The full spectrum of jobs that make the planet better is amazing.

Yet all to often, environmental careers discussions are limited to two-option dilemmas like “should I go for environmental science or environmental engineering?” As though if a job didn’t have “environment” in the title, it wouldn’t contribute to restoration and regeneration!

Yet – in the same way that environmental harm comes from just about every sector of 20th century-designed society – there’s a world of ways to do environmental good.

What work could you do to help restore and regenerate ecosystems and communities?

A good number of environmental policy professionals are retraining as electricians . They have opted to “deliver the change” hands-on solutions, in person and accelerate the deployment of renewable energy.

What about becoming an urban rooftop farm manager – an actual job advertised by Melbourne Skyfarms a while ago? Just one of a whole range of possibilities in urban sustainability and livability.

There’s a massive short fall of designers skilled in green design, with a shortfall of a million designers skilled in green design.

And if you’re a “science-y” sort of person, there are opportunities in emerging commercial fields from Green Chemistry to Biomimicry.

And there’s more…

Every commercial, “green solutions” business needs the full crew of operational and support people. Renewable energy retailers need Customer Services staff. Leading Circular Economy innovators need accountants and HR managers.

And even if you’re in a company that’s not “into sustainability” there are ways you can be an advocate AND build your career. Project Drawdown’s Job Function Action Guides will give you an outline of the what & how.

How do you find work that makes the world better?

You start by knowing the full spectrum of solutions – the commercial and science-based solutions happening across the world today.

You start by reading independent solutions catalogues like Project Regeneration and Project Drawdown and the Ellen Macarthur Foundation case studies – and as you explore, ask the question “what workers and skills do these solutions need?”

(And you could even explore my Regenerative Thinking in Action program for 1-to-1 guidance.)

Once you actually understand just how much work is worth doing – and that today’s solutions go WAY beyond “lobbying government” and “consuming less” – then you’ll have a much better chance of finding work where you get paid to make the world better.