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Entrepreneurship has a crucial role in developing innovative solutions and driving positive change in the face of climate challenges. It involves not only identifying opportunities but also fostering a sustainable and resilient future.
Collaboration & Partnerships
Collaboration & Partnerships
Audience: Adult
Source: Y Combinator
Format: Searchable database
The Future is Green: 15 Climate Tech Startups to Watch This Year
Audience: Adult
Source: Visible
Format: Blog
Entrepreneurial Opportunities in Renewable Energy
Entrepreneurial Opportunities in Renewable Energy
50 Best Renewable Energy Business ideas You Can Start Today
Audience: Teen, adult
Source: Profitable Venture
Format: Blog
Audience: Teen, adult
Source: National Geographic Education
Format: Expository text with glossary
Innovation and Entrepreneurship News
Audience: Adult
Source: National Renewable Energy Laboratory Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center
Format: Website
How to Become a Renewable Energy Entrepreneur
Audience: Adult
Source: Investopedia
Format: Expository text
Green Technology & Innovation
Green Technology & Innovation
Audience: Teen, adult
Source: Zen Business
Format: Descriptive paragraphs
Top 10 Energy-Efficient Enterprise startups
Audience: Teen, adult
Source: Energy Startups
Format: Links to descriptive information about companies
Top Energy Efficiency Startups In 2024
Audience: Adult
Source: Wellfound
Format: Links to descriptive information about companies
Innovation at Its Finest: 15 Startups Pioneering the Future of Carbon Neutrality
Audience: Adult
Source: Plug and Play
Format: Links to descriptive information about companies, including a short video
Discover 20 Startups advancing Carbon Capture Utilization & Storage (2024)
Audience: Teen, adult
Source: StartUs Insights
Format: Blog with infographics
Audience: Adult
Source: Venture Radar
Format: Searchable database with links to company websites
9 carbon-busting startups from the MIT Sustainability Summit
Audience: Adult
Format: Links to descriptive information about companies
Source: Ideas Made to Matter - Sustainability Blog from MIT Sloan
Audience: Adult
Source: Impossible
Format: Text and infographics that show the process of design innovation
Women in the blue economy: 40% of seaweed startups are female-led
Audience: Adult
Source: Economist Impact World Oceans Initiative
Format: News article
Sustainable Transportation Start-ups
Sustainable Transportation Start-ups
Top 10 Energy-efficient Transportation startups
Audience: Teen, adult
Source: Energy Startups
Format: Links to descriptive information about companies
Top Sustainable Transportation Start-ups
Audience: Adult
Source: Venture Radar
Format: Searchable database with links to company websites
Zero-waste & Eco-friendly Consumer Products
Zero-waste & Eco-friendly Consumer Products
Audience: Teen, adult
Format: Website of Nohbo, an innovative company that designs biodegradable packaging for zero waste
Audience: Teen, adult
Format: Website that highlights plastic conversion to keep plastics out of oceans and landfills
Green Packaging
Green Packaging
Audience: Youth, teen, adult
Format: Website with infographics and blog
Audience: Youth, teen, adult
Format: Website with photographs of compostable packaging materials
Audience: Youth, teen, adult
Format: Website with photos and infographics of paper-based, compostable eating utensils
Audience: Youth, teen, adult
Format: Website for innovative sustainable packaging design and management company
Audience: Teen, adult
Format: Website for company that manufactures biodegradable foam from food waste
Explore 20 Biodegradable Startups to Watch (2024)
Audience: Teen, adult
Source: StartUs Insights
Format: Blog with infographics
Circular Economy Initiatives
Circular Economy Initiatives
For additional resources, see the Circular Economy-Doughnut Economics page.
Explore 20 Circular Economy Startups to Watch (2024)
Audience: Adult
Source: StartUS Insights
Format: Links to descriptive information about companies
Ultimate List of Upcycling Companies You Should Know
Audience: Secondary, adult
Source: Re.Statement
Format: Blog
Audience: Adult
Source: Venture Radar
Format: Searchable database with links to company websites
Social Entrepreneurship
Social Entrepreneurship
Social Entrepreneurship in Education: Empowering the next generation to address society's needs
Audience: Teachers & administrators
Source: British Council
Format: Policy paper
Climate Concern to Climate Action: The Role of Young Social Entrepreneurs
Audience: Teachers & administrators
Source: United Nations Development Programme
Format: Report
Climate Action from Across Asia and the Pacific
Audience: Teen, adult
Source: Youth Co:Lab
Format: Webpage with informative text and short videos on youth social entrepreneurs addressing climate change
How social innovation education can help solve the world's most pressing problems
Audience: Adult
Source: World Economic Forum Social Innovation Agenda
Format: Informative text and embedded video
She’s Training Women & Youth to Build Climate Resilient Communities
Audience: Teen, adult
Source: International Youth Foundation
Format: Blog post with embedded video
Sustainable Energy for All: Empowering Women
Audience: Teen, adult
Source: UN Chronicle
Format: News article about Solar Sister
Meet Pakistan’s barefoot entrepreneurs
Audience: Teen, adult
Source: Pioneers Post
Format: Magazine article with photographs
Climate-Resilient Agriculture
Climate-Resilient Agriculture
Fostering Resilience: 15 Agro Entrepreneurs Propose Impactful Solutions to Tackle Climate Challenges
Audience: Adult
Source: Medium
Format: Informational text
Climate Resilient Agribusiness for Tomorrow
Audience: Teen, adult
Source: SNV
Format: Informative text and infographics
Improving Climate Resilience through Agriculture
Audience: Adult
Source: Global Impact Investing Network
Format: Problem-solution text
Videos & Podcasts
Videos & Podcasts
Circular economy video collection
Source: Ellen MacArthur Foundation
Circular economy podcast collection
Source: Ellen MacArthur Foundation
Luis Pazos, social entrepreneur and founder of Recidar
Source: Youth Action Net YouTube channel
Digital innovations for climate-resilient agriculture: A pathway to sustainable food systems (Webinar from COP 28)
Source: CGIAR YouTube channel
Teaching Materials
Teaching Materials
Becoming a social entrepreneur
Audience: Teen, adult
Source: Wisconsin PBS Learning Media
Format: Lesson plan (PDF)
Youth Innovation in Air Quality
Audience: Teen, adult
Source: Subject to Climate
Format: Lesson plan to accompany a 30-minute interview with a US teen social entrepreneur
Lesson Plan: Inventing smarter cities to minimize extreme heat
Audience: Teen
Source: PBS Newshour Classroom
Format: Lesson plan and teaching resources
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