Paul Gerard Hawken (born February 8, 1946) is an American environmentalist, entrepreneur, author, and activist.
Most floods are caused by man, not weather; deforestation, levee construction, erosion, and overgrazing all result in the loss of ecosystem services.
The problems to be faced are vast and complex, but come down to this: 6. 6 billion people are breeding exponentially. The process of fulfilling their wants and needs is stripping earth of its biotic capacity to produce life; a climactic burst of consumption by a single species is overwhelming the skies, earth, waters, and fauna.
Luck is earned. Luck is working so hard at your craft, service or enterprise that sooner or later you get a break.
Always leave enough time in your life to do something that makes you happy, satisfied, even joyous. That has more of an effect on economic well-being than any other single factor.
Good management is the art of making problems so interesting and their solutions so constructive that everyone wants to get to work and deal with them.
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.
The first rule of sustainability is to align with natural forces, or at least not try to defy them
Mother's milk would be banned by the food safety laws of industrialized nations if it were sold as a packaged good.
Being in business is not about making money. It is a way to become who you are.