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A single cell of carbon contains trillions of molecules, and its role in connecting all life is immeasurable. American environmentalist Paul Hawken decided to study indigenous languages to further explore the beauty of the most versatile element on the planet that animates the entirety of the living world. Joining Corinna Bellizzi, he talks about his book “Carbon: The Book of Life” and how it opened his eyes to the fact that regeneration is the singular key to humanity's survival. He stresses the importance of embracing regenerative agricultural practices, nature-based solutions, and indigenous knowledge to ensure the planet's longevity and sustainability. Paul also explains why he considers “we” as the most dangerous pronoun and how to rethink our daily choices in a world addicted to overconsumption.About Guest:Paul Hawken starts ecological businesses, writes about nature and commerce, and consults with heads of state and CEOs on climatic, economic and ecological regeneration. He has written nine books published in 30 languages including six national and New York Times bestsellers: Growing a Business, The Next Economy, The Ecology of Commerce, Blessed Unrest, Drawdown and Regeneration: Ending the Climate Crisis In One Generation. He is the founder of Project Drawdown, Regeneration.org, and just completed his latest work, Carbon: The Book of Life which is published by Penguin Random House. It was released on March 18, 2025.Guest LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-hawken-0792b/ Guest Website: https://paulhawken.com/ Guest Social: https://www.instagram.com/paulhawken/ Show Notes: Final audio00:02:07 - Writing The Book ‘Carbon'00:10:15 - The Growing Impact Of Regenerative Agriculture00:21:57 - Regeneration: The Only Path Forward00:34:46 - Living In A Consumerist And Capitalist Society00:42:49 - Changing The Topography Of Living Spaces00:52:24 - How Life Exists Within A Single Cell00:59:40 - Some Regenerative Solutions From ‘Carbon'01:07:05 - Episode Wrap-up And Closing WordsJOIN OUR CIRCLE. BUILD A GREENER FUTURE:

In his new book “Carbon: The Book of Life,” Paul Hawken guides readers through the integral role of carbon in our world and daily lives. Carbon is a miracle element that is the basis of life on earth, and yet, it has become maligned as the culprit of our climate change crisis. Hawken, a Bay Area native and longtime environmentalist and entrepreneur, offers a hopeful re-consideration of carbon, as a way to embrace our connection to the planet and guide us to climate solutions. We talk to Hawken about his new book, his work on environmental sustainability and how to reimagine our complex relationship with carbon and the planet as a whole. Guests: Paul Hawken, environmentalist, entrepreneur and author; his latest book is "Carbon: The Book of Life." His other books include "Regeneration," "Drawdown," "Blessed Unrest" and "The Ecology of Commerce."

How do we step past the magical thinking of the elites that says we can either use AI to 'Solve for Climate' - or just ignore the entire climate and ecological emergency completely? This week's guest, Paul Hawken, has been at the forefront of intelligent responses to the entire meta-crisis for decades. He has been profiled or written in hundreds of articles in the biggest newspapers across the world and has written nine books, six of which have become bestsellers, including Blessed Unrest, Regeneration: Ending the Climate Crisis in One Generation and Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming. He's the founder of both Project Drawdown and Project Regeneration, which is the world's largest, most complete listing and network of solutions to the climate crisis, describing by agency, what each level of society can do, starting from the individual.  If you're in the UK and waiting for Paul's new book to come out in August, then I'd thoroughly recommend you explore Regeneration as a good place to start. For those of you in the US, Paul's new book comes out on the 18th of March so you can get your pre-orders in now.  This book is 'Carbon: The Book of Life' and truly, it's one of those books you'll read in a single sitting and then pass round to your family and friends so they can know the things you now know.  I learned so much in this book: how supernovas are formed, how some really brilliant people worked out the formation of carbon - and one of them was knocked off the Nobel Prize because he began to believe there must be some kind of organising principle behind the formation of life. I learned the horrors of how we are destroying the ecosphere, but I also learned some of the wonders of humanity - how the Mi'kmaq tribe in Canada name large pine trees by the sound of the wind moving through the branches one hour before sunset in October - and then can return decades later and will know if trees have been damaged by comparing their names to the sound they hear.  How other tribes in Alaska can predict the weather two years in advance by listening to the patterns in the web of life around them… Truly, this is a beautiful book, beautifully written and it contains within it, the seeds of hope that we speak of often on this podcast - that human creativity and compassion endure and are our gifts to the world. “Endlessly endlessly fascinating! Human beings, over the millennia, have come up with a thousand ways to carefully observe the world around us, and Paul Hawken has managed to collect and synthesize these observations—from the sweat lodge to the satellite—in a way that helps us see what now must be done. There's information, and then there's wisdom—and this book is a compendium of the latter.” BILL MCKIBBENPaul's Website https://paulhawken.com/Paul's LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-hawken-0792bThe link to purchase the book is here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/316928/carbon-by-paul-hawken/Project Regeneration https://regeneration.org/

