Here you can find useful materials, links and books that can be helpful when working on your green start-up idea. 

Materials

Lean Canvas	Map of risks	Testing - Scientific method	Wealth Dynamics
Profiles - Rhythm and flow	Types of sectors	Brainstorming - Green Entrpreneurship	What is a green start-up?
Examples of green businesses	Why to start a green business?	Human centered design	Characteristics of an entrepreneur

Useful links

Design thinking

• DIY: Parctical tools to trigger and support social innovation
• Design kit about human centered design

Lean canvas

• Institute of Design at Stanford: Take a virtual course
• Ideo: Designing a path out of poverty
• Social Impact Award

Books

Change by Design (by Tim Brown, 2009) 

How design thinking transforms organizations and inspires innovation

Green Entrepreneur Handbook (by Eric Koester, 2010)

The guide to building and growing a green and clean business (what every engineer should know)

What's Mine Is Yours (by Rachel Botsman and Roo Rogers, 2010)

The rise of collaborative consumption

Sustainable Excellence (by Aron Cramer and Zachary Karabell, 2010)

The future of business in a fast-changing world

First Things First (by Stephen R. Covey, 1996)

Our most valuable asset is time, but not every entrepreneur knows how to properly use that time

Zero To One (by Peter Thiel, 2014)

A new way of thinking about innovation: it starts by learning to ask the questions that lead you to find value in unexpected places.