Quotes by Paul Hawken

Were trained to see the world in terms of charismatic organizations and charismatic people. Thats who we look to for leadership and change, for transformation. Were awaiting the next J.F.K., the next Martin Luther King, the next Gandhi, the next Nelson Mandela.

Hindered by asthma since I was six weeks old, I had begun experimenting with my diet and discovered a disquieting correlation. When I stopped eating the normal American diet of sugar, fats, alcohol, chemicals, and additives, I felt better. I could breathe freely. When I tried to sneak in a hamburger and a Coke, my body rebelled.

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

We assume that everythings becoming more efficient, and in an immediate sense thats true; our lives are better in many ways. But that improvement has been gained through a massively inefficient use of natural resources.

We are now heading down a centuries-long path toward increasing the productivity of our natural capital - the resource systems upon which we depend to live - instead of our human capital.

I think an old style of addressing environmental problems is ebbing, but the rise of the so-called conservative, political movement in this country is not a trend towards the future but a reaction to this very broad shift that we are undergoing.

Sustainability, ensuring the future of life on Earth, is an infinite game, the endless expression of generosity on behalf of all.