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Green Internships: What Have We Learnt?

October 24, 2022

Our new pilot Green Internship & Work Placement programme is now complete! Two catalysts joined ERM for summer placements within the critical resource team and stakeholder engagement team. While three joined Vattenfall Heat UK for a three-week work placement. With training support provided by Burges-Salmon. So what were the objectives of this programme? To support our catalysts on a full sustainability learning journey To provide excellent, relevant and supported sustainability work placements To help bridge the gap between education and…

Our green work placement experience

September 11, 2022

Traci Lewis

For three weeks in August 2022, we – Morgane, Iva and Jasmina – joined the Vattenfall Heat UK team on a green work placement programme in collaboration with Catalyse Change. This unique opportunity allowed us to have one-on-one calls with different team members to discover the fascinating work that goes into heat networks, from engineering, project management to diversity and inclusion, and be included in group meetings. Thanks to the warm welcome from the team, we were able to learn…

Catalyst Summit: 10 Reasons You Should Join Us

May 22, 2022

Traci Lewis

Are you a young woman – aged 18-26 yrs – who wants to make a difference? As we have designed a sustainability learning and mentoring programme just for you. Here are just 10 good reasons why you should probably join us: FIND YOUR PURPOSE – Our inspiring, online sustainability & green careers event, which is held over 3 days in July, will help you find your purpose & be a confident change-maker. “The Catalyst Summit gives you the opportunity to…

My Green Career journey

April 27, 2022

Traci Lewis

Josephine Billany shares with us her experience joining the Catalyse Change community and how it has shaped her career. Like many other university freshers, I embarked upon my degree feeling anxious and excited in equal measure. I enrolled at Cardiff University to study Biological Science on the grounds that I had enjoyed the subject at school, liked the city of Cardiff and thought it was a good university. Although I had absolutely no idea what I would do with my…

How to find a sustainability internship

February 15, 2022

Traci Lewis

Maddy Diment has written us a blog this month all about how to get an internship opportunity in the sustainability field, and how to make the most out of it. At University there existed an overwhelming chatter around finding and securing an internship. It seemed like everyone around me had it all together, with their spring-break schemes, summer internship plans, and law firm open-day invites. In my 2nd year, this chatter took on a new, almost-messianic dimension: find an internship,…

Helping young women secure jobs which save the planet!

November 18, 2021

Traci Lewis

New work experience opportunities for female change makers COP26 in Glasgow amplified the urgency for decisive action on our climate and ecological crisis. Now, more than ever, we need young people who are inspired, empowered and skilled to help keep global temperatures below 2C. To support this Catalyse Change are launching a new work experience programme for young women – 18-24 yrs – in partnership with ERM, Vattenfall and Burges-Salmon. We will provide sustainability work placements and training next year…

Want to have Green Periods?

November 17, 2021

Traci Lewis

Georga Mcnally – a Catalyse Change Ambassador – has written us this great blog from our masterclass last month on Green Periods. Jess Gitsham – WEN & City to Sea Ambassador – led this for us during Environmenstrual Week. What is environmenstrual WEEK & why is it important? Environmenstrual campaigning aims to raise awareness about the environmental and chemical dangers of conventional period products whilst also promoting the use of organic and reusable products. Lack of education and negative societal…