From the powers that be, it's season three.

Join our new host, Madison, in exploring the green career paths that exist and those waiting to be discovered. Tune in to hear conversations with a wide range of industry professionals, whose insight and experience help us navigate the green economy.

This podcast is part of the Green Collar Careers program, brought to you by Relay Education. Relay Education, a Canadian charity, delivers youth-oriented programming about renewable energy, conservation, climate change, and green careers. Check out our website (relayeducation.com) and social media channels (@relayeducation) for more resources on how to start your green career!

From the powers that be, it's season three.

Join our new host, Madison, in exploring the green career paths that exist and those waiting to be discovered. Tune in to hear conversations with a wide range of industry professionals, whose insight and experience help us navigate the green economy.

This podcast is part of the Green Collar Careers program, brought to you by Relay Education. Relay Education, a Canadian charity, delivers youth-oriented programming about renewable energy, conservation, climate change, and green careers. Check out our website (relayeducation.com) and social media channels (@relayeducation) for more resources on how to start your green career!

In The Green Chair with Benjamin Von Wong, an artist and photographer. In this episode, we discuss Benjamin’s career as an artist, photographer and sculptor and how he is on a mission to create art that amplifies positive social change. Benjamin creates complicated images and symbolic sculptures by combining everyday objects with shocking statistics to bring about awareness on topics such as ocean plastics and electronic waste. We learn about the role art and creativity play in solving complex environmental problems.

In The Green Chair with Stephen Buhler, a journeyman machinist and community engagement officer for Iron+Earth. 

In this episode, we discuss Stephen’s unique career journey. Stephen worked in the oil and gas industry as a journeyman machinist for the past 13 years and strives to transition fully into the renewable energy sector. We learn how Stephen uses his experiences as a former oil and gas worker to help other fossil fuel workers make the transition to working in renewables. 

In The Green Chair with Victor Do, a Civil and Water Resources Engineer. Victor has years of experience working on detailed planning and design of transportation and water infrastructure for municipalities, conservation authorities, and provincial bodies. In this episode, we talk about switching jobs during the pandemic, the winding road of careers and about the world of engineering.

In The Green Chair with Sumreen Rattan, the Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer at the clean-tech organization, Moment Energy. The British Columbia based startup creates sustainable energy storage systems by repurposing old electric vehicle batteries. Sumreen was recently named as one of Canada's Top 30 Under 30 Sustainability Leaders. In this episode, we discuss how Sumreen and her cofounders launched a start-up and how they're contributing to the circular economy.

In The Green Chair with Julianna Greco, the Co-Founder and Head of Growth at Suppli, a technology-enabled platform that facilitates the use of reusable packaging across all channels that touch food. Julianna was recently named as one of Canada's Top 30 Under 30 Sustainability Leaders. We talk about Julianna’s experience working on a start-up and how she’s helping Toronto make the shift towards a plastic-free city.

More about Julianna: Before joining Suppli in late 2020, Julianna spent the previous two years at ME to WE, working with young social entrepreneurs, corporate partners, and community organizations to advance social justice initiatives within Canada. She also worked in two successful start-ups, where she gained invaluable experience growing a brand, customer base and business from the ground up. Julianna received a bachelor's degree in political science and sociology from the University of Western Ontario and is completing a business innovation certificate at the University of Toronto.

In The Green Chair with Eugene Kung, a staff lawyer for West Coast Environmental Law. Eugene is committed to human rights and environmental justice. He has worked on social justice, anti-poverty and environmental law. We discuss Eugene’s career and his work opposing the Kinder Morgan TransMountain expansion project. We talk about how learning and working with Indigenous communities is pivotal in environmental law becoming more inclusive and holistic.

In The Green Chair with Cheeying Ho, the executive director of the Whistler Centre for Sustainability. She has over 20 years of experience in sustainable urban and community strategic planning for local governments, private sector clients, and non-profit organizations. We learn about Cheeying's career journey and we discuss how a strong vision and shared community goals can help build greener cities and more sustainable organizations. 

In The Green Chair with Dr. Lindsay McCunn, an Environmental Psychologist and Professor of Psychology at Vancouver Island University. We learn about Dr. McCunn's career journey and the basics of environmental psychology. We discuss how our built and natural environments impact human behaviour, productivity, eco-anxiety and more.