Inspiring students to pursue green careers
3 to 8 November 2025
Green Careers Week helps raise aspirations, increase diversity and challenge stereotypes associated with green jobs to young people. Throughout the week businesses, charities, universities and even museums run events and share resources to inspire the next generation to choose a green career.
We're proud to support Green Careers Week and increase awareness of the variety of green careers available in STEM for young people. Keep an eye on our social media channels during the week and explore our content to inspire your own activities in the classroom.
Things to think about
- 64% of young people are interested in climate change issues
- 35% of young people are interested in a career that will help reduce the impact of climate change
- engineers and technicians are essential to developing solutions to climate change, achieving net zero and transitioning to clean energy
- demand for skills for green jobs is only going to rise, with up to 725,000 new jobs needed to support the UK’s transition to net zero
The workforce needed for net zero
Engineering solutions will reduce carbon emissions across the UK, but it needs an inventive future engineering workforce. Many of the jobs that will deliver this transformation will be brand-new, exciting future opportunities for your students.
Learn more about jobs in engineering and technology.
Classroom resources
We’ve got loads of inspiring resources to support you to understand the skills needed to tackle climate change and the green careers on offer.
Check them out below:
Inspiring the future green engineers
The Climate Schools Programme empowers young people to explore solutions to tackling climate change and discover how engineers are key to this. Stimulate debate with solutions-focused messages and make links between curriculum subjects and real-world careers with our free resources.
Increasing understanding of renewable energy
This is no ordinary science lesson! Energy Quest is a curriculum-aligned practical introducing young people to the concept of 'acting like an engineer’. Lessons are fun, hands-on experiments, as students work together to generate energy, make clean water, or design a shelter.
Connect STEM with green careers
Discover posters and postcards to share with students to help them connect their practical work with a future green career. Sharing how engineers transform the way we travel, eat, use, power things, build and breathe, they also include suggested discussion points and homework tasks.
Want to get involved in Green Careers Week?
