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Degrees: Real talk about planet-saving careers

Yesh Pavlik Slenk

Want to use your job to tackle climate change? Today there are more opportunities across industries to find a job and have impact. Join Climate Corps network manager Yesh Pavlik Slenk for candid conversations with everyday changemakers about careers, motivation, how they"re fighting climate change — and how you can too.

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00:22:42

Transfer Your Skills to a Green Job with Work on...

Degrees: Real talk about planet-saving careers ·

2023/05/10

Eugene Kirpichov co-founded Work on Climate, an online community for people passionate about solving the climate crisis, in 2020. Prior to WoC, Kirpichov spent more than seven years as a software engineer with Google. But learning how severe the climate crisis was, he felt he could no longer stay in his job. The resignation letter he shared on LinkedIn went viral.Read the transcript of this episodeResources from this episode:Join Eugene Kirpichov’s Work on Climate community.Join other

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00:19:02

How to network for a green job with purpose-driven...

Degrees: Real talk about planet-saving careers ·

2023/05/03

Technologist and entrepreneur Nick Martin founded the social impact company TechChange. He’s taught graduate courses at several colleges, including Columbia University. Martin is also known for his LinkedIn presence. Known as Nick@Noon, he has more than 200,000 followers who come to him for social impact career tips and resources. Episode transcript Resources from this episode:Follow Nick Martin on LinkedIn.To find people to follow on LinkedIn, visit LinkedIn’s Top Voices in the Green Economy

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00:19:45

Browngirl Green’s Kristy Drutman: Taking the mystery...

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2023/04/26

Kristy Drutman is a speaker, content producer, consultant and environmental advocate. Much of her work is focused on where media, diversity, equity and environmentalism intersect. She founded the storytelling site Browngirl Green and co-founded the Green Jobs Board, where she curates good, paid jobs in the climate space. Drutman has been invited to speak on environmental issues at the White House several times, and E&E News listed her as part of the “next generation of climate and environmental

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00:02:09

Introducing ‘The Year of the Climate Job,” a special...

Degrees: Real talk about planet-saving careers ·

2023/04/19

🌎 Job hunting? Visit our comprehensive Green Jobs Hub for job listings, networking resources, skills and certification information and more.💚 Follow and rate Degrees on Apple, Spotify, CastBox, or your favorite listening app. 📧 Sign up for our newsletter to stay up to date on green careers, upcoming episodes and more.🔗 Connect with Daniel Hill on LinkedIn👉 Stay up to date by following us at:@environmental_defense_fund on Instagram@EnvDefenseFund on TwitterEnvironmental Defense Fund on

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00:44:48

How Heather McTeer Toney is redefining climate action...

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2022/11/09

Elected at age 27, Heather McTeer Toney knows what it means to be a public servant. She was the first African-American, first female and the youngest to serve as mayor of Greenville, Mississippi from 2004-2012. In 2014, President Barack Obama appointed her as regional administrator of the EPA’s Southeast Region, at eight states the largest EPA region in the country. Currently, Heather is vice president of community engagement for the Environmental Defense Fund. She has appeared on numerous news

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00:44:05

The future of climate-smart ag and the hot politics...

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2022/11/02

Helena Bottemiller Evich, founder and editor in chief of Food Fix, which has rapidly become one of the go-to premium newsletters for anyone and everyone with a stake in food policy, from White House Staffers to famous chefs. Previously, she led coverage of food and agriculture issues at POLITICO for nearly a decade, winning numerous awards for her work, including a George Polk Award for a series on climate change and two James Beard Awards for features on nutrition and science. In 2022, she was a

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00:35:16

How to solve the EV problem and a jobs problem at the...

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2022/10/26

Kameale Terry, CEO of ChargerHelp!, was born and raised in South Central Los Angeles. The daughter of Belizean immigrants, Kameale has always had a focus on environmental sustainability and community engagement.With over a decade of experience in clean tech, Kameale formed ChargerHelp! with her co-founder, Evette Ellis, to create a reliable electric vehicle charging infrastructure. ChargerHelp! uses data to identify and provide maintenance and repair services for electric vehicle charging

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00:34:16

Tracking jaguars with a toddler: Introducing Going...

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2022/10/19

To support Dr. Rae-Wynn Grant’s work, subscribe to Going Wild on your favorite listening app. And if you haven’t yet followed Degrees: Real talk about planet-saving careers, follow our show on your favorite listening app and rate and review us, too. Your feedback matters! You can also get Going Wild updates and bonus content by following Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant and PBS Nature on Instagram, TikTok, Twitter, and Facebook. And you can catch new episodes of Nature Wednesdays at 8/7c on PBS, pbs.org/nature

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00:30:18

How to get a job investing millions in planet-saving...

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2022/10/12

Mia Diawara is a partner at Lowercarbon Capital, where she invests in ambitious teams building needle-moving climate tech — always with her eye on equity and inclusion. Before Lowercarbon, Mia spearheaded decarbonization strategy across a portfolio of more than $90 billion in assets at TPG and advised companies across industries at Bain & Company. Previously, she assessed climate policy and market-based climate solutions at NRDC and RMI, respectively.Mia is also a poet and dancer who has performed

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00:33:18

How do we learn to live with wildfire?

