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13/09/2026

Open Letter: “For career practices that integrate sustainability”: Launch event with Peter Plant (29/09/2026 10h CET)

Today’s ecological challenges and the many risks we face weigh more heavily than ever on the world’s habitability, and they are profoundly and lastingly transforming careers. The concept of green guidance, first introduced by Peter Plant, is more relevant than ever. It emerges at the intersection of several developments: the ecological emergency, the transformation of jobs, and a growing awareness…

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07/09/2026

An Organisational Guide to Skills for Green Workforce Transformation : a new book with some fresh perspectives (not only) for career practitioners

Routledge has published An Organisational Guide to Skills for Green Workforce Transformation, a new collection that argues the green transition is, at its core, a skills problem – and one current strategies are not solving fast enough. Edited by Dr Karen Cripps (Oxford Brookes University Business School, UK) and Candy Ho (Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Canada), the 22-chapter, 366-page book argues…

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14/06/2026

Eco-values in career guidance for 9th-grade students: A practical case study from Portugal

Based on implementation by Sofia Dias, School Psychologist, Vila Nova de Gaia Introduction Young people increasingly express concern about climate change, social justice, and sustainability, but these values often remain disconnected from their educational and career planning. This case study explores how Green Guidance principles were integrated into standard vocational orientation activities with 9th-grade students in Portugal. The fundamental question…

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17/05/2026

Green Guidance in working with adults with mild intellectual disabilities in Slovakia

When the green guidance toolbox was being developed, we did not have a particular kind of practitioner in mind: we were thinking of someone working with different clients choosing their vocation or navigating career transitions in a labour market that is slowly, insufficiently and unevenly greening. What happens when you take those tools and work with ten adults who have…

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12/05/2026

Green Jobs for YOU – Green LMI from Lower Austria

The “Green Jobs for YOU” initiative launched by the Province of Lower Austria aims to inspire young people and adults to pursue careers that are meaningful, have a future and have a lasting impact. The aim is for green jobs to gradually become an integral part of educational and career pathways. Green jobs with a future, purpose and economic stability…

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12/05/2026

How “Green Guidance” is put into practice at the Lower Austrian Education and Career Guidance Service

The Lower Austrian Education and Career Guidance Service (abbreviated to bbn) is aimed at people aged 15 to 64 who have questions about education and careers. These can range from very specific queries, such as “Is there funding available for the further training I’m planning?” to complex issues of career reorientation, such as “Am I doing the job I really…

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21/04/2026

Webinar on Green Career Education – April 28, 2026

This webinar explores practical ways to empower young people to see themselves as active shapers of a sustainable future. WHAT TO EXPECT… Introduction to Sustainable Career Guidance: Professor Tristram Hooley will present the five-dimensional framework of environmentally sustainable career guidance and show how sustainability can be meaningfully integrated into career learning. Green Jobs for YOU: An introduction to the Austrian…

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14/04/2026

Keynotes and presentations from the conference Career guidance and social & ecological transformation – Bratislava, 25/03/2026

We are happy to share some of the keynotes, slides, photos and other resources from our conference, that was held in Bratislava on 25/03/2026. The conference brought together more than 60 participants – career practitioners, researchers, experts and green guidance ambassadors from 10 countries and provided a space to discuss the theory and practice in environmentally sustainable guidance. Thanks to…

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23/03/2026

Green guidance impact report: what happened when career practitioners integrated sustainability into their practice

A new report from the Exploring Green Guidance consortium documents what happened when roughly 60 career counsellors, school psychologists, and vocational guidance practitioners across Europe spent several months trying to bring sustainability into their day-to-day work with clients and students. The Green Guidance Impact Report: How can green guidance impact practice, organisations and policy, covers a pilot phase running from…

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