| dc.description.abstract | Ecopreneurship means carrying out activities that keep the environment clean as well as meeting
the business objectives. Given the current environmental problems facing the world, it is flawless
that past strategies used to address the challenges have continually failed to prevent environmental
degradation. Entrepreneurship is expected to be the next big thing to influence as the country
struggles to achieve a balance between a growing GDP, inclusive growth and addressing issues
ranging from education,energy efficiency to climate change. This paper attempts to examine the
different dimensions of eco-preneurship. It also emphases on how to harness the innovative
potential of mindful environmental entrepreneurs (eco-preneurs) to encourage more start –upsthat
would produce the environmental technologies needed to address the environmental problems. It
also discusses the role of entrepreneurship education in promoting eco-preneurship behavior,
presents and outline for possible course that would be integrated into university entrepreneurship
education.
Keywords: Environmental problems, Entrepreneurship degradation, Entrepreneurship education,
Eco-preneurship | en_US |
