renewable energy

Author

LISA KIVIRIST

Co-Author, ECOpreneuring, Rural Renaissance, Edible Earth

Are you at a job that doesn't reflect your mission to leave this world a better place? Feeling those Monday morning blues? Get out of the cubicle track of working for someone else. Blend your green lifestyle with your livelihood and become an ecopreneur: launch a business reflecting your passion for caring for the planet and people.

Here are some tips to get started, with much more detail found in the book, ECOpreneuring: Putting Purpose and the Planet Before Profits.

1. Identify your Earth Mission

Footnotes/Endnotes

ON THE WEB!

Green Routes, greenroutes.org

Profiles of sustainable rural businesses,
renewingthecountryside.org

 

Read Up!

ECOpreneuring: Putting Purpose and the Planet Before Profits, by Lisa Kivirist & John Ivanko, ecopreneuring.biz, New Society Publishers, 2008.

Rural Renaissance: Renewing the Quest for the Good Life, by Lisa Kivirist & John Ivanko, ruralrenaissance.org, New Society Publishers, 2004.

The Angry Trout Café Notebook: Friends, Recipes and the Culture of Sustainability, by George Wilkes, www.angrytroutcafe.com, Northwind Sailing, 2004.

The author in her garden.

Author

Will Steger

Polar Explorer

As a Minnesotan, I am proud of our state’s can-do spirit. It gives individuals the ability to overcome challenges that may seem impossible. When I was young, this spirit is what inspired me to become an arctic explorer, and today it continues to push me toward new adventures. It is what also compels me to take a stand in the face of a crisis, and right now there is a global warming crisis brewing over the future of the planet.