I had a career in conservation, but at the back of my mind a voice was saying, "I've got a degree in politics; I want to see something of the bigger picture". I'm not a great academic, but this programme brought in thought leaders who'd been there, done that, for us to plunder their intellectual capital. It took my career in a whole new direction.rnIt was a crash course in understanding the scale of the challenge. I'd had an idea of sustainable development as this all-encompassing magical fix. By the end of the programme I was in no doubt how far we were from realising the vision. But I also saw how much progressive-minded folk have permeated sectors you wouldn't expect.
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