As we head into times where rising temperatures, superstorms, and mega-fires dominate the headlines, what has happened to our disaster-averting solutions? In this episode, we explore 'The Carbon Conundrum' and rethink our relationship with nature. Join host Jack Eidt as he features a discussion with post-humanist philosopher Báyò Akómoláfé and environmental leader and author Paul Hawken, moderated by Alex Forrester, Board Member of the Schumacher Center for a New Economics and Co-Founder of Rising Tide capital. They delve into the failures of current climate strategies, the pitfalls of solutionism, and the importance of reconnecting with Traditional Ecological Knowledge. This enlightening conversation challenges listeners to reconsider their approaches to environmentalism and climate action. Support the Podcast via PayPal https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=LBGXTRM292TFC&source=url Paul Hawken [https://paulhawken.com/] starts ecological businesses, writes about nature and commerce. He has written nine books, including six national and NYT bestsellers: ‘Growing a Business', ‘The Next Economy', ‘The Ecology of Commerce', ‘Blessed Unrest', ‘Drawdown', and ‘Regeneration'. His latest book, ‘Carbon, The Book of Life', is available from Penguin RandomHouse in February 2025. Paul is the founder of Project Drawdown and Project Regeneration (https://regeneration.org/), which is the world's largest, most complete listing and network of solutions to the climate crisis. Báyò Akómoláfé Ph.D., [https://www.bayoakomolafe.net/] rooted with the Yoruba people in a more-than-human world, is a posthumanist thinker, poet, teacher, public intellectual, essayist, and author of two books, These Wilds Beyond our Fences: Letters to My Daughter on Humanity's Search for Home (North Atlantic Books) and We Will Tell our Own Story: The Lions of Africa Speak. Bayo Akomolafe is the visionary founder of The Emergence Network, a planet-wide networking project and inquiry at the edges of the Anthropocene that seeks to convene new kinds of responsivities, sensuous solidarities, and experimental practices for a posthumanist parapolitics. He currently lectures at Pacifica Graduate Institute, California. He sits on the Board of many organizations. A frequent keynote speaker and guest lecturer, Dr. Akomolafe's critically popular expression, “the times are urgent, let us slow down,” with which he attempts to frame new concepts (such as ontofugitivity, the Afrocene, iatropolitics, curapoiesis, white syncopation, ecocognitive assemblage theory, postactivism and parapolitics) that reframe and renaturalize human action, agency, and responsibility in an immanent, agonistic worlding of possibilities for life-death. Dr. Akomolafe is a Member of the Club of Rome and an Ambassador for the Wellbeing Economy Alliance. He is currently writing his third book, ‘An Ocean of Milk: Morality, Desire, and the Monster at the Edge of the World'. Jack Eidt is an urban planner, environmental journalist, and climate organizer, as well as award-winning fiction writer. He is Co-Founder of SoCal 350 Climate Action and Executive Producer of EcoJustice Radio. He writes a column on PBS SoCal called High & Dry [https://www.pbssocal.org/people/high-dry]. He is also Founder and Publisher of WilderUtopia [https://wilderutopia.com], a website dedicated to the question of Earth sustainability, finding society-level solutions to environmental, community, economic, transportation and energy needs. Podcast Website: http://ecojusticeradio.org/ Podcast Blog: https://www.wilderutopia.com/category/ecojustice-radio/ Support the Podcast: Patreon https://www.patreon.com/ecojusticeradio PayPal https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=LBGXTRM292TFC&source=url Executive Producer and Host: Jack Eidt Engineer and Original Music: Blake Quake Beats Episode 249 Photo credit: Carbon book cover

