Here’s Paul Hawken’s talk at the Bioneers conference last year. The big idea here for me is one that I try to express myself from time to time, though I cannot hope to put it as grandly and as powerfully …
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This Week’s “Bioneers” Presents Legendary Environmentalist Paul Hawken
Environmentalist, entrepreneur and author Paul Hawken is featured on this week’s radio show “The Bioneers” with a program called “Regeneration: Wisdom of the Wild, Generosity of the Heart.” I catch the Bioneers Mondays at 1:00 PM Pacific Time on my …
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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 …
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The Wisdom of Paul Hawken
Paul Hawken, certainly one of the most influential environmentalists of all time, tells his followers: “(Working on for the welfare of the world’s people) is not a way to get rich; it’s a way to be rich.” That certainly rings …
Optimism and Pessimism Re: the Environment
The piece at left comes from legendary environmentalist Paul Hawken. The way I simplify this in my own mind is as follows: We (progressives) have the people; they have the money. The vast majority of people on this planet understand …
This Is What Stands Between Us and Environmental Sustainability
At left are the words of legendary environmentalist Paul Hawken, which convey the true barrier to climate change mitigation and other forms of ecological stewardship, i.e., that as a civilization, we care very little about one another’s well-being. The plummeting …
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Regeneration.Org
Legendary environmentalist Paul Hawken has assembled a group he calls Regeneration. In his book of the same, he explains the concept as follows: Regeneration is a radical new approach to the climate crisis, one that weaves justice, climate, biodiversity, and human …
Argentina Is Torn Between Its Shale Dream and Climate Goals
Here’s an article that describes how natural gas fracking could be Argentina’s ticket out of a years-long economic crisis, but it jeopardizes a promise to wipe out emissions by 2050. It begins: President Alberto Fernandez took to a makeshift stage …
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What If My Conspiracy Theory Friend Is Right?
We all like to think that we’re objective and rational in our thinking, and that, if we were presented with sufficient evidence, we’d change even our most entrenched beliefs and admit that we’d been buffaloed. We like to think that …
Understanding (And Participating In) Project Drawdown
At last October’s “Bioneers” conference, legendary environmentalist Paul Hawken spoke about Project Drawdown, the climate change mitigation effort he co-founded.
