'Green Shadow' Program

The Missouri Gateway Chapter of the United States Green Building Council has a mentoring program that is featured in the Beacon. Here is a link to the story.

Here is a quote from the piece:

Hope Gribble, membership and education coordinator with the organization [The USGBC] , said the opportunity allows young people a window on professional life they wouldn’t normally have.

“When you are in school, a lot of your time is really wrapped up in understanding the theory behind what field you are going into. Providing this opportunity lets (students) see what life is like day-to-day for a professional.”

Networking, breaking into a field, takes all kinds of skill and connections - a combination of what you know and who you know. A mentoring program like this helps make connections with people and firms while lifting the veil off the mystery of  the work life in a green industry or profession.