Opportunity Directory

If you don't want to read my really long blog and just want a culmination of all of the resources that the professionals provided, you have come to the right place! This resource directory may not be updated as often as you would like, but I am doing my best. The most updated thing would be the blog, so check there if you can't find what you are looking for. The podcast page is a great place to look to see what episodes are coming up and what I have already published. 

Work on Climate is a great community to join to learn more about jobs in climate. They have events and a slack group that you can be apart of to learn more from professionals in the climate-space. 

Similar to WoCl, Terra.do is another great slack group to join to learn more from professionals, recieve great opportunities, and connect with people who work on climate in the real world!

A great place to check out is LinkedIn. There, you will find many people in the environmental space that you can reach out to and talk to. If you are not comfortable cold messaging people, you can check out the people in the People section below who mentioned that they are absolutely willing to speak with students who are interested in sustainability and their jobs. 

If you want to take a deeper dive into any environmental field or specific niche subject, check out edX (linked to the left) for an extensive amount of career-related courses. 

If you are interested in starting a business that tackles a sustainability area, check out the UN Sustainable Development goals that outline the UN's plan to achieve net zero by 2030. Take a look at the targets and see how you can apply them to your local community and what ways you can solve these issues. 

The West Monroe website publishes articles all the time about different topics especially concerning energy and other environmental issues and solutions in that sector. 

The Wiley Journal is also another publication that frequently publishes about different environmental topics and often brings new information and data to the table. 

If you want to take a deeper dive into a particular subject surrounding environmental science, check out General Assembly classes and see if they have anything to offer you. 

Madeliene Fleischer is an environmental lawyer at Owens Corning and is willing to speak with any high schooler interested in the field. Contact her through LinkedIn and check out her episode here. 

Anna Keo is a sustainable fashion designer who is willing to help out any high schoolers who are interested in learning more about what sustainable fashion design looks like. Contact her through LinkedIn or Instagram and check out her episode here. 

Check out the high school programs that are available at Stanford in different science fields. 

Additionally, Berkeley offers many in-person and virtual programs in different fields including environmental sciences, environmental economics, environmental policy, and more. 

Internships, Internships, Internships. They are drilled into our heads constantly and told that the only way to achieve anything is through an internship. Stanford has an amazing research program and compiled a document telling you step by step how to approach the daunting task of obtaining an unpaid internship. 

If you are interested in working in aerospace engineering or environmental science/engineering, check out the NASA internships! They offer them every summer depending on funding to high school and undergrad students. 

If you are interested in renewable energy, I have a really cool opportunity for you! Crystal Soo, an energy analyst, is offering her time to high schoolers to help them research and learn more about a part of the environmental energy sector and then write a blog post about it that would be posted on the Green Home NYC website! You can contact her at derprojectfair@gmail.com and check out her previous blog posts to the left!

A great resource for those interested in specifically environmental law is the American Bar Association (ABA) website, which has tons of information and lesson plans for teens interested in pursuing this career. The button to the left will take you to the site of the lesson plans, so check them out to see if they provide useful information for you!

Another resource for aspiring environmental lawyers is another part of the ABA website. They have different law groups and one of them is the environmental law group. They publish articles and have a lot of useful and interesting information, so check it out to the left to see if anything sparks your interest. 

Sew Heidi is an American designer that provides a lot of resources for aspiring designers. She has a podcast, website, and a lot of helpful free resources to get you started on your journey. 

There are many sustainable fashion designers that already exist in the world. Gwen Harris owns a company called Grey Milk, so you can check out what she does and how she does it. 

Another sustainable fashion designer is Lydia Bolton, who is based in the UK. 

The last one is Molly Alice, another sustainable fashion designer based in the UK. 

There are a couple essential skills if you want to be a sustainable fashion designer or even a fashion designer in general. One of them is Adobe Illustrator. If you learn to be comfortable using the tool and designing different things, you will have a head start on everyone else in design school. 

Another new, modern software that is commonly used is Clo 3D. It is a really good idea to start getting comfortable with this tool to start getting a head start on your learning!