
Eban Goodstein
Director of the MBA in Sustainability
Bard Center for Environmental Policy at Bard College
Eban Goodstein is director of the Bard MBA in Sustainability in New York City and the Bard Center for Environmental Policy at Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York. Bard grants masters degrees in environmental policy and climate science and policy.
Goodstein holds a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Michigan and is the author of several books including "Economics and the Environment" (John Wiley and Sons, 2010), now in its sixth edition; "Fighting for Love in the Century of Extinction: How Passion and Politics Can Stop Global Warming" (University Press of New England, 2007); and "The Trade-off Myth: Fact and Fiction about Jobs and the Environment" (Island Press, 1999).
Goodstein serves on the editorial board of Sustainability: The Journal of Record, and is on the steering committee of Economics for Equity and the Environment. He is also a member of the board of directors of the Follett Corporation, and is on the advisory committee for Chevrolet's Clean Energy Initiative.
Goodstein directs two national educational initiatives on global warming: C2C Fellows and The National Climate Seminar. In recent years, he has coordinated climate education events at over 2,500 colleges, universities, high schools and other institutions across the country.