her eye on equ...
How do we learn to live with wildfire?
Frank Kanawha Lake, Ph.D., is a research ecologist with the U.S. Forest Service. He’s been learning and teaching the role of fire in managing ecosyste...
Building a Black community for green jobseekers
Have a green jobs question for Yesh? Send it to her on Twitter @yeshsays. Use the hashtag #askyesh.
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The woman greening the golden arches
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How a psychology major is on the frontlines of decarbonizing a global industry
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The fastest electric vehicle fleet makeover in the west
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10 Ways to Save the Planet
Fighting climate change is the biggest job opportunity of our lifetime. But which career will make the biggest difference — and where will you fit in?...
Introducing Season 4: Jobs of the Future
Kicking our addition to fossil fuels is the single biggest job opportunity of a lifetime. This season, we’re spotlighting jobs of the future, those th...
Jason Swann’s life turned upside down. Now, he’s saving wild places
Jason Swann’s childhood in the rural south included living in “a small shanty in the middle of a cow pasture.” Sure, he played outdoors—but he wasn’t...
Sustainable investment leader Taeun Kwon on women, money and saving the planet
Women have been the main drivers of sustainable finance, or investing with environmental, social and governance (ESG) values in mind. After years of s...
How an energy entrepreneur is helping to light up the world
Some people know from an early age that they are environmentalists. Dan Schnitzer certainly did. Inspired by childhood nature walks with his mom, he s...
How a farmworker’s son-turned politician is fighting “the serious crisis with Mother Earth”
Most people don’t think about running for office when pondering environmental careers. However, California Assemblyman Eduardo Garcia may change your...
How this 30 Under 30 sustainability star navigates tough dilemmas at REI
The clothing retail industry is not known for being climate friendly. The textile industry, as a whole, emits 1.2 billion tons of carbon and uses fiv...
Yes, you can turn your climate anxiety into meaningful action
LaUra Schmidt co-founded the non-profit Good Grief Network in 2016 with her wife, Aimee Lewis-Reau, to provide a space to help people cope with climat...
What drove a former USA swim team member to tackle the diesel problem
BJ Johnson is in a hurry—and for good reason. He’s frustrated by the slow pace of change to address the climate crisis. And he’s angry about how air p...