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2022/10/05

Frank Kanawha Lake, Ph.D., is a research ecologist with the U.S. Forest Service. He’s been learning and teaching the role of fire in managing ecosystems in the northwest U.S. for more than three decades, and has introduced indigenous fire prevention and management practices to the Forest Service. He was mentored by botanist and best-selling author, Robin Wall Kimmerer. Have a green jobs question for Yesh? Send it to her on Twitter @yeshsays. Use the hashtag #askyesh. Job hunting? Visit our

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00:29:55

Building a Black community for green jobseekers

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2022/09/28

Have a green jobs question for Yesh? Send it to her on Twitter @yeshsays. Use the hashtag #askyesh. Job hunting? Visit our comprehensive Green Jobs Hub for job listings, networking resources, skills and certification information and more.Sign up for our newsletter to stay up to date on green careers, upcoming episodes and more. To win a copy of Speed & Scale, rate and review Degrees: Real talk about planet-saving careers on Apple Podcasts, Podchaser or Spotify. Take a screenshot of your review and

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00:41:44

The woman greening the golden arches

Degrees: Real talk about planet-saving careers ·

2022/09/21

To win a copy of Speed & Scale, rate and review Degrees: Real talk about planet-saving careers on Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Podchaser or Spotify. Take a screenshot of your review and share it with us on Instagram @environmental_defense_fund. Use the hashtag #DegreesPodcast. We’re giving away up to five books per episode! Terms we discuss in this episode:Scope: How companies categorize their emissions. Scope 1 emissions are direct emissions from owned or controlled sources, sometimes called

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00:37:04

How a psychology major is on the frontlines of...

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2022/09/14

To win a copy of Speed & Scale, rate and review Degrees: Real talk about planet-saving careers on Apple Podcasts, Podchaser or Spotify. Take a screenshot of your review and share it with us on Instagram @environmental_defense_fund. Use the hashtag #DegreesPodcast. We’re giving away up to five books per episode!Resources on CarbonCure Technologies and low carbon concrete:Concrete: the worlds’ 3rd largest CO2 emitter fromThe urgent demand for low carbon concrete How CarbonCure’s technology works Why

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00:31:12

The fastest electric vehicle fleet makeover in the west

Degrees: Real talk about planet-saving careers ·

2022/09/07

To win a copy of Speed & Scale, rate and review Degrees: Real talk about planet-saving careers on Apple Podcasts, Podchaser or Spotify. Take a screenshot of your review and share it with us on Instagram @environmental_defense_fund. Use the hashtag #DegreesPodcast. We’re giving away up to five books per episode!Yesh Pavlik Slenk is Degrees’ host. Amy Morse is our producer. Podcast Allies is our production company. Tressa Versteeg is senior producer; Rye Taylor is our audio engineer; Elaine Grant is

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00:27:02

10 Ways to Save the Planet

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2022/09/07

Fighting climate change is the biggest job opportunity of our lifetime. But which career will make the biggest difference — and where will you fit in? In this episode, Ryan Panchadsaram explains the 10 solutions outlined in Speed & Scale: six areas to decarbonize and four ways to do it as rapidly as possible. To win a copy of Speed & Scale, rate and review Degrees: Real talk about planet-saving careers on Apple Podcasts, Podchaser or Spotify. Take a screenshot of your review and share it with us on

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00:02:36

Introducing Season 4: Jobs of the Future

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2022/08/24

Kicking our addition to fossil fuels is the single biggest job opportunity of a lifetime. This season, we’re spotlighting jobs of the future, those that will reduce carbon emissions the fastest. And tune in for our new feature, #AskYesh! Host and climate careers expert Yesh Pavlik Slenk solves your job-seeking dilemmas and offers her advice on how to get paid to save the planet.

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00:29:40

Jason Swann’s life turned upside down. Now, he’s...

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2021/12/01

Jason Swann’s childhood in the rural south included living in “a small shanty in the middle of a cow pasture.” Sure, he played outdoors—but he wasn’t exactly hiking in wild places. He grew up to become a financial analyst, but that career ended after an encounter with the police ruined his reputation. His life upended, he moved from Nebraska to Colorado. There, he tells host Yesh Pavlik Slenk, “I found respite in the melodic powers of the outdoors.”Inspired by his new connection with nature, Jason

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00:29:40

Sustainable investment leader Taeun Kwon on women,...

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2021/11/24

Women have been the main drivers of sustainable finance, or investing with environmental, social and governance (ESG) values in mind. After years of slow growth, sustainable investing is showing dramatic financial returns. According to Moody's, “In 2020, ESG products saw strong returns and investment outperformance that marked it as a watershed year.”And yet the mostly male leaders in the world of finance continue to discount sustainable investing, or give it lip service. So says Taeun Kwon. And

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00:26:14

How an energy entrepreneur is helping to light up the...

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2021/11/17

Some people know from an early age that they are environmentalists. Dan Schnitzer certainly did. Inspired by childhood nature walks with his mom, he studied pond water under a microscope. At age 13, he conducted the first of many environmental experiments—for a science fair, he made clean fuel from fruit.After learning about the concept of "poverty traps" in college, Dan realized that lack of energy access is an infrastructure failure—and a massive burden on disadvantaged communities. Approximately

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00:28:12

How a farmworker’s son-turned politician is fighting...

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2021/11/10

Most people don’t think about running for office when pondering environmental careers. However, California Assemblyman Eduardo Garcia may change your mind.In a state ravaged by air pollution and wildfires, Garcia has crafted policy that fights climate change. Recently, he introduced AB 1500, which helped inspire the Climate Resilience Bond. This allocates $3.7 billion of the state’s 2021-22 budget toward shoring up disadvantaged communities against “catastrophic wildfire, sea level rise, drought,

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