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# Paul Hawken

(1946)   Journalist   United States

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Paul Hawken is a journalist from the United States, best known for *Blessed Unrest*.

## Quick Facts About Paul Hawken

Born February 8, 1946

Nationality United States

Profession Journalist

Notable works Blessed Unrest

## About Paul Hawken

Paul Gerard Hawken is an American environmentalist, entrepreneur, author, economist, and activist.

##  Quotes by Paul Hawken · Page 3

> [If, as is natural, you focus on the corruption and on those threatened institutions that are trying to prevent change - even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-hawken/if-as-is-natural-you-focus-on-the-corruption-and-on-those-threatened/)

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> [Real change occurs from the bottom up; it occurs person to person, and it almost always occurs in small groups and locales…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-hawken/real-change-occurs-from-the-bottom-up-it-occurs-person-to-person-and/)

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> [The promise of business is to increase the general well-being of humankind through service, a creative invention and ethical philosophy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-hawken/the-promise-of-business-is-to-increase-the-general-well-being-of/)

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> [When the planes still swoop down and aerial spray a field in order to kill a predator insect with pesticides, we are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-hawken/when-the-planes-still-swoop-down-and-aerial-spray-a-field-in-order-to-2/)

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> [What I see everywhere in the world are ordinary people willing to confront despair, power, and incalculable odds in order to restore…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-hawken/what-i-see-everywhere-in-the-world-are-ordinary-people-willing-to/)

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> [Mother's milk would be banned by the food safety laws of industrialized nations if it were sold as a packaged good.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-hawken/mother-s-milk-would-be-banned-by-the-food-safety-laws-of/)

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> [The United States prides itself on being the richest country in the world. Yet we can't balance the budget, pay for education,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-hawken/the-united-states-prides-itself-on-being-the-richest-country-in-the/)

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> [We can no longer prosper by increasing human productivity. The more we try to do, the more poverty we will create.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-hawken/we-can-no-longer-prosper-by-increasing-human-productivity-the-more-we/)

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> [When the planes still swoop down and aerial spray a field in order to kill a predator insect with pesticides, we are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-hawken/when-the-planes-still-swoop-down-and-aerial-spray-a-field-in-order-to/)

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> [When cattle ranchers clear rain forests to raise beef to sell to fast-food chains that make hamburgers to sell to Americans, who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-hawken/when-cattle-ranchers-clear-rain-forests-to-raise-beef-to-sell-to-fast/)

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[American](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/american/)

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> [I think an old style of addressing environmental problems is ebbing, but the rise of the so-called conservative, political movement in this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-hawken/i-think-an-old-style-of-addressing-environmental-problems-is-ebbing/)

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[Climate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/climate/)

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> [The generations before you failed. They didn’t stay up all night. They got distracted and lost sight of the fact that life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-hawken/the-generations-before-you-failed-they-didn-t-stay-up-all-night-they/)

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> [Seeing the world around you clearly is a critical step in developing an idea for a business, carrying out that idea, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-hawken/seeing-the-world-around-you-clearly-is-a-critical-step-in-developing/)

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> [That appropriation of resources and the transformation of them into goods and services through the European production system characterized, and characterizes to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-hawken/that-appropriation-of-resources-and-the-transformation-of-them-into/)

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> [“Ralph Waldo Emerson once asked what we would do if the stars only came out once every thousand years. No one would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-hawken/ralph-waldo-emerson-once-asked-what-we-would-do-if-the-stars-only/)

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> [We have reached a point where the value we do add to our economy is now being outweighed by the value we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-hawken/we-have-reached-a-point-where-the-value-we-do-add-to-our-economy-is/)

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> [Healing the wounds of the earth and its people does not require saintliness or a political party, only gumption and persistence. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-hawken/healing-the-wounds-of-the-earth-and-its-people-does-not-require/)

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> [Don't be put off by people who know what is not possible. Do what needs to be done, and check to see…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-hawken/don-t-be-put-off-by-people-who-know-what-is-not-possible-do-what/)

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> [Local companies don't have to internalize their costs, and few actually do, but they tend to more often because the owners live…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-hawken/local-companies-don-t-have-to-internalize-their-costs-and-few/)

