Natural capitalism is not about making sudden changes, uprooting institutions, or fomenting upheaval for a new social order. Natural capitalism is about… — Paul Hawken Business Copy Share Image
Most floods are caused by man, not weather; deforestation, levee construction, erosion, and overgrazing all result in the loss of ecosystem services. — Paul Hawken Construction Copy Share Image
Working for the earth is not a way to get rich, it is a way to be rich — Paul Hawken Earth Copy Share Image
Somewhere along the way to free-market capitalism, the United States became the most wasteful society on the planet. — Paul Hawken Along Copy Share Image
The problems to be faced are vast and complex, but come down to this: 6.6 billion people are breeding exponentially. The process… — Paul Hawken Billions Copy Share Image
We can just as easily have an economy that is based on healing the future instead of stealing it. We can either… — Paul Hawken Assets Copy Share Image
The responses that environmentalists evoke - fear, anxiety, numbness, despair - are not helpful, even if they are understandable. It should be… — Paul Hawken Anxiety Copy Share Image
I'd rather fail at something important than succeed at something trivial. — Paul Hawken Failing Copy Share Image
The bottom line is down where it belongs – at the bottom. Far above it in importance are the infinite number of… — Paul Hawken Appreciation Copy Share Image
“I believe this movement will prevail. I don’t mean it will defeat, conquer, or create harm to someone else. Quite the opposite.… — Paul Hawken Bad news Copy Share Image
The financial capital is being concentrated by corporations, institutional investors, and even our pension funds, and being reinvested in companies that repeat… — Paul Hawken Corporations Copy Share Image
We have to ask ourselves, 'What kind of world is it where a baby-food executive substitutes artificial flavoring and sugar for apple… — Paul Hawken Apple Copy Share Image
We are the only species on the planet without full employment. Brilliant. — Paul Hawken Brilliant Copy Share Image
Only caring individuals can restore the places we inhabit. The 'simple act of planting a tree' not only restores the places we… — Paul Hawken Caring Copy Share Image
What we already know frames what we see, and what we see frames what we understand. — Paul Hawken Insight Copy Share Image
The first rule of sustainability is to align with natural forces, or at least not try to defy them — Paul Hawken Environment Copy Share Image
We're trained to see the world in terms of charismatic organizations and charismatic people. That's who we look to for leadership and… — Paul Hawken Awaiting Copy Share Image
People are naming it the Third Wave, the Information Age, etc. but I would say those are basically technological descriptions, and this… — Paul Hawken Age Copy Share Image
Real change occurs from the bottom up; it occurs person to person, and it almost always occurs in small groups and locales… — Paul Hawken Almost Copy Share Image
“Ralph Waldo Emerson once asked what we would do if the stars only came out once every thousand years. No one would… — Paul Hawken Astronomy Copy Share Image
I doubt very much that the chief executives of any of the Fortune 500 corporations can name five edible plants, five native… — Paul Hawken Any Copy Share Image
Capitalism, as practiced, is a financially profitable, non-sustainable aberration in human development. — Paul Hawken Aberration Copy Share Image
Interestingly, the oil companies know very well that in less than 30 years they will not only be charging very high prices,… — Paul Hawken Charging Copy Share Image
My advice for people is to love the world they are in, in whatever way makes sense to them. It may be… — Paul Hawken Activist Copy Share Image
“Let’s say I do bother, big time. I turn my life upside-down, start biking to work, plant a big garden, turn down… — Paul Hawken Around the world Copy Share Image
