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Workforce Support

In order to build a more equitable and effective workforce, the environmental sector must support the existing and prospective workforce. Green 2.0 has created various resources and hosted numerous events (past and upcoming) to:

  • Help job seekers navigate job searches and career exploration
  • Provide resources and support to the environmental workforce.
  • Guide organizations with best practices that will support and retain their staff.

Connect With Us

If you have ideas for how we can best support you as a job seeker or staff in the sector, please feel free to share with us at info@greentwopointzero.org.

Job Seeker Resources

Resources

Green 2.0 Mentorship Database

  • Find a mentor to seek advice, learn more about environmental career paths, and more!

Affinity Groups and Listservs

Green 2.0 Job Seeker LinkedIn Group

  • This Green 2.0 run group posts job searching advice and job opportunities.

Color of Water Directory

  • Includes a list of affinity groups, fellowship opportunities, and directories of professionals in the field.

Tips and Advice

Guide to Finding Internships and Fellowships

  • This resource contains specific questions and websites to support your search for internships or fellowships, but the links and advice included are helpful for any job search. 
  • This also includes links to job boards.

Job Hunting Tips and Advice

  • This document outlines specific tips to help navigate job searching in the current climate.
  • This also includes links to job boards.

Green 2.0 Blogs

  • This list contains all blog posts that offer advice, resources, etc. to job seekers.

Events

Navigating Environmental Career Paths, February 2025

  • Green 2.0 and Green Jobs Board hosted a conversation with leaders in the sector to help demystify the job search process, offer tools and resources, and discuss the different career pathways available within environmental careers.

Are Environmental Internships Creating Pathways to Careers?, July 2023

  • In this event, current and former interns of color share their experiences in the environmental movement, discuss what needs to be done to create inclusive internship opportunities, and highlight resources and programs available to support young people of color.

Job Boards

Check out the Green 2.0 Job Board, which shares jobs from our partners, or any of the following environmental job boards:

Amaru Job Board

  • Only lists jobs that meet specific requirements (minimum salaries, professional growth opportunities, etc).

BlackOak Collective Job Board

  • Shares jobs from Black Oak partners

Conservation Job Board

  • Conservation specific jobs.

Green Job Board

  • Environmental sector jobs.

GreenLatinos Job Board

  • Shares jobs from GreenLatinos partners. Requires login to view.

Idealist

  • Nonprofit jobs.

Latino Outdoors Job Board

  • Outdoor and environmental jobs.

Women in CleanTech & Sustainability

  • Sustainability and tech jobs.

Fellowship Opportunities

Environmental Fellowship List

  • This Green 2.0 list of fellowships contains information like brief descriptions, fellowship lengths, application due dates, and more.

Environmental Workforce Resources

Resources

Green 2.0 Mentorship Database

  • Join as a mentor or find a mentor to seek advice, improve your professional development, make connections, and more!

Resources for Organizations

Events

Integrating Wellness in the Environmental Sector, May 2025

  • Panelists discuss specific actions organizations can take to prioritize wellness.

Fostering Inclusion Through Equitable Mentoring, November 2024

  • This event features conversations with leaders in the environmental sector about how to implement equitable and successful mentoring practices at your organization.

Empowering Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion through Affinity Groups & ERGs, March 2024

  • Join Green 2.0 for a conversation with affinity group and ERG leaders about the importance of these groups and how organizational leadership can support them.

Environmental Workforce Ready: Supporting Young People of Color, May 2024

  • As young people of color enter the environmental workforce, it is essential to equip them with the necessary resources, tools, and programs to support and empower them. This event discusses the vital tools and resources available for young people of color to thrive in the environmental sector.

Fostering Inclusion Through Equitable Mentoring, November 2024

  • This event features conversations with leaders in the environmental sector about how to implement equitable and successful mentoring practices at your organization.

Best Practices

Green 2.0 Pay Equity Pledge

  • Take this pledge to complete actionable steps that improve pay equity at your organization.

Investing in Inclusion: The Green 2.0 Employee Experience Best Practices Guide

  • This guide outlines environmental sector workforce best practices and considerations when implementing them.

Green 2.0 Blogs

  • This list contains blog posts that discuss specific organizational policies and programs environmental organizations can implement to support their staff.

Green 2.0 2024 Transparency Report

  • Contains data about how many organizations have specific employee experience best practices, which you can reference for ideas about best practices your organization can implement.