Today Elaine chats with writer and performer Sora Baek about her play Sell Me: I Am From North Korea the true stories of incredibly courageous North Korean women defectors. We chat the creation of the play, the importance of keeping your creativity while being a mother and much more. Sell Me: I am From North Korea - Pleasance Courtyard - Below 31 July - 25 August (not 7, 13, 19, 20) @12:35 (55 mins) Tickets available here: https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/sell-me-i-am-from-north-korea Sell Me: I am From North Korea SELL ME follows 15-year-old Jisun, a North Korean girl who decides to sell herself to an old Chinese man to make money for her mother's medication. After risking her life by crossing the Tumen River into China, Jisun learns her malnourished, underdeveloped body is not wanted. She finds herself having to make her own way on the streets, struggling in a merciless foreign land where her very existence is illegal. Inspired by the journeys of many North Korean women defectors, SELL ME portrays the everyday lives and impossible choices made by those living in North Korea, too often overlooked and distorted by Western media. Sora Baek Sora Baek is an award winning actor, playwright, and producer from South Korea. She has been featured on the Korea Times, News 12 NJ, and Voice of America. Select acting theatre credits include: SELL ME: I am from North Korea (the US Capitol Center), The Storm, A Christmas Carol, and Sworn Virgin (NYC and International Tour) with Blessed Unrest and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf (Calaveras Repertory Theatre). She received a Best Actress Award at the Epidemic Film Festival in San Francisco. Sora has been working with Only Make Believe which brings interactive theatre to children with disabilities over 15 years. *Sora's grandparents fled the North during the Korean war with her father when he was only four years old. She grew up in a small South Korean town across the river from North Korea, looking out at the empty ghost buildings. Sora's writing and research into the lives of North Korean defectors were born out of her family's inability to return home, the pain caused to many innocent families by the war that divided the two countries, and the pain many have since continued to live through. She presents this performance for her father, her grandfather, and all those who cannot go home. Website: http://sorabaek.com/top/ X: @iamsorabaek IG: @iamsorabaek FB: @sorabaek13 EDINBURGH FESTIVAL FRINGE 2024 PODCAST & BLOG CALL OUT https://forms.gle/6obqxzCCWyY9aVSS6 10 slots for Scottish Based Artist - There will be 10 episodes dedicated to artist based in Scotland who are taking work to the festival in 2024. Sell Your Show Slots - We will be holiday 2 full day where there will be 10-minute slots to come and chat about your show. The first date will be in the first week of the festival and will be available to be in person or via Zoom. The second date will be in person at a venue in Edinburgh. All details of which will be given closer to the time. Please Note: podcast slots are not assigned on a "first come, first serve" basis. We select podcast guests based on relevance to our listenership. HIPA GUIDES: HIPA GUIDES OUR WEBSITE - www.persistentandnasty.co.uk Persistent Pal & Nasty Hero - Pals and Hero Membership Email – persistentandnasty@gmail.com Instagram - @persistentandnasty Twitter - @PersistentNasty Coffee Morning Eventbrite - Coffee Morning Tickets LINKTREE - LINKTR.EE Resources Samaritans - Rape Crisis Scotland - Rape Crisis UK ArtsMinds - BAPAM Freelancers Make Theatre Work Stonewall UK - Trevor Project - Mermaids UK Switchboard LGBT+ - GATE PLANNED PARENTHOOD DONATE - DONATE ABORTION SUPPORT NETWORK UK - ASN.COM- DONATE WeAudition offer: For 25% off your monthly subscription quote: NASTY25 Backstage Offers: Get a free 12 months Actor Subscription: https://join.backstage.com/persistentnasty-uk-12m-free/

I took inspiration from something that Martha Graham famously said.  Humans can be blessed by a certain unrest, by an inner disturbance, of sorts, that causes us to take action to make stuff happen in the world.  It had me clean up my studio, and it keeps me making one new piece of art after the next.  It also causes us to do all kinds of things, like tending to some aspect of brokenness in our beautiful world.   This eposide was inspired by a post that I published under the title "Blessed Unrest"  on September 27, 2017, which is here: https://www.lifeinfullcolor.com/life-stories/september-27-2017-blessed-unrest/,  if you'd like to read what I wrote and see a photo of my cleaned-up home studio.Cara Brown - Watercolorist - Teacher - www.lifeinfullcolor.com...is where you can find all my paintings, workshop offerings and the entire archive of my writing.

Oren Slozberg is the Executive Director of Commonweal. In conversation with Matthew Monahan. Watch this episode on video: https://youtu.be/ifQ8j0mrfsI Watch a preview: https://youtu.be/VqvrO6bq4PQ Commonweal: https://www.commonweal.org/ THE REGENERATION WILL BE FUNDED Ma Earth Website: https://maearth.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@maearthmedia Community Discord: https://maearth.com/community Podcast Feed: https://feed.podbean.com/theregeneration/feed.xml EPISODE RESOURCES Cancer Choices: https://cancerchoices.org/ Visual Thinking Strategies: https://vtshome.org/ The New School with Michael Lerner: https://tns.commonweal.org/ Joanna Macy: https://www.joannamacy.net/ Commanding Hope book: https://www.amazon.com/Commanding-Hope-Power-Renew-World/dp/0307363163 Nuns and Nones: https://www.nunsandnones.org/ Retreat Center Collaboration: https://www.retreatcentercollaboration.org/ Fetzer Institute: https://fetzer.org/ Paul Hawken's Blessed Unrest: https://www.amazon.com/Blessed-Unrest-Largest-Movement-Restoring/dp/0143113658 Agrarian Trust: https://agrariantrust.org/ FaithLands: https://www.agrariantrust.org/initiatives/faithlands/ Center for Ethical Land Transition: https://centerelt.org/ Integrative Law Institute at Commonweal: https://www.commonweal.org/program/ili/ Peer Spirit with Christina Baldwin: https://peerspirit.com/ Orland Bishop: https://www.globalonenessproject.org/people/orland-bishop Charles Eisenstein and Orland Bishop: https://charleseisenstein.org/courses/orland-bishop-course-one/ Flow Funding by Marian Weber: https://www.flowfunding.org/ Trust-Based Philanthropy: https://www.trustbasedphilanthropy.org/principles-1 Post-Capitalist Philanthropy: https://www.postcapitalistphilanthropy.org/ Transition Resource Circle: https://www.transitionresourcecircle.org/ Resource Generation: https://resourcegeneration.org/ Participatory philanthropy and grantmaking: https://www.participatorygrantmaking.org/ Omega Resilience Awards (ORA): https://omega.ngo/our-work/ora/ SOCIAL Farcaster: https://warpcast.com/maearth X / Twitter: https://twitter.com/maearthmedia Lenstube: https://lenstube.xyz/channel/maearth.lens Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/maearthmedia/ Mirror: https://mirror.xyz/maearth.eth LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/maearth/ Lenster: https://lenster.xyz/u/maearth Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/maearthcommunity TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@maearthmedia

