Stephen Polasky Editor & Author

Eban S. Goodstein is Vice President for Environmental and Social Leadership and Director of Graduate Programs in Sustainability at Bard College. He has led numerous national educational initiatives on climate change involving over 2,500 institutions. He is the author of Fighting for Love in the Century of Extinction: How Passion and Politics Can Stop Global Warming and The Trade-off Myth: Fact and Fiction about Jobs and the Environment. His work has appeared in major publications such as The New York Times, Scientific American, and The Economist. He serves on the editorial board of Sustainability: The Journal of Record.

Jason C. Wong is Assistant Professor of Economics at Babson College, specializing in applied microeconomics with a focus on connectivity and sustainable development. His research has been published in World Development, Energy Economics, and Energy Policy, among others. A Visiting Fellow at the London School of Economics, Wong has won numerous teaching awards, including the Presidential Award for Outstanding Teaching at Columbia University. He also served as an International Parliamentary Fellow at the German Bundestag.

Stephen Polasky is Regents Professor and Fesler-Lampert Professor of Ecological/Environmental Economics at the University of Minnesota. His research bridges ecology and economics, exploring ecosystem services, biodiversity, sustainability, and renewable energy. Polasky’s work has been featured in Environmental Science & Technology, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and Nature Sustainability. A sought-after expert on environmental policy, he has recently collaborated with the Central Bank of Chile and the National Academy of Sciences.