The document discusses sustainable education and career pathways. It proposes the SustainWDNTM program, which would build bridges between students, educators, and green businesses. SustainWDNTM would provide tools to guide students toward sustainable careers and help communities transition to a sustainable economy. The program would collect job projection data to identify training needs and help educational institutions develop relevant certification programs. Its goal is to place local students in global sustainability-oriented jobs and bring that experience back to their communities.

1. Sustainable Education to
Sustainable Career Pathways
The Stone Soup Leadership Institute’s Sustainability
Summit
June 5 - June 9
Trevor Tanaka

2. APEC Essay Contest - 2011
What does sustainability
mean to me?
Lack of resources for
educators and Students
How can we bridge the gap
between education and a
sustainable economy?

3. Sustainability
Resolution -
HCR 178 HD1 SD1 How can we incorporate sustainable
education into public schools?
Lack of information for educators and
students
1. Research
2. Lack of training for Educators
3. Mentors within specialized fields
4. Connecting Educational Institutions
with Green Companies

4. Transition to a Sustainable Economy:
SustainWDN™ Data
Business: Job projection data provides info
on training needs
Government: Economic Planning Tool to
attract new sustainability companies
Community College: Business data justifies
Sustainability Certificates
High Schools: Guidance Counselors need
job forecast data to direct students to
sustainability-oriented careers
“This is a global opportunity -- if we can help place local
students with companies around the globe, we can take
what they’ve learned working for a company in Finland or
Norway, and bring them back to the U.S. and apply what
they learned for a local company that that is developing or
deploying a product out in the oceans.”
Tobias Stapleton, Blue Venture Forum

5. SustainWDN™
is an online ecosystem that
builds bridges between
young people, educators,
and blue and green
companies to build a 21st
century blue/green
workforce development
pipeline. It offers educators
and career counselors tools
to guide students toward
sustainable career pathways,
and serves as an economic
planning tool for
communities to transition to
sustainable economy.

7. The Transition - Sustainable Career Mentors

8. Associates
Degree
Certificates &
Technical Training
Bachelor’s
Degree
Masters/
PHD
Education &
Hands-on Learning

9. Sustainability-Oriented Careers that
interest me:
➢ Environmental Engineering
Fields within the Sustainable Economy that
interest me:
➢ Clean Water/Wastewater
technology
➢ Forestry/Land Management
➢ Floriculture
➢ Marine Trade
➢ Marine Safety and Surveillance
➢ Offshore Wind Energy
➢ Solar Energy
➢ Sustainable Education
Why did I want to be a youth delegate at
the Sustainability Summit?
➢ I wanted to be a BCAHS youth
delegate so I can learn how to
influence and lead people to a
better, more sustainable future.
William O’Keefe Biography
My Sustainable Career Pathway

10. Sustainable Career Pathways
Entry Level Mid-Level Advanced

11. Legislative
Support
Programs/Teacher
Support
Why the time is now
Access to
Resources
Sustainable
Education Toolkit
Access to Mentors/
Professionals
Virtual Education:
Access to certificates
+ Training

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