How to green any job with Project Drawdown's Jamie Beck Alexander

Jamie Beck Alexander is the director of Drawdown Labs, a division of the climate nonprofit Project Drawdown. In 202, Alexander developed and launched Drawdown Labs, which works with the private sector to accelerate their adoption of climate solutions. She’s been heralded for her TEDx Talk about empowering workers to be the driving change for the climate crisis within companies. Prior to Project Drawdown, Alexander worked for Ceres, which also encourages companies to establish ambitious climate goals and reduce emissions.

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Resources from this episode:

• Check out the Drawdown Labs Job Function Action Guides:
  • Finance Job Function Action Guide
  • Government Relations and Public Policy Job Function Action Guide
  • Human Resources and Operations Job Function Action Guide
  • Legal Job Function Action Guide
  • Marketing Job Function Action Guide
  • Procurement Job Function Action Guide
  • Sales and Client-Facing Roles Job Function Action Guide
• Learn about The Drawdown Roadmap: Using Science to Guide Climate Action
• Follow the Amazon Employees for Climate Justice group and read Amazon’s Climate Pledge.
• If you don’t see your profession in Drawdown Labs’ Job Function Action Guides, try other resources on how to green your job, like the Climate Action Resource Library.
• Join climate-specific communities:
  • Terra Do
  • Women in Climate
  • Climatebase
  • Climate Draft
  • MCJ Collective
  • Greenbiz Sustainability Conference
  • Work on Climate
• Browse other climate-related job boards:
  • GreenBiz Sustainability Jobs
  • Green Jobs Network
  • Climate People
• To find people to follow on LinkedIn, visit LinkedIn’s Top Voices in the Green Economy list.
• Search the hashtag #OpenDoorClimate on LinkedIn to find climate professionals who are willing to chat with you. This is the movement founded by Daniel Hill, Year of the Climate Job host and director of Environmental Defense Fund’s Innovation Fund.
• Sign up for the Degrees newsletter.
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