Together, they reveal how unlikely actions—starting a compost bin, asking a carbon question, shifting a conference agenda—can drive real workplace climate change.
This episode is a recording of a well-received panel discussion I hosted in partnership with the Climate Action Resource Library (CARL) team, titled How to Make Your Job a Climate Job. It was one of three events I hosted for this year’s Climate Week, and it was so much fun.
🌱 New here? After this episode, dive deeper into Gabe and Charlie’s full stories in their original interviews (linked below).
🎧 You’ll learn:
How to build ripple effects in your workplace
Why composting, data questions, and internal Slack channels matter
How to frame climate as a business opportunity
Tips for landing a climate-aligned role
🎯 Chapters:
0:00 Every job can be a climate job
4:30 Shruti’s compost ripple
11:20 Gabe’s question reshapes ad-tech
18:40 Charlie’s pivot to Microsoft
24:00 Build culture, create change
31:10 Q&A: Your first step
🔗 Resources:
Climate Action Resource Library (CARL) - Guides on how to make your job a green job.
Charlie’s Book - What We Can Do: A Climate Optimist's Guide to Sustainable Living Charlie Sellars
Moon Five - Gabe’s EV charging start-up
Climate Reality Project - Tools, training and network to fight climate change.
🎧 Dive deeper:
Charlie’s episode - Building a Climate Career Inside Big Tech | Charlie Sellars at Microsoft
Gabe’s episode - The Hidden Climate Cost of the Internet – And One Worker’s Surprising Solution
🎤 Know someone turning their job into climate action? I want to hear from you: anyjobcanbeaclimatejob@gmail.com
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