Batman: The Animated Series   Eternal Youth   Several rich industrialists are invited to the Eternal Youth Health Spa, and that's where they are last seen before disappearing. The only connection: they had something to do with the death of plants. Bruce Wayne also receives an invitation (although it was one of his greedy directors who nearly made the deal to destroy a rainforest before Bruce forced him to shut the operation down), but Alfred and his "lady friend", Maggie, go in his place. When they do not return, Batman is forced to investigate, discovering that the spa is run by Poison Ivy, and that she has been using a formula to turn the industrialists into humanoid trees, including Alfred and Maggie Perchance of a Dream Bruce Wayne wakes up one morning to find that his life is completely upside-down: his parents are alive, the Batcave does not exist, Alfred does not remember Robin, and he is engaged to Selina Kyle. However, it doesn't mean that Batman isn't still around, and Bruce starts to wonder what has happened, especially after seeing the characteristics of a dream (such as book and newspaper prints not making sense) inside this new life. The Cape and the Cowl Conspiracy Baron Jozek, furious at Batman for humiliating him at a dinner party (over Jozek's underworld connections), hires Josiah Wormwood, a master in setting traps for his victims, to hunt down Batman and bring back the hero's cape and cowl. The Laughing Fish Joker creates a toxin that affects only fish, mutating them into Joker fish. Then, he targets innocent men who refuse to copyright his Joker fish. The Joker also captures Harvey Bullock, and Batman must rescue him and foil the Clown Prince of Crime's scheme.   Opening Credits; Introduction (1.27); Episode One On Eternal Youth (42.52); Episode Two:  Perchance of a Dream (59.02); Episode Three:  The Cape and Cowl Conspiracy (1:11.12); Episode Four:  The Laughing Fish (1:26.14); Favourite Episode  and Least Episode (1:38.08); Favourite and Least Favourite Character (1:43.13); Same Bat Time, Same Bat Channel (1:48.18); Closing Credits (1:49.32)   Opening Credits– Batman Animated Theme by Danny Elfman.  Copyright 1992 Warner Music    Closing Credits:  Brave by Sara Bareilles.  Taken from the album – The Blessed Unrest.  Copyright 2013 Epic Records ​ Original Music copyrighted 2020 Dan Hughes Music and the Literary License Podcast.    All rights reserved.  Used with Kind Permission.   All songs available through Amazon Music.

Paul Hawken has been striving to bring attention to new ways of organising, working and living for longer than I have been alive. Of his many books, I have been most inspired by 'The Ecology of Commerce' which I discovered at university in the late 90s, and 'Blessed Unrest' in the mid-2000s. I have been consistently impressed by his capacity to bring into the mainstream approaches and frameworks which are much needed, and only adopted at the margins, and his relentless flow of articles, talks and books and continually expanded those margins and enabled people like me to follow their calling through the many ways to co-create better worlds. His most recent works in Drawdown and Regeneration focus explicitly on climate action, and apply this tenured approach to our greatest challenge, shifting our ways of knowing, being and doing to not only change systems, institutions and structures - much more than this, to change our relationship with ourselves, our communities and Earth by becoming regenerators of place. I loved this conversation with Paul which I was honoured to host with him late last year. I invite you to tune in, and as you do to explore together the frameworks for regenerating yourself and your places in each moment, decision and action. Key Frameworks introduced - 12 questions to consider before you act Key Concepts introduced - Reconnecting to life - Making decisions most aligned to life affirming principles - How to make each action regenerative - Reconnecting with place - Nurturing regeneration in your life, your communities and organisations Key Prompts to Practice - Consider in each decision Explore additional resources via the links below... Paul's latest book, Regeneration: Ending the Climate Crisis in One Generation, was released September 21st, 2021 by Penguin Random House.Project Regeneration - Paul's non-profit dedicated to advancing regenerative solutions to the climate crisis through our Nexus database.The Waggle - A weekly newsletter comprised of compelling stories from Project Regeneration's staff and researchers about regenerating life on earth. What is Regeneration - 5min film by Damon Gameau Tim's Reflection video on this conversation - here Tim's Reflection article on this conversation - here

