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Project arc for social and environmental entrepreneurism

Detect problems and characterize the problem or problems

• find or notice that the current environment could be improved
  • have to be open with your sensors "turned on"
• categorize the problem with regards to problem type
  • simple
  • common pool resource
  • information
  • wicked

• determine the dimensions
  • knowledge ranging from uncertainty to well-understood
  • control ranging from bounded environment with implementation tools to open-uncontrolled system
  • values ranging from good alignment of costs and benefits across all parties involved to possibly violating a just distribution of impacts

Imagine a strategy

• creativity
• integrative thinking drawing from many sources and perspectives

Evaluate the potential

• accounting methods
• environmental impact
• social and demographic awareness and/or studies

Test for Success

• meets the project objectives
• financially viable
• can be grown or replicated
• doesn't lead to negative unintended consequences