Eco-innovation

High school (ages 12+)
Environment & Earth

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/eco-innovation

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the disciplinary scope?Encompasses technological, economic, and social dimensions of environmental progress
2. How does eco-innovation help the planet?It helps by making products that use less energy, produce less waste, and protect animals and plants.
3. Why is eco-innovation important for the future?Because it lets the world grow and make money without hurting Earth, so future generations can still live happily.

Eco-innovation: The implementation of novel products, processes, or business models that yield environmental benefits.
Sustainable Development: Development that balances economic growth, social equity, and environmental protection for present and future generations.
Eco-innovation Diffusion: The process by which environmentally beneficial innovations are communicated through certain channels over time among the members of a social system.