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 HawkenWe are speeding up our lives and working harder in a futile attempt to buy the time to slow down and enjoy it.
Paul HawkenWhen the planes still swoop down and aerial spray a field in order to kill a predator insect with pesticides, we are in the Dark Ages of commerce. Maybe one thousandth of this aerial insecticide actually prevents the infestation. The balance goes to the leaves, into the soil, into the water, into all forms of wildlife, into ourselves. What is good for the balance sheet is wasteful of resources and harmful to life.
Paul HawkenBusiness is correct to defend its right to act in order to produce a vigorous and engaging prosperity. But it is wrong if it forgets that this freedom can only be experienced within the discipline of social responsibility.
Paul Hawken