Understory exists because we’ve been where you are, lost and confused about how to land a job in the environmental field. In our collective experiences throughout college and professional work, we have found limited resources designed to help guide people like you – smart, talented, and young - during their first forays into internships and jobs interviews.
The goal of Understory is to provide young professionals with advice from experts in our collective fields, writing tools, and other useful pointers about how to be persuasive advocates for themselves and a new generation of environmentalists.
Looking to America’s environmental past, change has come from grassroots movements, powered by women and men who dedicated themselves to a multitude of environmental work. Without them we would not be where we are today. The conservation community is entering a period of transition as generational turnover, climate change, and globalization begin to impact people and ecosystems in real time. What does this mean for the future of the conservation and environmental fields? How does our generation factor into all of this, and how can we become a critical part of the solution moving forward.
You want to be in this field otherwise you wouldn’t be here. We all understand it’s a road paved with challenges, and we recognize that many environmental and conservation fields possess a fairly uniform and aging demographic. Young people are a great, untapped resource that is often overlooked. For these reasons we wanted to provide collections of helpful information for people who are entering, or soon entering the job market. We hope that Understory will help guide other young professionals in finding a niche for themselves, illustrating their value to prospecting employers, and succeeding in their careers.
The goal of Understory is to provide young professionals with advice from experts in our collective fields, writing tools, and other useful pointers about how to be persuasive advocates for themselves and a new generation of environmentalists.
Looking to America’s environmental past, change has come from grassroots movements, powered by women and men who dedicated themselves to a multitude of environmental work. Without them we would not be where we are today. The conservation community is entering a period of transition as generational turnover, climate change, and globalization begin to impact people and ecosystems in real time. What does this mean for the future of the conservation and environmental fields? How does our generation factor into all of this, and how can we become a critical part of the solution moving forward.
You want to be in this field otherwise you wouldn’t be here. We all understand it’s a road paved with challenges, and we recognize that many environmental and conservation fields possess a fairly uniform and aging demographic. Young people are a great, untapped resource that is often overlooked. For these reasons we wanted to provide collections of helpful information for people who are entering, or soon entering the job market. We hope that Understory will help guide other young professionals in finding a niche for themselves, illustrating their value to prospecting employers, and succeeding in their careers.