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Prof. Assaf Shwartz, Head of the Environment and Sustainability Program at the Samuel Neaman Institute, discusses the complex relationship between people and nature, the importance of science-based environmental policy, the challenges that concern him most \u2014 and the reasons he remains optimistic.<\/span><\/p>\n

Along the way, he shares three simple principles for living in greater harmony with nature and explains how curiosity about the world around us can turn even an ordinary drive into a research question.<\/span><\/p>\n

> Policy research on environment and sustainability is available on the Samuel Neaman Institute website.<\/span><\/p>\n

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