What is Green Pathways?
Green Pathways is a resource for high school students by high school students. It is a place for youth and young adults to learn about green jobs, explore educational pathways, and connect to local organizations that offer recreation and stewardship opportunities, volunteer positions, internships, paid jobs and more to help build their career pathway.
There are thousands of different jobs that support a healthy environment and so many reasons to explore a green career. We believe that there is a green career out there for everyone! Our goal is to help youth and young adults find the green careers that best fit them and support them in building a career they love through information, resources, and connections to opportunities.
Our Story
Green Pathways was launched in 2021 by a Youth Advisory Team from Colorado, with support from the Colorado Alliance for Environmental Education and the Colorado Youth Corps Association, to help young people explore green careers and find their path.
In 2026, Green Pathways got a fresh new look and expanded beyond Colorado through partnerships with environmental education organizations across the region. Today, the platform connects youth in Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Kansas, Missouri, and Kentucky to opportunities, resources, and real-world pathways into green careers - and helps them take the next step toward a future they care about.
Making it Possible
This project has been funded in part by the United States Environmental Protection Agency under assistance agreement 66.951 to the Colorado Alliance for Environmental Education/Kansas Association for Conservation and Environmental Education. The contents of this website do not necessarily reflect the views and policies of the Environmental Protection Agency, nor does the EPA endorse trade names or recommend the use of any commercial products mentioned in this document.
We are also deeply grateful and want to recognize the other agencies and foundations who made this resource possible - the US Forest Service and Great Outdoors Colorado (GOCO). Thank you for helping us change lives through this project!
Photo Credits
We also want to recognize the following organizations for allowing us the use of their photographs throughout the website: Barr Lake State Park, Bluff Lake Nature Center, Colorado State Forest Service, and Solar for Women.