This report retrospectively explores the role, impact, and living legacy of the Environmental Careers Organization (ECO) Diversity Initiative. While ECO is not the only organization that has successfully developed an environmental careers pipeline program or other initiatives to reach individuals from traditionally underrepresented backgrounds in environmentally-related careers (SFI, 2023; GYF, 2022; NHEC, 2022; Taylor, 2014), ECO’s impact is particularly notable with respect to its theory of change; offerings to students and job seekers beyond its flagship internship program; and the career trajectories that ECO alumni have charted in environmental justice, racial equity, and adjacent fields and movements.

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