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Conference : Career guidance and social & ecological transformation – Bratislava, 25/03/2026

25 March 2026 • Pekná cesta 3020, Bratislava, SlovakiaCome rethink guidance for the climate and ecological crisis. In many current policies and practices, ecological transition in career guidance is mainly approached through the identification of “green jobs”, emerging skills and labour-market adaptation. These perspectives are important, but they do not fully address the questions that people increasingly bring into guidance…

Webinar and meetup: Sharing practice and impact in green career guidance (02/04/2026)

We are delighted to invite you to a Green Guidance webinar and community meetup which will bring together green guidance ambassadors, practitioners, educators, researchers and anyone curious about integrating sustainability into career guidance. Over the past months, a community of practitioners has been experimenting with green guidance across several countries. This meetup is an opportunity to discover what has emerged from…

Why sustainability belongs in career conversations: practitioner’s response to common objections

Based in southern Sweden, study and careers counsellor Elin Holgersson works at a university where guidance has traditionally been strongly centred on the individual. In this interview, she reflects on how her perspective has gradually expanded through encounters with social justice education and Green Guidance. Rather than seeing sustainability as a separate or specialist agenda, she describes how small shifts…

Green guidance handbook and toolbox released

We are delighted to announce the publication of two major outputs from the Exploring Green Guidance project: the Green Guidance Handbook and the Green Guidance Toolbox. Both resources are now freely available to careers practitioners, educators, and anyone interested in integrating sustainability into career development. The Handbook brings together the work of practitioners and researchers from five European countries. It…

“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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…