Welcome back to part two of our incredible conversation with Paul Hawken. Paul has been influential in Christine's own work, both personally and professionally, for over two decades. In part two, we dive into a beautiful dialogue with Paul around restoration and regeneration, discover what it means to be an ally to our planet and one another, where we can start to make change, and the gift of building a relationship with nature. If you haven't yet, take a listen to Episode 46 to hear part one, where Paul explains the importance of work at the collective level, listening, and connecting with ourselves, as well as nature.  Paul Hawken is an environmentalist, entrepreneur, author and activist who has dedicated his life to environmental sustainability and changing the relationship between business and the environment. He is one of the environmental movement's leading voices, and a pioneering architect of corporate reform with respect to ecological practices. Paul has started several ecological businesses, writes about nature and commerce, and consults with heads of state and CEOs on climatic, economic, and ecological regeneration. He has appeared on numerous media including the Today Show, Talk of the Nation, CBS This Morning and others, and his work has been profiled or featured in hundreds of articles including the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Washington Post, and Forbes. He has written nine books including six national and New York Times bestsellers: Growing a Business, The Next Economy, The Ecology of Commerce, Blessed Unrest, Drawdown, and Regeneration.  He is published in 30 languages and his books are available in over 90 countries. His latest book, Regeneration, Ending the Climate Crisis in One Generation, was published in 2021, which is his sequel to Drawdown. He is the founder of both Project Drawdown and Project Regeneration (regeneration.org). Project Regeneration is the world's largest, most complete listing and network of solutions to the climate crisis. True lasting change begins with self awareness and understanding of the systems and choices that have brought our world to the place it is now. But this is only the beginning. Christine's conversation with Paul moves into what action looks like, and how nature is actually a “laboratory of curiosity” from which we have much to learn. Paul's shares the heart wisdom of moving forward with compassion and understanding, saying “Don't be too hard on yourself.” Instead of guilt or self-punishment, we can accept what has already happened and choose differently. Be inspired to love and restore this beautiful earth and all of its inhabitants. Welcome. LINKS/RESOURCES MENTIONED If you missed it, you can still hear part one of this two part series in Episode 46, where Paul explains the importance of work at the collective level, listening, and connecting with ourselves, as well as nature.  To stay informed and learn more about what's happening to combat the climate crisis and how you can take part, sign up for Waggle, a weekly newsletter put out by Project Regeneration. Learn more about the incredible work of Project Drawdown and Regeneration, both founded by Paul Hawken, aiming to restore the climate in powerful ways. Discover how YOU can take action now with Nexus, a comprehensive plan outlining the challenges and solutions to end climate change in one generation. You can also reach out directly at info@regeneration.org.  Get your copy of Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming and Regeneration: Ending the Climate Crisis in One Generation for more powerful wisdom and insight from Paul! The Yes! We Rise podcast is produced by Dialogue + Design Associates, Podcasting For Creatives, with music by Drishti Beats. Follow the We Rise podcast on Facebook and Instagram. Please rate, review, and subscribe to the podcast so we can continue spreading our message far and wide. Find our email list at the website: www.yeswerise.org. Thanks for listening. The Yes! We Rise podcast features solutions-seekers, change-makers, and those creating a resilient future. We share stories and strategies to inspire action to build collective resilience and community transformation. To create change, people need to feel like they belong and that they are part of a growing movement. They need to know their voice matters and that they have the inspiration, agency and ability to transform their lives and their communities. They are the key to a resilient future.     From the Navajo Nation to the mountains of Appalachia, incredible work is being done by community members and leaders. Change is often sparked by inspiration: seeing what others have done, especially in similar situations and places. People see that when someone looks like them or lives in a place like theirs, and has created real, true and lasting change, change that will allow their granddaughters and grandsons to thrive — they begin to imagine what might be possible for them.  No longer waiting for someone else to come and save them, they realize they are the ones they have been waiting for.  But what creates that spark? What creates that inspiration?  Learning through stories and examples, feeling a sense of agency and belonging, and getting fired up to kick ass creates that spark.  We Rise helps community leaders and members learn to forge a new path toward creating resilience and true transformation. One person at a time, one community at a time, one region at a time, the quilt of transformation can grow piece by piece until resilience becomes the norm instead of the exception. Together, we rise.

