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Getting Radically Tempered: Creating Sustainability Change From The Inside

By Christina_Gilyutin on November 5, 2009 3 Comments creating change, CSR, CSR report, green company, GRI initiative, Grid Alternatives, radical change, sustainability, sustainability consulting, sustainability initiatives, sustainability principle, Taproot Foundation, Tempered Radicals: How Everyday Leaders Inspire Change at Work

There are an unlimited number of other ways to have a positive impact through your work. Thus, I am thrilled to move on this week to talk about those other ways. I have met a number of people from organizations such as The Gap, Whole Foods and Ford that have told me stories about how being a “tempered radical” in those organizations allowed them to bring about significant sustainability changes and initiatives.

Sustainability Consulting: What is It, and Am I Qualified? Part II

By Christina_Gilyutin on October 9, 2009 Comments Off on Sustainability Consulting: What is It, and Am I Qualified? Part II Bright Green Talent, Certification, Christina Gilyutin, climate change consulting, engineering, financial modeling, operations analysis, Six Sigma, sustainability, sustainability consulting, Tempered Radicals: How Everyday Leaders Inspire Change at Work

This week I delve into a bit more detail about how you can launch a career in sustainability consulting (though much of this advice translates across other areas as well.) If you put a concerted effort into determining where it is that you and your skills best fit, you should be able to evaluate whether sustainability consulting is where you belong or perhaps whether there is a different space where you fit even better AND you can still have the impact you so desire.