226 | Carbon: The Book of Life – A Deep Dive into Paul Hawken’s New Work
Care More Be Better: A Podcast For Sustainable Social Impact and Regeneration
Corinna Bellizzi
5 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 14 March 2025
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
🎙️ About This Episode:
In this episode of Care More Be Better, Corinna Bellizzi dives deep into Carbon: The Book of Life, the latest work by renowned environmentalist Paul Hawken. As we prepare for Paul’s upcoming interview, Corinna explores the key themes of the book, including the role of carbon in sustaining life, the need for regenerative agriculture, and the intersection of commerce, cooperation, and climate solutions.
🌱 Key Topics Covered:
✔️ The wisdom behind Paul Hawken’s Regeneration and how it led to Carbon
✔️ Why carbon is not the enemy—it’s the foundation of life
✔️ How industrial agriculture is harming our planet and what we can do about it
✔️ The revolutionary potential of bamboo-based building materials
✔️ The importance of fungi in soil health and carbon sequestration
✔️ Why collaboration and cooperation—not competition—are key to solving the climate crisis
📖 Get Your Copy of Carbon: The Book of Life
Pre-order now: https://amzn.to/4kQi9xL
Available 3/18/2025 in the USA wherever books are sold!
🎧 More Resources:
📺 Watch my previous interview with Paul Hawken: https://caremorebebetter.com/regeneration-ending-the-climate-crisis-in-one-generation-with-paul-hawken-5-time-best-selling-author-and-environmentalist
🎙️ Listen to my 10-episode deep dive into Regeneration: https://caremorebebetter.com/?s=regeneration+part
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Have a question for Paul Hawken? Drop it in the comments or email me at [email protected]—I might ask him in our upcoming interview!
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Care More Be Better, a podcast for people like you who care about the social impact of conscious companies and everyday heroes. |
| 0:09.8 | Hear inspiring stories from those who put people in planet before profit and personal gain. |
| 0:15.4 | You'll learn how you can make a difference, vote with your dollars, and get involved today. |
| 0:20.2 | Here's your host, Karina Belizey. |
| 0:26.3 | Hello, fellow do-goaters and friends. I'm your host, Karina Belizzi. Each week, I invite you to |
| 0:32.3 | care more about social and environmental issues so that we can create a better world together. |
| 0:37.3 | And this week, |
| 0:38.0 | I want to invite you on a journey to dive back in to content that I created with Paul Hawkin |
| 0:43.0 | on regeneration, ending the climate crisis in one generation as we prepare for the launch of his |
| 0:50.2 | new book on Tuesday, March 18th. And that book is Carbon, the Book of Life. |
| 0:56.1 | Now, I had the opportunity to reconnect with Paul today. |
| 0:59.5 | We're going to be recording on, I believe, March 24th, which means I've got some time to |
| 1:06.3 | even further dog ear the copies of my copy of this book and really think about the conversation |
| 1:12.8 | I want to lay before us. But as we prepare for this interview, I want to encourage everyone |
| 1:18.4 | to go out and pre-order carbon. And I'm going to lay the case for that for you today. |
| 1:23.6 | First, I want to dive into the last bit of regeneration. |
| 1:31.9 | And then I'm going to highlight a few things that really stood out to me in this new work, |
| 1:33.4 | Carbon, the Book of Life. |
| 1:36.2 | I think you know I'm a fan. |
| 1:38.9 | I consider Paul also to be a friend. |
| 1:42.5 | I have felt transformed through his work. It is part of what led me to add the word |
| 1:44.9 | regeneration to the byline for this show, Care More Be Better, Social Impact, Sustainability, and Regeneration. |
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