<h1 style="border:0px;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;clear:both"><font size="2"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">GreenHomeNYC <span class="lightgreen" style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">Blog</span></span></font></h1><h1 style="border:0px;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;clear:both"><font size="2"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><span class="lightgreen" style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"></span></span></font><a href="http://greenhomenyc.org/blog/education-academics-a-panel-discussion-with-green-academia-professionals/" style="font-weight:normal;font-size:15px;border:0px;margin:8px 0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><font color="#000000" size="2">{Green Careers} Education & Academics: A Panel Discussion with Green Professionals</font></a></h1><div class="post clearfix" style="border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-color:rgb(204,204,204);margin:0px;padding:16px 0px 6px;vertical-align:baseline;display:inline-block;clear:both;width:519px"><h3 class="date" style="border:0px;margin:0px 0px 4px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;clear:both"><font size="2"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">May 2, 2016</span></font></h3><h2 style="border:0px;margin:8px 0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;clear:both;font-weight:normal"></h2><div class="" style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><p style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><font size="2"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Entering today’s workforce can be difficult — but with the right tools, it can be a breeze.</span></font></p><p style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><font size="2"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"> </span></font></p><p style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><a href="http://greenhomenyc.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Capture.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-12923" style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><font color="#000000" size="2"><img class="wp-image-13063 alignright" src="http://greenhomenyc.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Capture-300x185.jpg" width="233" height="144" style="margin: 4px 6px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; float: right;"></font></a></p><p style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><font size="2"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Join green professionals and members of the academic community for a panel discussion on the importance of education in today’s green workforce. This is a session for everyone who is interested in learning more about how education can impact your career options and future success. Join us as GreenHomeNYC discusses the following topics:</span></font></p></div><p style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><font size="2"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"> </span></font></p><div class="" style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><ul style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px 2em;vertical-align:baseline;list-style:square"><li style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><font size="2"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Entering the Workforce with or without an Degree</span></font></li><li style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><font size="2"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">The Transition from Secondary to Post-Secondary Schools</span></font></li><li style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><font size="2"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Career Advancement – Challenges and Success</span></font></li><li style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><font size="2"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Character Building Opportunities</span></font></li></ul><p style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><font size="2"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"> </span></font></p><p style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><strong style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><font size="2"><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/green-careers-april-2016-diversity-in-green-tickets-23871592576" style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">RSVP HERE</a> to attend!</font></strong></p><p style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><font size="2"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"> </span></font></p><div style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"></div><div style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"></div><div style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"></div><div style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"></div><div style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><b style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><font size="2">Speakers:</font></b></div><div style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"></div><div style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"></div><p style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><a href="http://greenhomenyc.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/liliya.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-12936" style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><font color="#000000" size="2"><img class="wp-image-13066 alignleft" src="http://greenhomenyc.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/liliya.jpg" width="113" height="113" style="margin: 4px 6px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; float: left;"></font></a></p><p style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><font size="2"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><strong style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">Liliya Shames</strong><br>Deputy Director of Optimization at NYC Department of Education</span></font></p><p style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/liliya-shames-leed-ap-cbcp-cea-a6556a4" style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><font color="#000000" size="2">https://www.linkedin.com/in/liliya-shames-leed-ap-cbcp-cea-a6556a4</font></a></p><p style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><font size="2"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"> </span></font></p><p style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><font size="2"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"> </span></font></p><p style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><font size="2"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"> </span></font></p><p style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><a href="http://greenhomenyc.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/dianne.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-12935" style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><font color="#000000" size="2"><img class="wp-image-13065 alignleft" src="http://greenhomenyc.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/dianne.jpg" width="114" height="133" style="margin: 4px 6px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; float: left;"></font></a></p><p style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><strong style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><font size="2">Dianne Anderson</font></strong></p><p style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><font size="2"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Director, Office of Sustainability at NYU</span></font></p><p style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/dianne-anderson-6106966" style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><font color="#000000" size="2">https://www.linkedin.com/in/dianne-anderson-6106966</font></a></p><p style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><font size="2"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"> </span></font></p></div><p style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><font size="2"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"> </span></font></p><p style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><font size="2"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"> </span></font></p><p style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><font size="2"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"> </span></font></p><p style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><font size="2"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"> </span></font></p><div class="" style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><p style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><a href="http://greenhomenyc.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/bruce.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-12933" style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><font color="#000000" size="2"><img class="wp-image-13067 alignleft" src="http://greenhomenyc.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/bruce.jpg" width="107" height="107" style="margin: 4px 6px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; float: left;"></font></a></p><p style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><strong style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><font size="2">Bruce Kahn</font></strong></p><p style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><font size="2"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Portfolio Manager at Sustainable Insight Capital Management and Lecturer at Columbia University</span></font></p><p style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/brkahn" style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><font color="#000000" size="2">https://www.linkedin.com/in/brkahn</font></a></p><p style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><font size="2"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"> </span></font></p><p style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><font size="2"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"> </span></font></p></div><p style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><font size="2"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"> </span></font></p><p style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><font size="2"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"> </span></font></p><p style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><font size="2"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><strong style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><a href="http://greenhomenyc.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/chris.jpg" style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><img class=" wp-image-13073 alignleft" src="http://greenhomenyc.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/chris.jpg" alt="chris" width="118" height="118" style="margin: 4px 6px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; float: left;"></a>Christopher Sedita</strong><br>Green Buildings Teacher & CTE Department Lead at The Urban Assembly School for Green Careers</span></font></p><p style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/sedita" style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><font color="#000000" size="2">https://www.linkedin.com/in/liliya-shames-leed-ap-cbcp-cea-a6556a4</font></a></p><p style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><font size="2"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"> </span></font></p><p style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><font size="2"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"> </span></font></p><p style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><font size="2"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"> </span></font></p><div class="" style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><div style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"></div><div style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"></div><div style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><div style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"></div><div style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"></div><div style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><font size="2"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><strong style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">Date:</strong> Tuesday, May 10, 2016</span></font></div></div><div style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><font size="2"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><strong style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">Time</strong>: 6:30pm – 8:00pm with networking afterwards<br><strong style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">Location</strong>: Grohe America Showroom – 160 5th Avenue, 4th Floor | New York, NY 10010 (entrance on 21st Street)</span></font></div><div style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"></div><p style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><font size="2"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"> </span></font></p><div style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"></div><div style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><strong style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><font size="2"><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/green-careers-may-2016-sustainable-careers-tracks-education-academics-tickets-25090972775" style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">RSVP HERE</a> to attend!</font></strong></div></div><p style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><font size="2"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"> </span></font></p><div style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><font size="2"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"> <a href="http://greenhomenyc.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/education.jpg" style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-13064" src="http://greenhomenyc.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/education-300x90.jpg" alt="education" width="300" height="90" style="margin: 4px 6px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></a></span></font></div><div style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"></div><p style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><font size="2"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">If you have any questions, please contact the GHNYC Green Careers group at <a href="mailto:greencareers@greenhomenyc.org">greencareers@greenhomenyc.org</a>.</span></font></p><p style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><font size="2"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"> </span></font></p><p style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><em style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><font size="2">Photos from <a href="http://bit.ly/1rMQ9QI" style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">http://bit.ly/1rMQ9QI</a> and <a href="http://bit.ly/1UrF6Hp" style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">http://bit.ly/1UrF6Hp</a></font></em></p><div><br></div></div>