Paul Hawken
Paul Hawken
Paul Hawkenis an environmentalist, entrepreneur, author, and activist ...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEnvironmentalist
Date of Birth8 February 1946
CountryUnited States of America
along became society somewhere states united wasteful
Somewhere along the way to free-market capitalism, the United States became the most wasteful society on the planet.
cheaper destroy rather sustain tells time
We have an economy that tells us that it is cheaper to destroy Earth in real time rather than renew, restore, and sustain it.
bail life money print
You can print money to bail out a bank, but you can't print life to bail out a planet.
beings human movement ridiculed
Enslaving each other was what human beings had done for ages. And the abolitionist movement was greeted with incredulity. Conservative spokesmen ridiculed the abolitionists as liberals, progressives, do-gooders, meddlers, and activists.
class decline figure human last means paper published rate refute system thirty time
Class of 2009: you are going to have to figure out what it means to be a human being on Earth at a time when every living system is declining, and the rate of decline is accelerating. Kind of a mind-boggling situation... but not one peer-reviewed paper published in the last thirty years can refute that statement.
encouragement odds order
What I see everywhere in the world are ordinary people willing to confront despair, power, and incalculable odds in order to restore some semblance of grace, justice, and beauty to this world.
meaningful important succeed
I'd rather fail at something important than succeed at something trivial.
work enough-time economic
Always leave enough time in your life to do something that makes you happy, satisfied, even joyous. That has more of an effect on economic well-being than any other single factor.
powerful caring simple
Only caring individuals can restore the places we inhabit. The 'simple act of planting a tree' not only restores the places we live, but makes us whole and powerful again.
optimistic odds order
When asked if I am pessimistic or optimistic about the future, my answer is always the same: If you look at the science about what is happening on earth and aren’t pessimistic, you don’t understand data. But if you meet the people who are working to restore this earth and the lives of the poor, and you aren’t optimistic, you haven’t got a pulse. What I see everywhere in the world are ordinary people willing to confront despair, power, and incalculable odds in order to restore some semblance of grace, justice, and beauty to this world.
powerful degradation today
Business is the only mechanism on the planet today powerful enough to produce the changes necessary to reverse global environments and social degradation.
good-business humans human-beings
Being a good human being is good business.
dreamer world cynic
The most unrealistic person in the world is the cynic, not the dreamer.
giving-up people needs
Don't be put off by people who know what is not possible. Do what needs to be done, and check to see if it was impossible only after you are done.