Welcome back to the We Rise podcast! We are delighted to share this conversation with Paul Hawken with you. Paul has been influential in Christine's own work, both personally and professionally, for over two decades. In this inspiring and encouraging episode–the first in a two part series–Christine and Paul talk about the importance of work at the collective level, listening, and connecting with ourselves, as well as nature.  Paul Hawken is an environmentalist, entrepreneur, author and activist who has dedicated his life to environmental sustainability and changing the relationship between business and the environment. He is one of the environmental movement's leading voices, and a pioneering architect of corporate reform with respect to ecological practices. Paul has started several ecological businesses, writes about nature and commerce, and consults with heads of state and CEOs on climatic, economic, and ecological regeneration. He has appeared on numerous media including the Today Show, Talk of the Nation, CBS This Morning and others, and his work has been profiled or featured in hundreds of articles including the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Washington Post, and Forbes. He has written nine books including six national and New York Times bestsellers: Growing a Business, The Next Economy, The Ecology of Commerce, Blessed Unrest, Drawdown, and Regeneration.  He is published in 30 languages and his books are available in over 90 countries. His latest book, Regeneration, Ending the Climate Crisis in One Generation, was published in 2021, which is his sequel to Drawdown. He is the founder of both Project Drawdown and Project Regeneration (regeneration.org). Project Regeneration is the world's largest, most complete listing and network of solutions to the climate crisis. Join us as they dive into regeneration, collectively reimagining the future we want to see, and working to make it happen, together.  Paul says, “The heart of regeneration is to make life the center of every action and decision.”  He sees this as a key to bringing us back to the beauty of life, and helping transform and regenerate the world we live in. As our world struggles with the climate crisis, Paul offers insight, wisdom, and leadership paired with resources for deep, meaningful change. In part one of our conversation, Paul shares the challenges that we face in making real change happen, including not othering or blaming people. He is not here to “change people's minds”, but to offer information and create space for them to draw their own conclusions. His words are fueled with compassion and understanding for humankind and the earth. LINKS/RESOURCES MENTIONED Learn more about the incredible work of Project Drawdown and Regeneration, both founded by Paul Hawken, aiming to restore the climate in powerful ways. Discover how YOU can take action now with Nexus, a comprehensive plan outlining the challenges and solutions to end climate change in one generation. You can also reach out directly at info@regeneration.org.  Get your copy of Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming and Regeneration: Ending the Climate Crisis in One Generation for more powerful wisdom and insight from Paul! The Yes! We Rise podcast is produced by Dialogue + Design Associates, Podcasting For Creatives, with music by Drishti Beats. Follow the We Rise podcast on Facebook and Instagram. Please rate, review, and subscribe to the podcast so we can continue spreading our message far and wide. Find our email list at the website: www.yeswerise.org. Thanks for listening. The Yes! We Rise podcast features solutions-seekers, change-makers, and those creating a resilient future. We share stories and strategies to inspire action to build collective resilience and community transformation. To create change, people need to feel like they belong and that they are part of a growing movement. They need to know their voice matters and that they have the inspiration, agency and ability to transform their lives and their communities. They are the key to a resilient future.     From the Navajo Nation to the mountains of Appalachia, incredible work is being done by community members and leaders. Change is often sparked by inspiration: seeing what others have done, especially in similar situations and places. People see that when someone looks like them or lives in a place like theirs, and has created real, true and lasting change, change that will allow their granddaughters and grandsons to thrive — they begin to imagine what might be possible for them.  No longer waiting for someone else to come and save them, they realize they are the ones they have been waiting for.  But what creates that spark? What creates that inspiration?  Learning through stories and examples, feeling a sense of agency and belonging, and getting fired up to kick ass creates that spark.  We Rise helps community leaders and members learn to forge a new path toward creating resilience and true transformation. One person at a time, one community at a time, one region at a time, the quilt of transformation can grow piece by piece until resilience becomes the norm instead of the exception. Together, we rise.

It's hard to overstate Paul Hawken's contribution to transforming the relationship between humanity, business and the natural world. His books and leadership have built the foundation and laid out the roadmap for how we work together to address the climate crisis. It was a privilege to speak with him about his new book: Regeneration: Ending the Climate Crisis in One Generation. Paul Hawken Paul Hawken starts ecological businesses, writes about nature and commerce, and consults with heads of state and CEOs on climatic, economic and ecological regeneration. He has appeared on numerous media including the Today Show, Talk of the Nation, Bill Maher, CBS This Morning, Charlie Rose, and others, and his work has been profiled or featured in hundreds of articles including the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Newsweek, Washington Post, Forbes, and Business Week. He has written nine books including five national and New York Times bestsellers: Growing a Business, The Next Economy, The Ecology of Commerce, Blessed Unrest and Drawdown. He is published in 30 languages and his books are available in over 80 countries having sold more than two million copies. His last book, Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming debuted on April 18, 2017 as a New York Times bestseller and is currently in seventeen other languages. He is the founder of Project Drawdown, which worked with over two hundred scholars, students, scientists, researchers, and activists to map, measure, and model the one hundred most substantive solutions that can cumulatively reverse global warming. He is the founder of Regeneration.org and his new book, Regeneration: Ending the Climate Crisis in One Generation, is published by Penguin Random House launching September 21st, 2021.   This episode of Lead With We was produced and edited by Goal 17 Media and is available on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, and Spotify. You can also watch episodes on YouTube at WeFirstTV.   Resources Learn more about Paul's work at regeneration.org Connect with Paul on LinkedIn For case studies and other free resources about purposeful business, go to WeFirstBranding.com Simon's new book, Lead With We, is now available for pre-order on Amazon, Google Books and Barnes & Noble. Check it out!

Amelia Marchand, of the L.I.G.H.T. Foundation, joins OHA to share her experiences and perspectives on traditional knowledge, or teachings, and the role of ecological knowledge within the bigger framework of cultural understanding that has been amassed over a millenia by indigenous peoples. She shares stories of her life and the inspiration that has driven her and her husband, Joaquin, to create the L.I.G.H.T Foundation whose mission is to cultivate, enrich and perpetuate native plants and the cultural traditions of Pacific Northwest tribes. To learn more and donate to the L.I.G.H.T. Foundation, visit the website at: thepnwlf.org Additional resources to learn more: Local Environmental Observer (LEO) Network 2021 Status of Tribes and Climate Change (STACC) Report Guidelines for Considering Traditional Knowledges in Climate Change Initiatives Citing Indigenous Elders and Knowledge Keepers Find the full theme song, Blessed Unrest, by Tyler Graves on Spotify, Apple Music, or your favorite music platform. For more information about Okanogan Highlands Alliance, or to become a member or volunteer, visit: okanoganhighlands.org or email us at info@okanoganhighlands.org

