Success Stories – Two Paths into Climate Work
Two Paths into Climate Work
A live conversation with people who didn’t wait for a climate job to come to them.
You don't need a new job title to start building your credibility in climate. You might just need a different model for what "being in the field" actually looks like.
This event puts two practitioners in conversation — one who built their path through institutional infrastructure, one through community accountability — to surface how field credibility is actually built: through action, relationship, and participation, not credentials alone.
What to expect:
A facilitated dialogue using shared questions across both speakers, designed to surface how they got embedded in the field
Small breakout conversations to help you identify one lever you can actually pull from where you are right now
Shared connectedness and accountability with the people in the room
This event is for you if:
You're climate-motivated but don’t have a role that feels aligned
You want to understand how to stop feeling stagnant
You're looking for a concrete next step, not more inspiration
Our Speakers:
Matthew Karmel
Matthew is an environmental and sustainability lawyer who, instead of waiting for the legal industry to prioritise climate, built it into his own practice from the inside. He now leads the environmental and sustainability practice at Offit Kurman, sits on the boards of two industry associations, and runs a newsletter specifically to help other lawyers do what he did — develop a climate-aligned practice without leaving the profession they're already in.
Yashi Gupta
Yashi spent five years as a software developer before the gap between her work and her values became impossible to ignore. Rather than waiting for the right job to appear, she started building — first a Kaizen-based accountability community within her region, then sustainability initiatives inside her own workplace, then a Climatebase fellowship, then a Kaizen community on WoCl for people who wanted to take climate action but kept stopping short, and now Echoz, a sustainable transportation startup she's founding. Her story tells us how a series of small, deliberate contributions stacked into a new direction.