Youth Ecopreneurship Program

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Washington, DC

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The Problem

According to the US Department of Labor, nearly 80 percent of would-be entrepreneurs in the United States are between the ages of 18 and 34! A 2005 poll from Junior Achievement (JA) found that 68.6 percent of the teenagers interviewed wanted to become entrepreneurs, even though they knew that it would not be an easy path.

Plan of Action

The US Youth Chamber of Commerce Preparing to launching our newest program USYCC‘s Youth Ecopreneurship Program. As you know an entrepreneur who is focused on environmental issues as well as exercising business practices that benefits the environment. Our program is an eight-week internship experience design to providing the tools and skills to create the next generation of eco-friendly business owners. In the USYCC‘s Youth Ecopreneurship Program will offer training such as Ecopreneurship 101, Budgeting and Financial Management, and Eco-Marketing. We hope to have more then 300 youth and young adults go thought our program by 2013.
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