The European Green Deal will improve the well-being and health of citizens and future generations by providing:
- fresh air, clean water, healthy soil and biodiversity
- renovated, energy efficient buildings
- healthy and affordable food
- more public transport
- cleaner energy and cutting-edge clean technological innovation
- longer lasting products that can be repaired, recycled and reused
- future-proof jobs and skills training for the transition
- globally competitive and resilient industry
Some of these tasks require significant scientific advancements, but most of them also signify a shift in our role as consumers and citizens.
Many of the issues raised by the EU Green Deal can be transferred very concretely to the environment the children are spending their day in:
- How is does the garden of our kindergarten look? Does it inspire children to create something similar at home?
- Are we wasting energy at the kindergarten? How can we prevent that?
- Is the food we eat good for us and for the environment? What do we do with the unfinished rests?
- How do we get to the kindergarten? Is is healthy and green?
- What do we do with the toys, clothes, art materials we use? How can we avoid constantly buying new ones?
- How can we provoke children to discover new problems, apart from the ones we already know about?
All these issues are the realm of Green Entrepreneurship. But before you can foster it in others, you must make sure you are ‘green’ and entrepreneurial yourself.
