Holiday Gifts for Climate Job Seekers

What do you get for the climate career seeker in your life? With the holidays already here, we’re all on a mad dash to find the perfect gift. If someone you love is partial to presents with the earth in mind (and that includes you), this list might be right up your alley. From books to courses to individual career coaching, there’s a gift for every climate conscious loved one on your list. The good news is some of these won’t require shipping so last-minute shoppers take heed. And since money might be extra tight while you’re searching for holiday gifts this year, we’re including alternative options that are free.

Meditation Apps

The holidays, constant bad news about climate change and worries about finding a climate career can put anyone in a tailspin. The solution? One of our best finds is taking time to meditate. The Ten Percent Happier app teaches you to meditate in an unfussy way. In as little time as 5 minutes, it offers listeners a chance to take a breather from their daily life. Gift subscriptions are $99.99 for a year or $49.99 for four months. 

Bonus: Insight Timer offers a range of resources for those looking to sleep better, feel calmer and most excitedly, help anyone cope with eco-anxiety. 

Coaching

Where do you see yourself in 2024? If you or someone you love has a dream of working in the climate industry but that gap between where you are now to where you want to be is too large, individual coaching is the perfect gift. $175 is a minimal financial investment when it comes to landing your dream job. An hour call will give you the opportunity to ask specific questions about what’s working and not working in your climate search and includes a resume review. Use this opportunity to dive into specific interview strategies, cover letter help and basically anything you or a loved one have been confused about in the search to land an environmental career.

Bonus: For nearly free, we offer an online course called, “ENVIROlocity,” which allows you to choose how much you pay to create a plan and strategy to find and land your dream climate career job.

Books

Don Maruska is well-known in the Bay Area as a leader in the business world. He’s now a successful coach and author who recently penned the book Solve Climate Change Now: Do What You Love for a Healthy Planet. Instead of what’s often in climate change books, doom, gloom and fear, Maruska uses his professional experience to help readers find ways to make helping the environment fun and doable by linking your passion with climate needs. It’s selling for $14.99 but the kindle option is $9.99 and can be given to your loved one immediately.

For those who want to have the convenience of a coach but in book form, ENVIROlocity Job Search Workbook: A Step-By-step Guide to Creating an Action Plan That Will Motivate You and Accelerate Your Ideal Environmental Career Search is the ultimate gift that’ll get you that much closer to a career in biology, habitat restoration, conservation, sustainability, planning, engineering, and more. It sells for $16.99. A good compliment is ENVIROlocity Daily: A writing and reflection journal for those in search of work worth living in environmental fields. It’ll keep you on track when holiday parties and events are distracting you. It makes a great gift for those who want inspiration, motivation and encouragement in the new year.

Bonus: Although not the same, The Playbook for Climate Action created by The Nature Conservancy and The Climate Job Seeker Playbook by Climate People, both offer information on addressing climate change. The first playbook was created to help businesses and countries directly work on these issues and gives us hope on future ways we can have a positive impact on the earth. The Climate Job Seeker Playbook provides information on everything from the skills you need to land your climate job to networking the right way. It’s a must-read for all climate job seekers.

Hope your holidays are bright! And you find the perfect gift for yourself and your climate career seeking friends.

Brandi-Ann Uyemura is a mom writer who lives in her hometown of Oahu, Hawaii. She is currently working on children’s fiction and coaching creatives online to find and pursue their calling. You can see what she is up to on Instagram, read her blog at TheInspiringBee.com, or connect with her at [email protected].
Brandi-Ann Uyemura is a mom writer who lives in her hometown of Oahu, Hawaii. She is currently working on children’s fiction and coaching creatives online to find and pursue their calling. You can see what she is up to on Instagram, read her blog at TheInspiringBee.com, or connect with her at [email protected].