Regeneration: Ending The Climate Crisis In One Generation with Paul Hawken, 5 Time Best-selling Author and EnvironmentalistCorinna is joined by an incredible leader in natural foods, entrepreneurship and climate activism, Paul Hawken as they discuss his history and his latest work: Regeneration: Ending The Climate Crisis In One Generation.About Paul Hawken: Paul starts ecological businesses, writes about nature and commerce, and consults with heads of state and CEOs on climatic, economic and ecological regeneration. He has written eight books including five national and New York Times bestsellers: Growing a Business, The Next Economy, The Ecology of Commerce, Blessed Unrest, and Drawdown. He is the founder of Project Drawdown, Regeneration.org, and just completed his latest work, Regeneration, Ending the Climate Crisis in One Generation which is published by Penguin RandomHouse. It is released in the UK on September 14, 2021 and everywhere else on September 21st.Paul Hawken Website: https://www.paulhawken.comRegeneration Website: https://www.regeneration.orgTimestamps:00:00 Introduction + Common Roots04:50 Never Turn Your Back on Nature, A Loss of Nature Literacy09:48 Regeneration – Tapping into The Innate Quality Of Life15:30 The Fundamental Cause of Global Warming20:37 Does Technology Provide A Solution To Food Insecurity And Sustainable Food Production? (Indoor / Vertical Farming, Impossible Burger, etc.)28:25 Regenerative Agriculture = Solution: Pollinators, Nutrients, Carbon Sequestration, Increased Soil Moisture, Healthy Plants31:30 The Problem of GMO Soy and Glyphosate (and the Impossibility of the Impossible Burger)35:33 The Consequences of GMOs41:00 An Unlikely Friendship + Glyphosate's Planned Short-term Utility43:10 Weeds – A Tool To Heal The Soil45:20 Climate Activism And Solving For Mount Everest Syndrome50:00 Naming The Goal = Reverse Global Warming (not combat / tackle / mitigate climate change)52:35 The Birth of Project Drawdown55:45 Who We Are: Our Individual & Collective Agency58:30 Regeneration Toolkit: Nexus, Climate Action Systems and More01:02:10 David Johnson's Concept / Greenprint and Paul Hawken's Thoughts On 1 Billion Activists01:07:15 Pushing From The Middle (not the bottom)01:10:50 The Ability Of Earth / Climate To Heal01:16:00 The #1 Solution for CO2 Reduction = Electrify Everything01:25:00 The Importance of Questions and a Curious MindResources Mentioned:IPCC 6th Report: https://www.ipcc.ch/report/sixth-assessment-report-cycle/ Weeds: Guardians of The Soil by Joseph A Cocannouer: https://www.amazon.com/Weeds-Guardians-Soil-Joseph-Cocannouer/dp/0815972059Regeneration Nexus (direct link): https://www.regeneration.org/nexusBooks Paul Hawken Authored / Edited: https://www.indiebound.org/search/book?keys=author%3AHawken%2C%20PaulJoin the Care More. Be Better. Community! (Social Links Below)Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/CareMore.BeBetter/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CareMoreBeBetter LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/care-more-be-better Twitter: https://twitter.com/caremorebebettr Clubhouse: https://www.clubhouse.com/club/care-more-be-better Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/CareMoreBeBetter/ Support Care More. Be Better: A Social Impact + Sustainability PodcastCare More. Be Better. is not backed by any company. We answer only to our collective conscience. As a listener, reader, and subscriber you are part of this pod and this community and we are honored to have your support. If you can, please help finance the show https://www.caremorebebetter.com/donate.Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/caremorebebetter ---Do you want your show to be featured on our next Podtease? Send us a note via Instagram @podtease -- or join The Mediacasters Community and connect with us live in weekly office hours. It's a free, vibrant space for podcasters, authors, public speakers, media darlings: https://themediacasters.mn.co

Welcome to the Cosmic Revolution. As a special 4-part series during April and May of 2022, we are re-releasing some of our favorite episodes from our companion microcast, Amplify! with Karen Curry Parker. If you enjoy these episodes, make sure to subscribe and follow Amplify! on your favorite podcasting platform to hear all the past episodes from Karen and to be notified when new episodes release.   Click here to be taken to the Amplify! show page or see at the end of the show notes for links to all major platforms!   We'll be back at the end of May 2022 with new episodes of Cosmic Revolution and Amplify! with Karen Curry Parker!   - - -   When we create, we will never be satisfied with what we create.  We think our creative dissatisfaction is a signal that we're not getting it right or that our creative offering isn't “enough”. What if it is enough?  What if your self-judgement and dissatisfaction is simply a symptom of being on the evolutionary edge of your creativity? Find out more on how you can explore your creativity at gracepointpublishing.com   May your voices gain strength. May your creative vision stay clear and strong. May your creative fire spark change in the world.   Karen Curry Parker   Follow Amplify! on Apple Podcasts Follow Amplify! on Spotify Follow Amplify! on Google Podcasts Follow Amplify! on Stitcher Follow Amplify! on Audible

