Find your Green Career
Check out the list of careers below to find the environmental issues related to each of them.
Farmers need to adopt new approaches to meet more challenging growing conditions.
New entrants are needed to meet the growing need for high quality local food.
Animal care and veterinary practice
We need to manage farm and domestic animals as temperatures become more extreme and unpredictable; and find ways of treating animals without the chemicals and medicines harming natural ecosystems.
Architecture and construction
Design and implementation of new construction is critical for achieving low energy, and sustainable buildings and infrastructure and new skills are needed in the workforce.
There is a growing interest in cruelty free products, plastic free options, reusable packaging, natural ingredients and environmentally friendly practices in the industry.
All businesses are affected by changes in supplies, regulations, consumer demands etc as a result of climate change and threats to biodiversity. Some of the best innovations are coming from new start ups.
The care industry is looking at reducing wastes and adapting to more weather extremes for our aging citizens.
Practices like sourcing locally and minimising waste, you can create a more efficient operation while contributing to a greener future.
Creative people are both helping to communicate how we can make life better and also having to adapt to minimise their impact on the environment.
There is a growing demand for the skills and knowledge about the natural world to help people protect it, particularly with the new requirements for developers to invest in nature enhancements.
Educators have a vital role to play in communicating a vision and passing on the knowledge and skills that people need to work together for a successful future for everyone.
The huge upsurge in renewables, low energy buildings, and changes to mass transport all require skilled and knowledgeable engineers of all kinds.
Event managers have to build in the impacts of more uncertain weather into their planning, and to change their processes to minimise waste at events.
Sustainable fashion is becoming big business as big brands and new brands seek to avoid poverty of workers, and pollution of the environment in the supply of fabrics, dyes etc.
Financial decisions made with knowledge about environmental issues can have a positive effect on the way that companies and institutions operate.
Games have an exciting role to play in educating people about the environment, and some of the best brains are making this their contribution to a better future.
Healthcare workers are both at the frontline of dealing with the impacts of climate on people’s health, and involved in addressing the impact of waste materials and chemicals on the environment.
Venues need to think about where they buy from, the wastes they create and dispose of, minimising energy and water use, and have opportunities to satisfy the interests of customers with environmental interests.
Journalism and communication
Almost any subject a journalist might write about will have an environmental element to it and they can have a significant impact on public understanding.
Environmental litigation, arising from attempts to assign blame on people and companies for environmental damage are increasing rapidly.
Law enforcement and emergency services
Wildfires, floods, water shortages, food shortages – the emergency services increasingly need to plan and prepare for more extreme conditions, and the needs of people affected by them.
This sector can do a great deal to reduce its environmental impact, and has a huge role to play in creating a vision of how we can navigate to a liveable future.
Politicians from local to global are increasingly facing decisions about the current and future impact of climate change and biodiversity loss, and voters are expecting them to understand and act on the issues.
The retail sector is dealing with everything from changing supplies to changing consumer demands on environmental issues, which makes it an exciting time to get involved.
An increasing number of scientists in all subjects are involved in understanding environmental issues, and finding and implementing solutions to them. It’s not just ecologists!
Sport is both affected by a changing climate - skiing affected by poor snow fall, football pitches being flooded – and has a huge platform to make changes. There is a growing global movement to take up the challenge.
There is a growing challenge to meet our technology demands without a huge requirement for energy and materials.
Ideally, mobility in the future won’t damage our environment, will give everyone access to where they want to go, and be fun to use. A new generation of innovators is needed.