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title: Six Sustainability Lessons from COVID-19
description: "We share Hunter Lovins’ insights on the COVID-19 crisis and what this pandemic tells us about
the sustainability crisis."
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# Six Sustainability Lessons from COVID-19

### **A video message from Hunter Lovins**

 

## About the video

Hunter Lovins is the President and Founder of Natural Capitalism Solutions(NCS), a non-profit formed in 2002 in Longmont, CO. A renowned author and champion of sustainable development for over 35 years, Hunter has consulted on business, economic development, sustainable agriculture, energy, water, security, and climate policies for scores of governments, communities, and companies worldwide. 

Now, Lovins continues her work consulting, writing, and teaching on sustainable development and serves as founding professor of Sustainable Management at the Bard MBA.

Today, we’re sharing Lovins’ insights on the COVID-19 crisis and what this pandemic tells us about  
the sustainability crisis.

 

 

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