Degrees: Real talk about planet-saving careers Learn how to build your climate experience with Terra.do founder Anshuman Bapna
Anshuman Bapna is CEO and founder of Terra.do, an international platform with educational opportunities designed to help people get jobs working on climate. The aspiration is to get 100 million more people working in the climate economy in the next decade. Bapna is a serial entrepreneur, having co-founded and launched several startups. He’s also worked with Deloitte, Google, and MakeMyTrip. He says he gets his best career and life advice from his children.
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Resources from this episode:
- Check out Terra.do’s different courses.
- Find other climate learning and training platforms:
- Join climate-specific communities:
- Browse climate-related job boards:
- To find people to follow on LinkedIn, visit LinkedIn’s Top Voices in the Green Economy list.
- Find nonprofits, public service organizations or higher education programs doing interesting climate-related work:
- Search the hashtag #OpenDoorClimate on LinkedIn to find climate professionals who are willing to chat with you. (This is the movement founded by Year of the Climate Job Host Daniel Hill.
- Here are some articles we love::
- GQ: How an online school is working towards a climate-smart future
- Bloomberg: 100,000 Green Jobs Announced Since US Adopted Climate Law, Study Finds
- Greebiz: How will the Inflation Reduction Act spur job creation for the climate tech sector?
- The Hechinger Report: COLUMN: New climate legislation could create 9 million jobs. Who will fill them?
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- How to network for a green job with purpose-driven LinkedIn expert Nick@Noon
- Browngirl Green’s Kristy Drutman: Taking the mystery out of finding a green job
- Transfer your skills to a green job with Work on Climate’s Eugene Kirpichov
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Degrees: Real talk about planet-saving careers is presented by Environmental Defense Fund (EDF). Daniel Hill hosts The Year of the Climate Job. Yesh Pavlik Slenk hosts Degrees. Amy Morse is EDF’s producer. Podcast Allies is our production company. Stephanie Wolf is senior producer; Eric Aaron is our audio editor; Andrew Parrella is our production manager; Elaine Appleton Grant is CEO of Podcast Allies and Tina Bassir is podcast manager. Our music is Shame, Shame, Shame from Yesh’s favorite band, Lake Street Dive.