Section outline

  • What is Social Enterprise?

    Watch the video below and and answer the following questions:

    1. Define social enterprise
    2. How are they different from normal businesses?
    3. What are the goals of social enterprise?
    4. How is a social enterprise different from a charity?
    5. What can we as individuals or households do to help achieve some of these goals?
    6. What are the benefits of social enterprise for society?


    The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals


    https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/sustainable-development-goals/
    Go to the website above and choose one of the goals and read more about that goal. Complete the following tasks"
    • Define the goal.
    • Describe why achieving this goal is important for our future lifestyles.
    • Identify a few facts & figures that highlight why we need this goal.
    • Choose one of the targets for that particular goal and think about things that we can do individually, or as families that we could do at home or school to help achieve this goal.
    • Identify a business (preferably in NZ) that addresses this goal.
    • Brainstorm some ideas for a business in NZ that could address this issue.