We have an economy that tells us it is cheaper to destroy earth in real time rather than … - Paul Hawken

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Do you know any better way to make saints than to be one yourself?

Paul Hawken

We have an economy that tells us it is cheaper to destroy earth in real time rather than renew, restore, and sustain it. You can print money to bail out a bank but you can't print life to bail out a planet.

Bail, Business, Cheaper, Real

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When asked if I am pessimistic or optimistic about the future, my answer is always the same: If you look at the science about what is happening on earth and aren’t pessimistic, you don’t understand data. But if you meet the people who are working to restore this earth and the lives of the poor, and you aren’t optimistic, you haven’t got a pulse. What I see everywhere in the world are ordinary people willing to confront despair, power, and incalculable odds in order to restore some semblance of grace, justice, and beauty to this world.

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All is connected. . . no one thing can change by itself.

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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 some semblance of grace, justice, and beauty to this world.

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Business is the only mechanism on the planet today powerful enough to produce the changes necessary to reverse global environments and social degradation.

Degradation, Necessary, Powerful, Reverse, Today

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