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My Green Career: Julie Owst

January 27, 2021

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…

What’s an online Green Career Masterclass like?

April 28, 2020

Traci Lewis

Taryn Everdeen shares her experiences of our recent ‘Feeding Britain’ – our 1st online Green Career Masterclass. We’re a month into lockdown when I hop onto Zoom to join Catalyse Change’s 1st online Green Career Masterclass ‘Feeding Britain.’ Having attended a few of their events before, I have high expectations of anything under the Catalyse Change banner–and I’m not disappointed. Faces join mine on the screen, some of them familiar–we met at the 2019 Catalyst Bootcamp–and others I don’t recognise.…

Why I mentor young women

April 18, 2020

Traci Lewis

Lucy, one of our Catalyse Change mentors, tells us all about her own varied sustainability career journey and why she has decided to now also mentor young women. Name: Lucy Gatward Current occupation: Freelance communications specialist on various sustainability projects. Current projects: Going for Gold Bristol – Food Sector Lead; City to Sea: managing Food Sector project. My sustainability career journey I can probably point to the start of my sustainability career in two parts. The first is accidental, the…

Join our online Green Career Masterclasses

April 18, 2020

Traci Lewis

Are you feeling worried about your future? Are you sitting at home bored wondering what to do now this summer? In our new Green Career online masterclass we explore opportunities for young women who are interested in helping to create healthy, happy and green careers, communities and planet. Who are they aimed at? All young women, aged 16-24, who want to learn how they can be part of the solution. UK schools and universities are closed and our whole society…

How I transitioned to a Green Career

April 9, 2019

Traci Lewis

Heloise Balme – a member of our Catalyse Change Advisory Board – tells us all about career journey and transition to sustainability through a Masters in Sustainable Development at UWE. Tell us a bit about your background and reasons for your interest in sustainability. My career in sustainability is relatively new, but I’ve long held an interest in the field due to my love of the natural world and strong belief in social justice. Four years ago, these personal values…