Find that job: Lesson 64. Be your own eco-entrepreneur
It's the most fashionable thing you can be these days. Ethical enterprise is lucrative. Ethical consumerism is guilt-free. Green issues are a hot topic and people are buying more organic food. So what should you and should you not do to become your own eco-entrepreneur?
Don't drive to work - cycle or walk instead. Make your money in an ethical way - invest in green energy projects, energy saving light bulbs and organic waste. Bank with ethical banks. If your wallet is full of eco-friendly money, there is no shame in spending it, is there? Just think, you could buy conflict-free diamonds, a couple of solar panels for your house and a bottle of organic wine for a candle-lit dinner tonight.
So yes, use your shopping basket to change the world. Be an ethical consumer. Choose brands, which give a proportion of their profits to good causes, feed the poor, save the world and provide clean water everywhere. Reduce, reuse and recycle. Turn the tap off when you brush your teeth and avoid travel by air.
And if you've got that entrepreneurial gene, try your luck at being a small eco-entrepreneur. Small eco-entrepreneurs are popping up everywhere. There is a lot of money to be made there. But be quick, it's a dog-eat-dog business and Big Business is quickly learning the tricks of the trade. Launch a brand like: Drink me - save lives! (which means that your profits will fund clean water projects). Extract rubbish from rivers and lakes and build water pumps. Make it up to the planet. Make the world a better place!
And don't forget to pay yourself an eco-friendly salary
Next week: Does business need luck and if it does, is it possible to make it work for you?
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eco-entrepreneur - przedsiębiorca ekologiczny, dbający o interesy środowiska
ethical - etyczny
enterprise - przedsiębiorczość, działalność gospodarcza
lucrative - lukratywny
guilt-free - bez poczucia winy
green issues - kwestie ochrony środowiska
hot topic - modny temat
organic food - żywność organiczna, uzyskiwana naturalnymi metodami uprawy
green energy - zielona energia
energy-saving - energo-oszczędny
light bulb - żarówka
waste - odpady, odchody
wallet - portfel
eco-friendly - przyjazny środowisku
conflict-free diamonds - diamenty pochodzące z kopalni, w których przestrzegane są etyczne warunki pracy, a dochody nie są przeznaczane na finansowanie konfliktów zbrojnych
solar panels - panele słoneczne
shopping basket - koszyk zakupów
brand - marka
profit - zysk, dochód
good causes - dobre/wartościowe cele
to feed the poor - żywić biednych
to save the world - zbawiać świat
to reduce - redukować
to reuse - ponownie wykorzystywać
to recycle - przetwarzać
to leave the tap on - zostawić odkręcony kran
entrepreneurial gene - gen przedsiębiorczości
to pop-up - wyskakiwać, pojawiać się
dog-eat-dog business - twardy biznes, oparty na bezwzględnej konkurencji
trick of the trade - sekret zawodowy, chwyt handlowy
to launch - wypuścić (na rynek), wylansować
to fund - finansować
to extract - wydobywać
rubbish - śmiecie
water pump - pompa wodna
to make it up - tu: wynagrodzić, zadośćuczynić
luck - szczęście, łut szczęścia
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