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Far And Near: The Conservation Movement Is Taking Hold In Unexpected Sectors, And Colby Alumni Are At The Forefront, From Tanzania To Maine, Sara Blask

Colby Magazine

There was a time not so long ago, says Sharon Treat, when environmental initiatives almost always took the form of mandates handed down by lawmakers. Green was merely a color, not a movement. Business and industry saw environmentalists as the enemy—and vice versa.

Times have changed.