I am a registered architect. As an active contributor to one of the most damaging industries to our climate (construction & building systems), I often daydream about pivoting careers into something more productive for the planet. I’m not talking about stuff like green washing or ~LEED accreditation~. Even sustainably-focused jobs are hard to come by and usually pretty regionally specific. Architects have a broad set of skills, and it’s not always clear where I can take those skills and put them to better use.
Any thoughts/insight would be appreciated as I hop into my mid-life crisis before 30.
You could also put your skills to work on larger levels. There’s an awesome example in Seattle called the Thornton Creek Water Quality Channel, where two major apartment buildings flank an urban green space that’s designed specifically to restore the water quality of a previously degraded urban stream. It’s already resulting in salmon rebounding in the area. Do/advocate for more stuff like that!
https://www.seattle.gov/util/cs/groups/public/documents/webcontent/spu01_006146.pdf