18 R1.T2 – Module 4: Solutions to environmental problems through social entrepreneurship change)” (Diesis, 2018). Especially, in the case of climate change social entrepreneurship constitutes a valuable mean for building climate resilient cities, having as central focus the provision of clean energy, clean water, and climate-smart agriculture. Additional information If you want to learn more on how social enterprises contribute to sustainability read this article about 5 ways Social Entrepreneurs are promoting Sustainability around the world See also this article about Social Entrepreneurship and Resilience Video If you want to learn more watch the following video about Climate Resilient cities LEARNING UNIT 5: GOOD EXAMPLES OF SOCIAL ENTERPRISES ON COMBATING ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES As you already know, the environmental challenges that our planet faces nowadays seem to be countless. But it is a common sense that if each one of us take some actions to prevent this, at the end we could come up with impressive results. Take for example the following Social Enterprises and the respective activities that undertake in order to achieve their social vision by contributing significantly in providing solutions against different environmental challenges. a) The case of ‘Liofyllo”- Greece Liofyllo was born back in 2018 in Greece, based on the idea of environmental protection and how the humanity can escape the linear model of consumption. For this to be achieved, Liofyllo creates an innovative, eco-friendly material (international patent) from untapped olive leaves and various adhesives, to reduce the production and use of non-environmentally friendly materials (synthetic, plastic, MDF, OSB, etc.), thus contributing to the reduction of pollution and ecological disaster (deforestation, mining, etc.). This innovative material, with different processing techniques, can be applied to a wide range of products (interior decoration, furnishing, etc.) thus covering the needs of more sectors of craft and industry. Liofyllo’s main pillars are green, social and female entrepreneurship. Through its actions, the enterprise wants to strengthen these sectors of entrepreneurship, inspire more people to engage in these areas
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