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A Career of Working Towards a Sustainable and Thriving World.

You can have a career that makes a difference. Work in the geosciences can improve the quality of life for people around the world. Humanity's biggest challenges have been identified within the United Nations' 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Geoscientists are working to understand the Earth and its processes, and to develop solutions to the challenges we face.

Working as a geoscientist comes in many forms - many jobs are indirectly related and use geoscience as part of their toolkit for a solution, which AGI refers to as geoscience+ careers. There are opportunities for geoscience and geoscience+ careers from all levels of educational background.

Learn which geoscience-related careers are working toward specific SDGs using AGI's Career Explorer.

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Sustainability Interactive

Review and select aspects of scenarios to discover which aspects of sustainability you are most concerned about.

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Career Explorer

Use the interactive Career Explorer tool to match your interests, the SDGs, and geoscience jobs.

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Educator Resources

View a selection of career resources relate to these interactives and more.

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