Title: Unit 1 Glossary
Course: BUS 278 How to Start a Green Business > Section: BUS 278 How to Start a Green Business

Unit 1 Glossary

Terms

Term | Definitions
Biodiversity | Biodiversity is the degree of variation of life forms within a given species, ecosystem, biome, or planet. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biodiversity
Ecosystem | An ecosystem is a community of living organisms (plants, animals and microbes) in conjunction with the nonliving components of their environment (things like air, water and mineral soil), interact ...
Entrepreneur | Entrepreneur is an individual who organizes and operates a business or businesses, taking on financial risk to do so. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entrepreneur
Glossary | Glossary, also known as a vocabulary, or clavis, is an alphabetical list of terms in a particular domain of knowledge with the definition of those terms. Source: Wikipedia The Free Encyclopedi ...
Green Job or Green-Collar Job | A green job, also called a green-collar job is, according to the Unites Nations Environment Program, "work in agricultural, manufacturing, research and development (R&D), administrative, and servi ...
Natural Resources | Natural resources are materials and components (something that can be used) that can be found within the environment. Every man-made product is composed of natural resources (at its fundamental le ...
Small Business | Small Business is a privately owned and operated enterprise organized for profit that is not dominant in the field. For a more extensive definition see;  What is SBA's definition of a sma ...
Sustainable Business or Green Business | Sustainable Business, or Green Business is an enterprise to be that that has minimal negative impact on the global or local environment, community, society, or economy – a business that strives ...