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Sounds True: Insights at the Edge

Paul Hawken: A Regenerative World

Sounds True: Insights at the Edge

Tami Simon

Religion, Religion & Spirituality

4.61.8K Ratings

🗓️ 25 September 2018

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

Paul Hawken is an author, entrepreneur, and environmentalist whose books include Natural Capitalism, The Ecology of Commerce, and the New York Times bestselling Drawdown. In this episode of Insights at the Edge, Tami Simon speaks with Paul about the spiritual origins of his lifelong devotion to the natural environment. They talk about Project Drawdown—Paul's far-reaching plan to reverse global warming—and the fact that climate change is an alarm bell telling humanity it needs to transform itself. Paul explains that dealing successfully with climate change won't just involve phasing out fossil fuels, but also reorganizing the systems of labor, culture, and economics that led us to this point. Finally, Paul and Tami discuss why life regenerates life and how we as a species can rise to the challenge of our present crises. (73 minutes) Tami's Takeaway Most of the time, when I hear people talk about climate change, I feel some combination of fear, helplessness, and resignation. Listening to Paul Hawken, I felt activated and turned on. As he says, it's not about "game over" for the human race, but "game on" . . . and how this is a time when we are called to step forward into our greatest human capacities and possibilities. Paul Hawken transmits the beauty, flow, and regenerative power of the natural world in a way that is contagious. When the interview was over, I felt like everything around me was in a shimmering fluid state, in unstoppable regenerative flow.

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0:00.0

This program is brought to you by sounds true.com.

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At sounds true.com you can find hundreds of downloadable audio

0:08.0

learning programs, plus books, music, videos, and online courses, and events.

0:14.3

At sounds true.com, we think of ourselves

0:17.2

as a trusted partner on the spiritual journey,

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offering diverse, in-depth, and life-changing wisdom.

0:24.0

Sounds True.com, guest is Paul Hawking.

0:44.5

Paul Hawking is an environmentalist, entrepreneur, journalist, and author.

0:49.6

Starting at age 20, he dedicated his life to sustainability and changing the relationship between business

0:56.6

and the environment.

0:58.4

His practice has included starting and running ecological businesses,

1:03.3

writing and teaching about the impact of commerce on living systems

1:08.5

and consulting with governments and corporations

1:11.5

on economic development, Industrial Ecology, and Environmental

1:16.4

Policy.

1:18.2

He has also written The New York Times Best Selling Book, Draw Down, the most comprehensive plan ever proposed to reverse

1:26.7

global warming.

1:28.6

And in this conversation on insights at the edge, we'll be talking about project drawdown and how to reverse global

1:36.9

warming. I also want to let our listeners know that we're broadcasting this

1:41.8

conversation with Paul Hawking in honor of a new 10-day

1:47.0

online event series called Waking Up in the World that sounds true is hosting beginning on September 24th.

1:56.6

This series hosts 30 presenters who are looking at the intersection of the spiritual journey with social change in the world.

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