My guest this week is Paul Hawken, environmentalist, entrepreneur, activist and author of the bestselling books The Ecology of Commerce, Drawdown and Regeneration. In this episode, he talks about:
- Why sustainability has become a “weasel word” and limited practice that we may be better off avoiding altogether
- How regeneration is different to sustainability – and is necessary to move beyond an extractive economy
- Why climate change will never be “solved” unless we protect and restoring life (biodiversity and natural systems) on earth
- How regenerative agriculture shows a pathway from a destructive industrial model to a thriving system
- Why regeneration represents one of the biggest opportunities for creating purpose and meaning in people’s lives
Key links:
Paul Hawken (website)
Project Regeneration (website)
Project Drawdown (website)
Earth Affirmation (poem)
Thriving (book)
Wayne Visser (website)
Wayne Visser (LinkedIn)