Green Entrepreneurship - FREE Course

Julie Kapuvari
Julie Kapuvari

Do you want to grasp new business opportunities in the field of productive, circular and sharing economies? Are you interested in addressing environmental challenges by selling a green product or service and creating green jobs in your country? Would you like to create and launch an innovative business model that creates environmental and social value?

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Convention on Biological Diversity, EcoEnterprises Fund, FaithInvest, Fordham University’s Gabelli School of Business, Lehigh University, Regional Activity Centre for Sustainable Consumption and Production, SEED, and The GEF Small Grants Programme joined forces to offer you a six-week Massive Online Open Course (MOOC) on Green Entrepreneurship.

 

WHAT YOU CAN LEARN FROM THIS COURSE

Define your green business idea
Understand your market and define your value proposition
Outline all the tasks and resources needed to generate, innovate, and manage the value delivered to customers
Create a financial and management plan for your business
Deliver an ‘elevator’ pitch to potential investors and customers

 

COURSE TOPICS

The course will cover the following topics:

Week 1: Introduction to Green Entrepreneurship and Sketching Out Your Green Business Idea
Week 2: Making a Positive Impact with your Green Business Idea
Week 3: Identifying your Customers and Stakeholders
Week 4: Putting your Green Business Model into Context
Week 5: Financing your Green Business Idea
Week 6: Managing, Scaling Up and Communicating your Green Business Idea

Register for the course on Learning for Nature here: http://bit.ly/GreenEntrepreneurshipMOOC

Watch the course trailer here: http://bit.ly/GreenEntrepreneurshipTrailer

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