The lovely people at Project Drawdown have a big idea. They say that every job can be a climate job. For many roles they have created a list of what employees can do to better serve the planet. That includes roles like Asset Management, Engineering, Finance, etc. (1)

Imagine if you would adapt this to your organization and the job titles and reality of your organization. Imagine if for every job description and contract within your organization you would have also a bit of climate job description and contract. With tasks to do and expectations.

Action question

How could you translate the idea of “every job is a climate job” within your team or organization?

Footnotes

(1) I learned about this idea of Climate Jobs in a blog post from the Service Design Agency livework called How to act on sustainability: bringing design and innovation together.

Daniele's notes

• This is the first shitty draft of this principle

• This principle might one day make it in the fifth book in the "Service Design Principles" series that explores how to better serve humans and the planet.

• If you're curious about service design principles, you can get the four previous books in the series, with proofread principles and less grammatical creativity.