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Acara, a program of the INSTITUTE ON THE ENVIRONMENT at the University of Minnesota, gives emerging entrepreneurs a chance to envision and launch successful social businesses. Since 2009, more than 300 students from 20 universities have participated in Acara’s programs, guided by mentors in academia and industry to collaboratively explore business concepts and implement sustainable solutions while developing their leadership skills.
Sign up NOW for the Fall 2012 Course, CE 5571. Here is the Course Announcement on Courses Page.
The Acara sequence of courses, and subsequent Challenge, is a unique way to get involved creating sustainable solutions for social and environmental change. Find out about the courses, and the Challenge. Learn more
The Acara Summer Institute (SI) is an intensive program to help budding social entrepreneurs refine their plans and prepare to turn them into reality. It consists of classroom and field experience, including time in the field with successful social ventures in South India. Learn more
Acara is an ecosystem of individuals and organizations with an interest in social innovation and social impact through enterprise. So if you are a student, a professor, an investor, an entrepreneur or an industry expert in engineering, business or design, please join our community. Learn more.
