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7 Top Green Career Stories & Tips

June 17, 2025

Wisdom from Women Leading the Change. What does a green career really look like? What challenges do women in sustainability face – and how do they overcome them? In this blog, we’ve gathered inspiring stories and top tips from women across diverse roles in sustainability. Their insights offer valuable guidance for anyone starting or evolving their green career journey. How they got started Their entry points are as varied as their roles: academic studies in sustainability, project management in the…

Your Green Career: An antidote to sustainability job hunt anxiety

December 19, 2023

Traci Lewis

Blog by Ruihan Zhu: “There has never been a better time to work in sustainability.” Yet, embarking on a sustainability career can be a thrilling yet daunting journey, especially for young women and non-binary individuals seeking to make a meaningful impact through their work. Your Green Career is an empowering course and community that recognises the need for guidance and support in this niche. Held over a month in November with sessions every Wednesday and Friday, this course aims to…

What does a Head of Corporate Responsibility do?

March 16, 2023

Traci Lewis

Kirsty Green-Mann – Head of Corporate Responsibility at Burges-Salmon – shares some insights into her job and career. I’m Head of Corporate Responsibility with Burges Salmon, a UK independent commercial law firm. My role is pretty varied it involves: framing our approach to responsible business to drive performance across environmental, social, and governance issues; contributing to a number of internal committees; oversight of relevant benchmark and award submissions and using them to drive improvements, while building strategic partnerships across our…

My Sustainability Internship

September 13, 2021

Traci Lewis

Freya has written us this blog about her summer sustainability internship. I took part in the Catalyse Change Summit in summer 2020. At the time of signing up I didn’t realise how many doors this would open for me. Looking back, many of the opportunities I have had to volunteer and work in the sustainability industry since then have stemmed from the contacts I made there. This summer I was lucky enough to complete an internship with Twelve Futures having…

Catalyst Voices 3 – what have I learnt?

March 17, 2021

Traci Lewis

This month Maya, Rachel and Zara share with us their experiences of last year’s Catalyst Summit, how the mentoring programme has supported them and some of their goals for the future. Tell us a bit about yourself: “I’m 17, I live in Bristol, I am currently doing my A levels and I am going on to have a gap year in September. I enjoy dancing which I do twice a week with my company. We do contemporary along with…

Our Hopes for The Climate Crisis

January 6, 2021

Traci Lewis

Survey finds hope at the heart of our experiences of the climate crisis Written by Jenna Holliday On 29 November a group of catalysts hosted a Mock COP Fringe event “Our Climate Vision” sharing findings from original research into people’s experiences of climate change. In this blog Catalyse Change Director Jenna Holliday provides a note of some of the key findings from the survey. One of my personal 2020 highlights has been acting as the admin for the Our Climate…

My Environmental Career Journey

June 27, 2020

Traci Lewis

MY ENVIRONMENTAL CAREER Name: Lola Okunrinboye Job title: Environmental Manager at Dragados UK and Women in Sustainability Network Aberdeen Hub Lead Qualifications: Chartered Environmentalist (CEnv) , MSc(Eng) Environmental and Energy Engineering, BEng(Hons) Chemical and Process Engineering. Why did you go into an environmental career? Growing up, I loved everything to do with the environment and always wanted to make a difference and impact. What was your first environmental job? When I completed my MSc in Environmental and…

Top tips for how to live more sustainably

June 14, 2020

Traci Lewis

Hellie shares her 5 top tips for how to live more sustainably. Since lockdown began, questions have been raised about the links between pandemics and the environment. This has sparked an increased interest in sustainable living. Over 75% of people surveyed in the UK – according to Futerra – said they had done something during this time to make their lifestyle more sustainable. Over 87% thought we should be making some of these drastic lifestyle changes, which we have made…