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From Bartender to Corporate Sustainability: How Stacy Savage Built a Green Career

In this episode of the Green Collar Careers Podcast, I sit down with Stacy Savage, founder of Zero Waste Strategies and the self-proclaimed “Texas Trash Talker.” Stacy’s career path is a masterclass in transferable skills. She went from slinging fajitas and margaritas in Austin to knocking on doors across legislative districts in Texas as a grassroots organizer. Over nine years, she learned how to handle rejection, regulate her emotions, communicate across political divides, and qualify conversations quickly…skills that would later shape her work in policy, consulting, and entrepreneurship. Today, she advises companies on a “zero waste” strategy and helps them see sustainability not just as compliance, but as competitive advantage. In this episode, we talk about: • How door-to-door organizing builds elite communication skills • Handling rejection and staying mission-focused • Transitioning from nonprofit work to entrepreneurship • Building a memorable personal brand • Turning advocacy experience into business value • And how to carve out your niche in the environmental field If you’re a student, career changer, or early professional wondering how your current skills translate into environmental work, this conversation is for you. Subscribe for more stories from people building meaningful careers in environmental, climate, and sustainability work. #GreenCareers #SustainabilityCareers #EnvironmentalPodcast #CareerAdvice ________________________________________ Timestamps: 00:00 – Introduction 00:51 – Introducing Stacy Savage 01:29 – The “Texas Trash Talker” Origin Story 03:55 – Growing Up in Southeast Texas Oil & Gas Country 06:00 – From Biology Major to Bartender 08:50 – Get Paid for Grassroots Organizing 10:30 – 9 Years of Door-to-Door Environmental Organizing 12:45 – Organizing Across All Texas Legislative Districts 13:30 – Handling Rejection & Emotional Regulation 15:00 – Sales Skills, Qualification & Finding Supporters 31:24 – Breaking Into Sustainability & Business Skillsets 45:29 – Final Career Advice: Trust the Nudge & Take Action________________________________________ 🔗 Connect with Stacy & Jose! Connect with Stacy on LinkedIn! 💼 LinkedIn: /in/stacysavage 🔗 Consulting for Women in Waste: 0waste.org/consulting-for-women-in-waste/ Connect with Jose! 💼 LinkedIn: /jose-almanzar-esq 🔗 Substack: /josealmanzar.substack dot com Linktree: linktr.ee/jalmanzar ________________________________________ 🎵 Music Credit - Kwae: 📷 Instagram: @kwaemusic 🎨 Logo Credit - Leo: 📷 Instagram: @logic9uy_art ________________________________________ About Green Collar Careers The Green Collar Careers Podcast explores the many paths into environmental and sustainability work, what those careers actually look like, how people get started, and how they grow over time. ________________________________________ DISCLAIMER: Nothing in this podcast constitutes legal advice. This podcast is not attorney advertising. Nothing said in this podcast is endorsed by the podcast host, their guests, or their employers. The views expressed by the podcast host and their guests are their own and do not reflect the opinions of their employers. By listening to this podcast, the listener is not entering into an attorney-client relationship or any other relationship with the host or their guests.