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Yale Environmental Dialogue

Injecting new energy and fresh thinking into the national conversation about sustainability.

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    We’ve talked with economists in Atlanta, students in Arizona, and policymakers in Congress — asking everyone to share their Big Ideas for achieving a sustainable future. We’ve been encouraged by these conversations and struck by how eager most of us are to move beyond partisan divides and develop  the workable solutions we need to ensure a healthy future for ourselves and the planet.

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    Book: A Better Planet

    The Yale Environmental Dialogue inspired the publication of “A Better Planet: 40 Big Ideas for a Sustainable Future,” in which dozens of experts from a range of disciplines, backgrounds, and political perspectives share their suggestions tackling global environmental challenges.

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