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“No generation before us has faced a decade of choices that will so profoundly impact the course of life on this planet as those we now face. And no generation before us has had the opportunity to enrich the future so vastly.”

Quote by Eban Goodstein

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Eban Goodstein is a renowned author born in 1960. His works primarily focus on sustainable development and environmental economics, with in-depth research on global climate change and energy policy. more

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