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[Untitled] A Department of Ecosystems would essentially be the “EPD”, just with a different name and frame. According to the group’s founder, Mark Winstein, “Ultimately, our goal is to expand the frame of reference through which our society views its relationship to the world from one of separation to one of coexistence and mutual benefit.”

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