Why Green Skills The world of work is changing significantly with the green and digital transition. The green future needs to start with upgrading the peoples’ skills and understanding of what needs to be changed to achieve sustainable development. This means also big changes in education, training, and lifelong learning, as environmental awareness will need to be mainstreamed in all curricula. The transition to a more sustainable economy offers much potential for job creation whereas teaching and learning are fundamental for making the green transition real in wide range of professions. We need to educate professionals who have competences to transform from prevalent practices to new, sustainable way of doing. Competences are not simply doing things differently but also reflecting personal values and empowering actors for sustainable future. As a framework for discussions and Green Skills Toolkit we have used GreenComp: the European sustainability competence framework (europa.eu). Sustainability in VET organisations Case descriptions: Developing the sustainability skills of VET staff (pdf) How can a VET organisation promote green transition? (pdf) Towards Sustainable and Green Transportation and Logistics - continuing vocational training for logistics companies. Reviewing the training from the GreenComp framework. (pdf) National level sustainability criteria and certification system for VET Providers in Finland. Indicators for sustainable future (pdf) Sustainable development certification of educational establishments Competence statements of responsibility at Savo Vocational College (pdf) Sustainability in Vocational Education project identified good practices within our Vocational institutes on areas of environmental concern, to examine how the institutes operate and identify ways in which environmental best practice can be incorporated into the normal day to day operation of the Institutes. Topics: Energy, Water, Litter & Waste Biodiversity & Travel Sustainability in the Curriculum Sustainability in a holistic approach Competences in Sustainability, Restaurant & Catering at Savo Vocational College (Vimeo video) Savo Consortium for Education, creator of a sustainable future from Savon ammattiopisto Sakky on Vimeo. Sustainability in VET systems International Centre for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (UNEVOC): Skills development and climate change action plans - Enhancing TVET's contribution. The paper summarizes key information that helps assess the ongoing and potential contribution of TVET to the realization of climate change action plans. Skills development for renewable energy and energy efficient jobs - Discussion paper on solar energy demands Greening Technical and Vocational Education and Training - A practical guide for institutions Green jobs, skills, education and training - Reflections from COP21: inspiring dialogues on the road to COP22 Global Green Skills Report 2023 | LinkedIn European Green Week: GreenComp: Human dimension of the Green Deal: skills and mind-set needed for the sustainability transition EPALE: Recommendations for policy makers about the inadequacies of vocational education for construction workers from the perspective of green skills concept (pdf) Deloitte: A report looks at the drive to build a greener workforce across the UK economy. (pdf) Case descriptions: VASKI – a national level project to promote sustainability in VET in Finland (pdf) Enabling action-oriented and transformative learning for sustainability in vocational teacher education. Example from the Universitys of Gothenburg, Sweden (pdf) Other materials iED: Embrace a Sustainable Career: Your Gateway to Positive Change with GreenComp and GreenVETNet What are green skills and why do we need them? Empirical study on greening of jobs and the relationship between sustainability and labour market (pdf)