ECOPRENEURS

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Context: Uttarakhand’s plans to create 100,000 ‘ecopreneurs’. The aim is to create green jobs that help to address the large-scale out-migration that is occurring due to the limited employment opportunities in the inaccessible, hilly landscape.

• Ecotourism does not just create jobs and interest for nature lovers. It increases protection for nature too.

About ‘Ecopreneurs’:

• It is one of a new class of entrepreneurs whose businesses conserve natural resources through low-carbon, nature-based livelihoods.
• They are building businesses while being ecological. The term is the mix of “eco” from ecological = green and entrepreneur = someone building a business.
• They do not just look on profit, but also on planet and people. This means putting people and planet first instead of having money in mind.
• Ecopreneurship initiatives can span a wide range of issues from ocean pollution to recycling to food waste, they tend to follow reoccurring environmental principles such as systems thinking, cradle to cradle product design, triple bottom line accounting, etc.

https://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/economy/uttarakhand-s-plans-to-create-100-000-ecopreneurs-raises-hope-and-questions-82587