How should a sustainability elder show up? The community weighs in

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From speaking truth to power to 'wondering around', advice for how experienced professionals can have an outsized impact

Last month, I pondered my next move - that is, following a summerlong "sorta-batical," and at age 71, the most impactful ways that this 35-year veteran of the sustainable business arena should show up,...

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