Episode 17: What is a eco-empowered career?
July 2024
Join us for our third episode tackling what it means to enter the growing sector of sustianability careers. Amiah, Juliett, and Bea guide you through the prospects of environmental business, the daily life of a climate action job, and resources you can access on campus. Our guests Harmony Gmazel and Jonathan McClelland talk about their personal experiences in the filed and share advice for young professionals.
Episode Competencies (coming soon!)
Episode Resources
Reflection Questions:
- If you have a traditional career in sustainability, how might you attempt to build coalition with other career sectors?
- How can you use your expertise to help build environmental justice in all aspects of the working force?
- How might you continue to educate yourself on sustainability in the work place?
Speaker Bio (coming soon!)
Lashaun Jackson
Graduate Student
Lashaun Jackson is a graduate student at the School for Environment and Sustainability at the University of Michigan studying environmental justice and planning. With her focus on sustainable food systems as they intersect with social justice, she has worked with students, faculty, and administrators to promote cultural and institutional policy change.
Clara Gamalski
AAssistant Director
Clara Gamalski is the AAssistant Director. In this role, she manages the student-facing work of the unit, from developing experiential learning curricula for the unit’s four cohort-based programs and sustainability culture change strategies for all UM students. Clara also works directly with the UM Sustainable Food Program, the UM Farm Stand, and the Sustainability Cultural Organizers as an advisor and manager. Clara joined Student Life Sustainability with years of experience in education and engagement around sustainability and equitable food systems at higher education institutions. She is passionate about facilitation, food, visionary organizing as social change, and creating opportunities for students to ask for more from their institutions. Clara worked in food service for a decade. She graduated from the University of Michigan with a BA in History of Art in 2011 and Chatham University with an MA in Food Studies in 2015. When she’s not working, she can be found playing with yarn and hosting friends and family for meals.
