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“I tell my graduate students [at Bard College], ‘There are two ways to change the world: through policy, or through sustainable business.’ With sustainable business, individuals build solutions within the current system… Sustainable business asks, ‘How would nature do this?’”

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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