Healing the wounds of the earth and its people does not require saintliness or a political party, only … - Paul Hawken

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I became as much of a believer as I was capable of becoming.

Paul Hawken

Healing the wounds of the earth and its people does not require saintliness or a political party, only gumption and persistence. It is not a liberal or conservative activity; it is a sacred act.

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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.

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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.

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I became as much of a believer as I was capable of becoming.

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A third of summer sea ice in the Arctic is gone, the oceans are 30 percent more acidic, and since warm air holds more water vapor than cold, the atmosphere over the oceans is a shocking five percent wetter, loading the dice for devastating floods.

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