Ecopreneurship is an Imperative for Sustainable Development: A Green Perspective

Abstract

The mother earth had been getting polluted since time immemorial but it had been so rampant since the onset of industrial revolution. The ecosystem is so complex and intricate phenomenon, it could have lasted in a better condition than the present one, if we should not have exploited its invaluable resources so rapaciously. The pollution had its own impact in proportion to our selfish motives of all unpopular and unethical sorts. It is just like relating our example to a lumberjack who is sitting on a branch of a tree and sawing off the same branch of the tree on which he is sitting. We have caused enormous irreparable damage to the nature, and there is no way of retreat left other than as a last resort to get back to nature in nature's way for our own sustenance, subsistence and survival. The way to Sustainable Development. Sustainable business leaders and environmental entrepreneurs or ecopreneurs, come from a mindset that embraces and adapts to the dynamic changes both in the natural world and the global marketplace. They recognize that environmental products and services that provide both business opportunity and environmentally options. Ecopreneurs are able to utilize green issues as a competitive advantage for their enterprise through conserving energy and resource maximization, waste reduction, utilization and respect of ecosystem services, and understanding of the Natural Step Principles, among other means. This paper is a humble attempt to discuss some possible dimensions of Ecopreneurship in relation to the sustainable development by way of its adaptability and sensitization.