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Emily, green career

Catalyst Voices: My first green job

Emily is from Sheffield and works as an Admin & Communications Coordinator for the Sheffield Climate Alliance. She is also volunteering for us at Catalyse Change, helping us with our digital communications and social media. Here she tells us about her journey to getting her first green job. Tell us a bit about your educational background. I’ve always been more interested in humanities subjects, rather than science-related subjects that might lead more naturally into a climate career, and before I…

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Green Higher Education

Get your copy of our new Green Education ebook!

Thinking about studying sustainability or environmentalism? Well we have put together over 150 university degrees and masters to help you. Also lots of shorter online learning options featured too! This is available as a free ebook! Just download Lara, who is featured, shares her experiences of finding the right degree: “When researching and exploring the different options for studying a degree in sustainability I quickly realised how broad the topic is. The fact that there are so many different approaches…

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our mentors

Could you mentor a young woman?

We’re delighted to announce that applications for our Catalyse Change 2023 Mentoring Programme are now open, ahead of our 3-day Catalyst Summit taking place this July. As a professional woman working in sustainability, we want to hear from you. Catalyse Change’s Mentoring Programme offers the chance to inspire and help young women and non-binary people – aged 18 – 26 – to gain the clarity, skills and momentum they need to become the next generation of change agents. We are…

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my green career

Inspiration for your Green Career

It’s exciting that catalysts from our programme last year have already found entry-level roles in their dream green careers.  In this blog, you’ll hear from Amelia and Megan who are both working fulltime in jobs they love. Also from Annette, who is working part-time in the renewable energy sector, whilst studying a masters’ in sustainable development. Amelia is a CRM marketing assistant at Ecotricity and a Business and Digital Marketing graduate. What are your three top tips for any other…

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catalyst summit

Catalyst Voices 2: what did I learn?

As our 2020/21 mentoring programme draws to a close, we have been receiving some fabulous feedback and stories from our catalysts. This month Nour, Taryn, Renée and Julia share with us what they learnt from last year’s Catalyst Summit, their experiences of the mentoring programme and some of their goals for the future.   My name is Nour Meshref. I’m Lebanese and I’ve been living in France and doing my Master studies here since 2018. My field of study is…

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catalyst voices

Catalyst Voices – what I’ve learnt

As our 2020/21 mentoring programme draws to a close, we have been receiving some fabulous feedback and stories from our catalysts. This month Amran, Ewa, Freya, and Maggie all share with us what they learnt from last year’s Catalyst Summit, their experiences of the mentoring programme and some of their goals for the future. I’m 17 and am in my last year of A-levels at school in Bristol, where I’m studying Psychology, Biology and Religious Studies (Philosophy and Ethics). I’m…

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Julie Owst

My Green Career: Julie Owst

Julie Owst from Bidfood – who are generously supporting our Catalyse Change programme again this year – tells us all about her green career journey and some of the learning along the way. Julie Owst, Head of Sustainability and Change at Bidfood. Qualifications: Academic: BA (Hons) French, Professional: Change Management Practitioner (APMG) Why did you become an environment/sustainability professional? Although I’ve always been a keen environmentalist for as long as I can remember (I was a fully paid up member…

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Our Hopes for The Climate Crisis

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…

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Catalyse Change CIC is a social enterprise working to inspire and empower young women for happy, healthy & green careers, communities, and the planet. The directors, advisory board and mentors are all women working in sustainability, with a combined wide skill set and expertise, supported by an extensive network of other sustainability professionals who provide expertise and mentoring.

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