Be a student leader
ECHO Entrepreneurship
Are you a high school student who is interested in leadership? Are you wanting to develop yourself professionally? Are you curious about financial literacy and potentially being a business owner one day? Are you a person who wants to make your city a better place? Are you concerned about the environment? If so, this program is for you.
Our ECHO-entrepreneurship provides 16 weeks of after school educational programing to 20 students in each grade for all three years. We want to retain our students each year to garner the greatest value from the program. We offer two cohorts per year and will launch in 2022.
If you are interested in learning more, please fill out this EE inquiry form and we will follow up with you in the near future.
Here’s what our Student leadership program looks like:
10th graders: EE crash course 101
Two month Urban Infrastructure Intensive (UII)-
Students will take field trips and be educated on important topics such as green stormwater infrastructure, urban agriculture, water treatment, waste management, composting, recycling and cradle-to-cradle concepts. The keystone of this session is to provide a deeper understanding of regenerative models in contrast to the linear models that result in environmental injustice for marginalized communities.
Two months of professional development and EE training
Students will learn the basics of financial literacy, professionalism, entrepreneurship, and be trained in our software management program that they will work with the following year.
11th graders: Service Learning
Four weeks of EE refresher course with software re-training.
Eight weeks of corridor consulting
Each week for ten weeks students will work face to face with business owners, providing them with in house sustainability training. Each session will run for one hour and will be pre-scheduled by an ECHO administrator.
Four weeks of senior passion project planning
Senior students will assist Juniors in launching their own passion projects. They will learn how to write mission and vision statements and how to generate logic models and value propositions. They will learn about entry into the world of entrepreneurship.
12th graders: Passion Project & EE training mentor program
Two weeks of EE refresher mentoring
Seniors act as mentors to 11th graders in the program.
Two weeks of field mentoring
Seniors act as mentors in the field and assist in initial site visits with business owners and the 11th-grade corridor consultant.
Four weeks of business plan writing course and intro to a strategic planning program.
Seniors will work to develop their own passion project by learning the framework for writing a business plan. This empowers students to think of themselves as leaders and change-makers in their communities.
Eight weeks of guided delivery on a unique passion project
We provide support to students in rolling out their projects. We leverage our membership to provide small seed funds for these projects. Selected students will be granted seed funding.
Be Your Own Boss
ECHO Systems HOME (ESH)— A Consulting Collective
Residential waste production is another focus area we address. ESH is an in-home zero waste consulting collective.
You are a stay at home parent or anyone looking for a new career doing something good for the planet. You want to generate income and be your own boss.
The ESH program provides you with the technical and formal training to become a successful member of the collective so that you can offer Zero Waste Consulting to your community. We will give you access to the supplies needed.
Join our collective
Our ESH Consultants share tips, tools and support for drastically reducing household waste.