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To create an enduring society, we will need a system of commerce and production where each and every act is inherently sustainable and restorative.
Paul Hawken, Ecology of Commerce
WHAT is Environmental Enterprise?Enterprise / business where the product or service provides a sustainable environmental solution or alternative.
Environmental Enterprise ExamplesSolar drying
Bee-keeping products
Fruit juice and fruit products
Environmental Enterprise ExamplesRainwater Barrel Collection Businesses
Biodiesel & Vegetable Oil Engines
Bicycles as Alternative Transport
Environmental Enterprise ExamplesEco-Tourism / Geo-Tourism
Edible seaweed collection
Growing Jatropha plants and processing oil from seeds for lamp fuel
NOT only new technologies, but also traditional methods of doing things
We believe .
- Youth need to be true project partners
- Youth are sources of innovation & knowledge
Youth Environmental Enterprise Training Programs
Peer teaching and mentoring
Environmental Entrepreneurship Clubs at Schools
Study Tours to learn about market potential
Self-managed Savings and Credit Groups (Savings-led MicroFinance)
A greening of the human mind must precede the greening of the earth
M.S. Swaminathan
Facilitating the preparation of Environmental Enterprise Plans for communities
Local Collaborative Learning Clusters - Environmental Enterprise Development Initiatives (EEDIs)
Selecting business ideasValue Chain Market development approachSelect industries that growing, large potential for MSEs and youth participationConsider all levels of chain, not just MSE level (vertical and horizontal linkages)
www.eco-ventures.org
"If you change the way you look at things
the things you look at change
Facilitating project collaboration and sharing of information and learning between organizations traditionally working in isolation