Paul Hawken Discusses the Largest Movement in the World Today

As environmentalist Paul Hawken points out in this video of his presentation to the Bioneers, there are at least 200,000 organizations in our world today whose mission is some combination of environmentalism, sustainability, and social justice. I know I face some level of ridicule when I make points like this, but that really is a heck of a lot of effort being exerted to correcting some of the world’s thorniest problems.

I know that a lot of readers think that the purity of capitalism and market forces is the best way to solve problems, but even they need to admit that 200,000 is a considerable number, and that the horsepower of the countless millions of people behind these groups will continue to have a beneficial effect on our civilization.