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04/11/2025

“Helping students see their place in the world”: integrating sustainability into career guidance at the University of Reading

At the University of Reading, careers consultant Alexandra Baker has been exploring how sustainability and social justice can become natural, everyday elements of career guidance. In this interview, she reflects on her personal and professional journey – from her early activism as a teenager to her current role helping students connect their career ambitions with a sense of purpose and…

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13/10/2025

Guidance between two worlds: Holding on to the old or building the new

Bernard Desclaux (originally appeared on author’s personal blog, translated by Tomáš Šprlák) As IPCC reports follow one another with ever-increasing urgency and France (and other developed nations) struggles to meet its climate goals, school career guidance continues to prepare young people for an industrial world that resists its necessary transformation. This contradiction exposes a central political issue: will education serve…

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22/09/2025

Green guidance training in Nancy: Reimagining the future of career practice

From 8 to 12 September 2025, Nancy hosted ten career guidance practitioners from Sweden, Finland, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Latvia and Slovakia. They came from diverse settings – schools, employment services, universities and adult guidance centres – but shared the same interest: how to connect sustainability and career practice. Over five days, participants explored Green Guidance, a growing approach that…

Training in green guidance 0 4 min read
17/09/2025

Giving meaning is already planting the seeds of sustainability: interview with Shékina Rochat

Shékina Rochat is a career psychologist, researcher, and dedicated practitioner. For several years, she has been exploring the connections between meaningful work, sustainability, and social justice. Trained in motivational interviewing, she became interested early on in supporting young people who had dropped out of conventional paths, and in how career guidance professionals can help remove the barriers that prevent ecological…

Good practice 0 12 min read
14/08/2025

On the pedals of change: The journey of sustainable career guidance with Slow ta carrière

Interview with Aline Muller Guidetti and Sabrina Tacchini How can we support people differently in a world marked by ecological collapse, social injustices, and transformations in work? How can we step out of “neutrality” and dare to ask the real questions—those of meaning, of impact, of our relationship to the living world and to others? In this interview conducted by…

Good practice 0 22 min read
04/07/2025

The Sustainable Jobs Fresk: reimagining careers for people and the planet (France)

By SNC (Solidarités Nouvelles face au Chômage) In a world shaped by ecological disruption and growing inequalities, how can we ensure that everyone has access to meaningful, sustainable work? That question lies at the heart of the Fresque de l’emploi durable, or Sustainable Jobs Fresk, a unique workshop developed and proposed in France by the non-profit organisation Solidarités Nouvelles face…

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02/07/2025

Career guidance with a focus on sustainability – Experiences from the City of Zurich Career Centre

Author: Erhard Brodmann, Career Professional, City of Zurich Career Centre Guidance in transition – new questions, new answers Questions about sustainability are becoming increasingly common in career information, advising, guidance and counselling. Clients seeking these services (especially adults aged 30 and above) are increasingly interested in meaningful work, environmentally relevant career fields and the future viability of their jobs. This…

Good practice 0 5 min read
03/04/2025

Working with Emotions in Climate Change Education summer school

We would like to invite students to the Working with Emotions in Climate Change Education summer school, which takes place from 3 to 7 September 2025 in Brno (Czech Republic). The summer school is designed for those interested in learning about climate change and working with the emotions associated with this topic. The summer school is free of charge. The summer school includes…

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20/12/2024

Sustainability as paradigm change : webinar for the NICE Foundation – 21 january 2025

The NICE Foundation in collaboration with the Exploring Green Guidance consortium have the pleasure to invite you to the webinar EXPLORING GREEN GUIDENCE-SUSTAINABILITY AS PARADIGM CHANGE Tuesday 21 January 2025 – 15:30 – 16:30 UTC Tomáš Šprlák, career counsellor, Association for Career Guidance and Career Development, Slovakia Mariana Lucas Casanova, Post-doctoral researcher and Invited Adjunct Professor: Centre for Research and…

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14/12/2024

IAEVG Conference 2024 Jyväskylä: Practitioners’ perceptions of green guidance

Mariana Lucas Casanova, member of the team of the Exploring Green Guidance project has recently presented the project and some of its results at the IAEVG International Conference 2024 in Jyväskylä, Finland. This presentation built on the project survey’s descriptive analysis (Hooley et al., 2024) to further explore European practitioners’ perceptions towards climate change and Green Guidance and examine the…

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