I thought the part before your second excerpt was insightful as well. > We’re trying to restore a billion oysters to New York Harbor and to engage a million pe

I thought the part before your second excerpt was insightful as well. > We’re trying to restore a billion oysters to New York Harbor and to engage a million people in that work by 2035. By setting these goals, we’re basically saying that we must stop thinking of habitat restoration and improving public education as two separate issues. The best way to improve outcomes for both is to combine them and train students to restore the environment. [...] Environmental impact is all about scaling: either because your process is self-multiplying or because part of your process is training >1 people who will carry on and contribute to the work. You can be the best, most productive oyster farmer in the world, but there's always going to be a cap to what you can do alone. Physical processes need physical muscle.