Businesses who are members of Businesses for Social Responsibility or the Social Venture Network are internalizing costs on a voluntary basis and therefore raising their costs of doing business, but their competitors are not required to. Paul Hawken basisbusinesscompetitor share on social
Somewhere along the way to free-market capitalism, the United States became the most wasteful society on the planet. Paul Hawken capitalismfreemarket Change image and share on social
We are losing our living systems, social systems, cultural systems, governing systems, stability, and our constitutional health, and we're surrendering it all at the same time. Paul Hawken constitutionalculturalgovern Change image and share on social
When you pollute a river, it's a supreme injustice to those who are downstream and those who live in the river who are not human beings. Paul Hawken beingdownstreamhuman Change image and share on social
For the developed world, there is a choice to be made: to promote economic policies that despoil indigenous lands or to support cultures and the remaining biological sanctuaries. Paul Hawken biologicalchoiceculture Change image and share on social
Most floods are caused by man, not weather; deforestation, levee construction, erosion, and overgrazing all result in the loss of ecosystem services. Paul Hawken causeconstructiondeforestation Change image and share on social
The responses that environmentalists evoke - fear, anxiety, numbness, despair - are not helpful, even if they are understandable. It should be fascinating, even enthralling, to be in the milieu of environmental change. Paul Hawken anxietychangedespair share on social
We have an economy that tells us that it is cheaper to destroy Earth in real time rather than renew, restore, and sustain it. Paul Hawken cheapdestroyearth Change image and share on social
If, as is natural, you focus on the corruption and on those threatened institutions that are trying to prevent change - even though they don't really know what they're trying to prevent - then you can get pessimistic. Paul Hawken changecorruptionfocus share on social
The financial capital is being concentrated by corporations, institutional investors, and even our pension funds, and being reinvested in companies that repeat this process because it provides the highest return on that financial capital. Paul Hawken capitalcompanyconcentrate share on social
