Browngirl Green’s Kristy Drutman: Taking the mystery out of finding a green job

Degrees: Real talk about planet-saving careers

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 visionaries.”

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Resources from this episode:

• Browse Drutman’s Green Jobs Board and see what people are talking about on the jobs board’s Instagram page.
• Check out the Environmental Defense Fund Green Jobs Hub.
• Read up on the 2022 LinkedIn Global Green Skills Report.
• Check out and join the following climate-specific communities:
  • Work on Climate
  • Terra Do
  • Women in Climate
  • Climatebase
  • Climate Draft
  • MCJ Collective
• Browse other climate-related job boards:
  • GreenBiz Sustainability Jobs
  • Green Jobs Network
  • Climate People
• Sign up for the Degrees newsletter or the Climate Tech VC’s newsletter.
• Read #OpenDoorClimate’s “Day in the Life of a Climate Profile” series.
• Here are a few articles we’ve been reading about the Inflation Reduction Act’s impact on the green jobs market:
  • 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?

Related episodes:

• How Heather McTeer Toney is redefining climate action for the next generation of leaders
• 10 ways to save the planet
• Building a Black community for green jobseekers

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Who makes Degrees?

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; Andrew Parrella is our production manager; Matthew Simonson is our audio editor; 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.