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Do you know?
The U EP (United ations Environment Program) defines green economy as one which is low carbon,
resource efficient and socially inclusive.
Green Consumer
A person who avoids environmental degradation or destruction for his comfort and chooses to purchase only
environment-friendly products is known as a reen Consumer.
Importance of Green Economy
We all can admit to one fact that development can be categorized in two ways -one in which there is self-
growth i.e., restricted to a particular individual or organisation and the other in which all the stakeholders get
some kind of benefits in some way or the other. Encouraging and practicing green economy is the second
category of development that helps a healthy life for all. Boosting green economy can have some additional
benefits too, such as:
Saving natural resources.
Better health conditions of human beings.
Better natural tourist destinations.
Pollution-free environment.
Longevity in life.
Peaceful coexistence of other animals.
Abundance of natural healing and natural medicines.
Less chaos and a peaceful lifestyle.
Recap Zone
Environment refers to the abstract conditions in which a person lives.
Nature itself maintains balance in the environment by creating a chain where the autotrophs are
hunted & eaten by heterotrophs, and thus termed as an ‘Ecosystem’.
Natural resources are the useful raw material which are found in nature by itself.
reen Economy can be defined as an economy with a vision of growth and development for mankind
while reducing environmental risks or ecological imbalance.
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