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> [Luck is earned. Luck is working so hard at your craft, service or enterprise that sooner or later you get a break.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-hawken/luck-is-earned-luck-is-working-so-hard-at-your-craft-service-or/)

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> [Biological diversity is messy. It walks, it crawls, it swims, it swoops, it buzzes. But extinction is silent, and it has no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-hawken/biological-diversity-is-messy-it-walks-it-crawls-it-swims-it-swoops/)

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> [The bottom line is down where it belongs – at the bottom. Far above it in importance are the infinite number of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-hawken/the-bottom-line-is-down-where-it-belongs-at-the-bottom-far-above-it/)

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[Appreciation](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/appreciation/)

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> [ If they \[companies\] believe they are in business to serve people, to help solve problems, to use and employ the ingenuity of… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-hawken/if-they-companies-believe-they-are-in-business-to-serve-people-to/)

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> [Thus, the forces and value systems that are most threatened by this shift are becoming the most coherent and are rising to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-hawken/thus-the-forces-and-value-systems-that-are-most-threatened-by-this/)

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> [We can just as easily have an economy that is based on healing the future instead of stealing it. We can either…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-hawken/we-can-just-as-easily-have-an-economy-that-is-based-on-healing-the/)

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> [It is critical to realize that underlying the extermination of nature is the marginalization of human beings. If we are to save…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-hawken/it-is-critical-to-realize-that-underlying-the-extermination-of-nature/)

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> [My advice for people is to love the world they are in, in whatever way makes sense to them. It may be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-hawken/my-advice-for-people-is-to-love-the-world-they-are-in-in-whatever-way/)

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> [The great thing about the dilemma we're in is that we get to re-imagine every single thing we do...There isn't a single…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-hawken/the-great-thing-about-the-dilemma-we-re-in-is-that-we-get-to-re/)

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> [And also, more and more businesses really want to do the right thing. They feel better about themselves, their workers feel better,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-hawken/and-also-more-and-more-businesses-really-want-to-do-the-right-thing/)

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> [The problems to be faced are vast and complex, but come down to this: 6.6 billion people are breeding exponentially. The process…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-hawken/the-problems-to-be-faced-are-vast-and-complex-but-come-down-to-this-6/)

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> [The financial capital is being concentrated by corporations, institutional investors, and even our pension funds, and being reinvested in companies that repeat…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-hawken/the-financial-capital-is-being-concentrated-by-corporations/)

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> [It is possible for the assembly-line worker consigned to tightening the bolts on the transmission and the office worker who processes medical…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-hawken/it-is-possible-for-the-assembly-line-worker-consigned-to-tightening/)

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> [We subsidize the disposal of waste in all its myriad forms — from landfills, to Superfund cleanups, to deep-well injection, to storage…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-hawken/we-subsidize-the-disposal-of-waste-in-all-its-myriad-forms-from/)

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> [Writing is my way of diving deep into an issue. My approach is to watch, read and listen - sometimes for years…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-hawken/writing-is-my-way-of-diving-deep-into-an-issue-my-approach-is-to/)

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> [Yes, population is a huge problem - birth rates are too high. And in order to take care of the environment, we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-hawken/yes-population-is-a-huge-problem-birth-rates-are-too-high-and-in/)

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> [Information from destructive activities going back a hundred years right up until today is being incorporated into the system. And as that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-hawken/information-from-destructive-activities-going-back-a-hundred-years/)

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> [“Today, 314,000 wind turbines supply nearly 4 percent of global electricity. And it will soon be much more. Ten million homes in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-hawken/today-314-000-wind-turbines-supply-nearly-4-percent-of-global/)

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[Climate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/climate/)

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> [While there may be no "right" way to value a forest or a river, there is a wrong way, which is to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-hawken/while-there-may-be-no-right-way-to-value-a-forest-or-a-river-there-is/)

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> [Hindered by asthma since I was six weeks old, I had begun experimenting with my diet and discovered a disquieting correlation. When…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-hawken/hindered-by-asthma-since-i-was-six-weeks-old-i-had-begun/)

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> [I doubt very much that the chief executives of any of the Fortune 500 corporations can name five edible plants, five native…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-hawken/i-doubt-very-much-that-the-chief-executives-of-any-of-the-fortune-500/)

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## Paul Hawken by topic

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