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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…

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…

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…

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…

Webinar Exploring Green Guidance – Experiências de implementação em Portugal

Convidamos à participação no Webinar Exploring Green Guidance – Experiências de implementação em Portugal, a decorrer no dia 20 de março de 2026. O evento final do projeto Exploring Green Guidance convida a repensar o desenvolvimento vocacional e carreira à luz da crise climática, ligando escolhas de carreira, sustentabilidade e justiça social. Ao longo da manhã, serão apresentados os principais…

Seminar in Prague (in Czech) on Sustainable Career Guidance in Practice (05/03/2026)

We are inviting you to a seminar, that will take place on 5th of March 2026 in Prague The seminar (for Czech and Slovak speaking audience only) will offer a practical perspective on how sustainability can be meaningfully and ethically integrated into career guidance and education practice, with respect for the diverse values, situations and opportunities of clients a students….

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 (04/02/2026)

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…