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.
Paul HawkenOnly 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.
Paul Hawkenhis planet came with a set of instructions, but we seem to have misplaced them. Important rules like donโt poison the water, soil, or air, donโt let the earth get overcrowded, and donโt touch the thermostat have been broken.
Paul HawkenThe bottom line is down where it belongs โ at the bottom. Far above it in importance are the infinite number of events that produce the profit or loss.
Paul HawkenWe have reached a point where the value we do add to our economy is now being outweighed by the value we are removing, not only from future generations in terms of diminished resources, but from ourselves in terms of unlivable cities, deadening jobs, deteriorating health, and rising crime. In biological terms, we have become a parasite and are devouring our host.
Paul Hawken