Paul Hawken
Paul Hawken
Paul Hawkenis an environmentalist, entrepreneur, author, and activist ...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEnvironmentalist
Date of Birth8 February 1946
CountryUnited States of America
losing social stability
We are losing our living systems, social systems, cultural systems, governing systems, stability, and our constitutional health, and we're surrendering it all at the same time.
accountability company locals
A local company has more accountability.
earth brilliant hiring
You are Brilliant and the Earth is Hiring
way earth rich
Working for the earth is not a way to get rich, it is a way to be rich
lines employee-engagement bottom
The bottom line is down where it belongs - at the bottom.
nuclear use waste
We subsidize the disposal of waste in all its myriad forms from landfills to Superfund cleanups, from deep-well injection to storage of nuclear waste. In the process, we encourage an economy where 80 percent of what we consume gets thrown away after one use.
stories movement repetitive
Wrong is an addictive, repetitive story; Right is where the movement is.
loss men erosion
Most floods are caused by man, not weather; deforestation, levee construction, erosion, and overgrazing all result in the loss of ecosystem services.
development aberration humans
Capitalism, as practiced, is a financially profitable, non-sustainable aberration in human development.
confused past people
How is it that we have created an economic system that tells us it is cheaper to destroy the earth and exhaust its people than to nurture them both? Is it rational to have an pricing system which discounts the future and sells off the past? How did we create an economic system that confused capital liquidation with income?
philosophy creative promise
The promise of business is to increase the general well-being of humankind through service, a creative invention and ethical philosophy.
life down-and slow-down
We are speeding up our lives and working harder in a futile attempt to buy the time to slow down and enjoy it.
ties looks green
Green business is not about tie-dyed T-shirts. It's about transforming the industrial system itself into one that looks at all the connections.
healing people suffering
We can just as easily have an economy that is based on healing the future instead of stealing it. We can either create assets for the future or take the assets of the future. One is called restoration and the other exploitation. And whenever we exploit the earth we exploit people and cause untold suffering. Working for the earth is not a way to get rich; it is a way to be rich.