Green Teens Toolkit: Jobs

Green Jobs

What are Green Jobs? How can I have a job that values the environment? Do Green Jobs exist near me? 

Any job that contributes to protecting, restoring, or benefiting the environment is a green job. These jobs, even indirectly, make the present and future more sustainable and are often found in values-driven organizations that prioritize the interests of people and communities above profits. Explore a variety of careers, build your skillsets, recognize your values, and you can have a job locally that you're passionate about, which fuels your livelihood, and also benefits the environment. 

Learn more about Green Jobs below.

Understand Green Jobs:

Green Careers for a Changing Climate: Watch this video to understand more about green jobs.

 

Local Green Jobs Stories & Pathways:

Local Green Jobs Stories & Pathways: Read about the local professionals making big green impacts with their careers. 

 

Explore Green Careers:

Green Climate Control Technology (HVAC/R): Use this interactive website to explore different careers ins and outs in this field.
Green Buildings and Energy EfficiencyUse this interactive website to explore different careers ins and outs in this field.

 

Develop Green Skills:

Check out 10 Green College Majors by reading this article
Explore the top 50 Green Colleges and Universities ranked by Princeton Review

 

Envision Your Green Job: 

Use this template to design your dream, Green Job. 

 

 

 

Earn an official Green Teen Certificate:

  1. Sign up to receive your Green Teen Learning Tracker via email.

  2. Explore each category of the Green Teens Toolkit & complete one learning reflection per category.
  3. Submit your Green Teen Learning Tracker to the PEA team.
  4. Receive a certificate!