The Council of Ecopreneurs is an advisory think tank that analyzes and encourages business models in environmental and alternative energy sectors. It focuses on the green economy and sustainable business strategies. The council studies case studies of companies in areas like biofuels production and green job creation. It also supports local small businesses and projects that engage youth in green education.

1. Council of Ecopreneurs

2. Committee Overview
Council of Ecopreneurs
The Council of Ecopreneurs is an
advisory think tank of industry
leaders and investors who analyze
and encourage enterprising behavior
that will help pave the way for the
future development of conceptual
business models in environmental
and alternative energy sectors.

3. Our Industry focus within the Green
Economy
Source: greenbydesignhawaii

4. Sustainable Business Strategy
Source: IBM Sustainability

5. Don’t Get Confused About Green

6. The Father of Green

7. Investing in tangible things

8. Case Studies

9. Carver and Ford

10. Ethanol Process- Like Making
Moonshine

11. Biodiesel Process- Like Making Soap

12. Green Jobs and Workplaces
Given strong and rapidly rising interest in energy alternatives, future years may well see
worldwide employment soar—possibly as high as 2.1 million in wind energy and 6.3 million in
solar PVs by 2030, and on the order of 12 million jobs in biofuels related agriculture and
industry. This represents a possible total employment for renewables of over 20 million jobs
by 2030.

13. Invest in Local Small Business
According to the U.S. Census every
1 Billion spent with a small business will create
about 50,000 jobs.

14. The Green Value Chain

15. Green Value Chain
Commodies Logistics Production Distrubution End User
•Land •Harvest •Fuel types •Transportation •Transporation
•Ag Corp •Collecting •Anaerobic (by truck, rail, fuels
•Ag Residues •Storage Digestion ship, plane, •Power &
•Biological pipeline Generators
•Energy Crops •Pre-Processing
•Storage in tanks •Chemical
•Forest Residues •Transportation Chemical
•Dispensing Feedstocks for
•Wastes •Biochemical &
•Retail Outlets Manufacturing
Thermochemical
Conversion

16. Biodiesel Processor

17. Green Job Creation
There is vigorous and
contentious debate over their
economic and environmental
cost and merits, their energy
content and energy net balance,
and whether they directly
compete with food production.
Half of these jobs are in
biofuels—mostly in agriculture
(growing and collecting of
feedstock), but also in (better
paying) processing industries.

18. Teens Build Soybean-Fueled Car
Futuristic After-School Project Wows Crowd At Philly Auto Show
The five kids, along with a handful of
schoolmates, built the soybean-fueled
car as an after-school project. It took
them more than a year — rummaging
for parts, configuring wires and
learning as they went. As teacher
Simon Hauger notes, these kids
weren't exactly the cream of the
academic crop.
"We have a number of high school
dropouts," he says. "We have a
number that have been removed for
disciplinary reasons and they end up
with us. .

19. Teens Build Soybean-Fueled Car
Futuristic After-School Project Wows Crowd At Philly Auto Show

20. Biofuel Racing Alliance

21. AMBCC Eco-Mobile

22. Glycerin and the Market

24. Household Recycling

25. Our Business Strategy

26. Household Recyclables
Aluminum Cans Books Cooking Grease Electronics
Plastic Bottles Paper Food Scraps Old Furniture
Glass Bottles Old Toys Old Appliances Old Clothes

27. COE PROJECTS

28. AMBCC Certified Corporate Sustainable Managers
(Training and Certification Courses)
Top Left to Right: Joe Crooms, Rod Wallace, Markee Tate, Lisa Robinson, Wardell Branch, Quinton Watson, Paul Brown, Ralph Armstrong
Bottom Left to Right: John Newsome, Instructor Chris Wall, Michael T. Hill

29. Council of Ecopreneurs- Activities
Eco-Tours Industry Partnerships and Investment Groups
Green Supply Chain Workshops Industry Conferences

30. Mapping Educational Pathways to
Sustainable Careers
(3-5 Years) Apprenticeship, Journey
2-3 Months Specialized Training
Person, Master Craftsperson
Owner/CEO &
President
5 Yrs. 3 Yrs. 4 Yrs. High
2 Yrs. Community/Technical Project /Business Manager
Elementary Middle School
School
4 Yrs. College/University Professional Services,
2-3 Yrs. Grad/Post Doctoral Supervisory, Management

31. AMBCC & Boys and Girls Club
Exposing kids to Green Education

32. New Era of Substainablity
Michael T. Hill
CEO & President
Atlanta Metropolitan Black
Chamber of Commerce
(770) 374-6226
mthill@atlantametroblackchamber.org
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