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Green Jobs Youth Pathways

GOOD FOR YOU
the environment
and the economy. 

Edwin Wanji, CEO, Sphere Solar Energy

What is a Green Job?

Check out our lively collection of definitions and then consider that every single sector of the “traditional” jobs market is linked in some way to the rapidly emerging green collar economy.

Lesson Collection

Lesson 1: What is a Green Job?

Students define what a green job is, explore what jobs are green, and see local examples.

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Lesson 4: Mapping My Career Path

Invite students to expand their view of what it takes to be employed and what personal and professional skills are required for their future.

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Lesson 2: Exploring Real Career Stories

Students explore a range of career profiles and short personal interviews to get a sense of real people in different green jobs and to learn that career pathways are almost never straight lines.

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Lesson 3: Interviewing Professionals for their Story

Students build their communication and interview skills to create a classroom spreadsheet of community contacts and conduct informational interviews with the folks they are intrigued by.

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B-Corporation Profiles

Entrepreneurs

B-Corporation Profiles

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A B Corp, or Benefit Corporation, is designed to operate in a way that balances profit with a broader responsibility to ensure a positive impact on society and the environment. 

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Sunbridge Solar

Helping to build a cleaner and more sustainable future for the Pacific Northwest

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Who Gives A Crap

We're here to uncrap the world

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Adrift Hospitality

We foster responsible tourism that benefits both travelers and the communities they visit

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Boon Boona Coffee

Good coffee, good people

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Fair Planet Advisors

For People & Planet
Do Well While Doing Good

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Nuun Hydration

Empower more muuvement

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Ridwell

Send less to Landfills

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Rice Fergus Miller

Truly Great work flows from a sense of community built with clients and partners

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Miir

Design forward. Generosity Driven. 

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Suri

To radically transform oral care for people and planet, with beautiful everyday essentials designed for life.

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Biobag

Biobag comes from a profound driving force to do better, as soon as we know better.

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Pyramid Communications

Make Change Together

Sample Green Job Postings

Sample Job Postings

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Green Jobs Career Maps

Resources on Green Jobs

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