Don’t expect incremental thinking from Iyengar; she wants to move the needle. "That’s why I focus a lot of my efforts into learning about and building on technology solutions to address environmental issues — it’s the quickest way to influence behavior change as well as systems change," she said. "I’d also like to know that I inspired and provided support to others to do the same."

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