Talk about a PROJECT!  How would you like to be in charge of recreating the iconic sound of  superstar singer/songwriter Joni Mitchell?  Well , Singer, Songwriter KATIE PEARLMAN took on the challenge and the results are pretty darn impressive.  the JONI PROJECT is coming to Cohoes Music Hall here in the Albany area on April 2nd, and if you are getting to this after the fact, she will also be at Daryl's House in Pawling, NY, the Great South Bay Festival in Patchogue NY and other gigs!   On facebook thejoniproject More info at Katiepearlman.com .  You can hear examples of THE JONI PROJECT  work here https://youtu.be/OAb09qAwubM and Katie's own albums as well as her music from her duo THE BLESSED UNREST  are available on Apple Music, Spotify and other streaming services.   My website?  Glad you asked!  www.rhyminrichie.com. Parodies, testimonials and gig info for weddings and private parties…

Few people believe we can come together to start fighting climate change, but Paul Hawken is one of those people. An environmentalist, entrepreneur, and author, Paul has dedicated his life to environmental sustainability and changing the relationship between business and the planet. He believes in the power of regeneration, which to Paul has two meanings: regenerating life on Earth, and a new generation of humanity coming together to restore our environment. His latest book contains the most comprehensive plan ever proposed for reversing climate change. This conversation provides a fresh perspective on what feels like an old topic and gives us all the tools we need to play our role in healing the planet. Paul is the founder of both Project Drawdown and Project Regeneration; he writes about nature and commerce and consults with heads of state and CEOs on climatic, economic, and ecological regeneration. He has spoken at countless Universities, and has worked with a multitude of impressive organizations and people from Martin Luther King Jr. to the King of Sweden, and has been featured and profiled in hundreds of national and international publications. He has written nine books including six national and New York Times bestsellers: Growing a Business, The Next Economy, The Ecology of Commerce, Blessed Unrest, Drawdown, and Regeneration. Let's dig into living with a regenerative way of thinking! [00:01 - 10:28] Opening Segment Paul introduces the ecological regeneration concept. The climate dialog. Future existential threat to humanity. Opportunity thinking instead of threat thinking. A language to tackle and combat climate change. The extraordinary science. IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) Reverse the thing that is causing global warming. Looking for possibilities, not emphasizing only on the problem. Changing what to do for how to do. Having social intelligence and being active. [10:29 - 32:29] Thoughtful Measure Voices: Talking About Regeneration Necessities are the way of invention. Listen to get the understanding and create a sense of connection and take action. Establish deeper connections to be more effective. How we find the trust on the measure voices on climate change. A heart response. Regeneration is the default mode of life. We are innately regenerative. We can do anything about climate change. Nature never makes mistakes. Paul's outlook on the concept of generative and regenerative. There's not a distinction between these concepts. Use regeneration as a way to help people that were lost. Eg. Cristian religion. Regeneration applies to everything: culture, children, biology, society, inner-city, etc. Having energy and an understanding of other people. The economy and social media are without exception extractive. Taking life is harming life. There is a place on the internet created to bring out our best impulses and our collective genius. Visit The Goodness Exchange and get unlimited access to exclusively news and bonus content! [32:30 - 51:40] Living a Regenerative Life: Falling in Love with a Sustainable Future Paul's insights about a cascade of solutions. The rewilding concept. Getting out of the way to create conditions for life. Keystone species. Understanding how the ecosystem works. Cultural appropriation. Paul shares what is the next step. The most important thing is the website - Nexus. We are all part of a network, we don't exist as an individual. We are all amateurs when it comes to planet-saving. The importance of creating conditions in which people can change their minds. The natural outcome of our community. Our beliefs don't change our actions, our actions change our beliefs. If you find yourself stuck, start doing something. [58:44 - 1:03:02] Closing Segment Everything opens up when you have unreasonable goals. How to connect with Paul and his work Links below Give a review and rating, and share this episode with others Final announcements Tweetable Quotes: “The reason I use the word regeneration is that it is the fault mode of life. It is going on in every cell, every second. You have more things going on in your body every nanosecond than there are stars in the universe.” - Paul Hawken “Every time we care for something. All that caring we show on a daily basis is regeneration. We are addressing ourselves to life ourselves. Everything that walks and talks and buzzes and grows is regeneration.” - Paul Hawken “It is about falling in love with the cascade of solutions. That will have the most effect on global warming. No one knows exactly what to do, but we do know that when we come from our heart. The climate crisis is asking us to fall in love with the world.” - Paul Hawken Resources Mentioned: Books: Isabella Tree Books Links: How Wolves Change Rivers - Tik Tok Connect with Paul on LinkedIn . Make sure to check Regeneration. The world's largest, most complete listing and network of solutions to the climate crisis. And how to do them! Conspiracy of Goodness Links: The Goodness Exchange https://goodness-exchange.com/ The Goodness Exchange - Become a member! https://goodness-exchange.com/pricing/ Goodness Exchange Social Media Links: Instagram https://www.instagram.com/goodness_exchange/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/exchangegoodness Twitter https://twitter.com/goodnessxchange LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/goodness-exchange/ YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjBu-Bo4CG6V7PGq8QOANEg

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Being creative is about, well, BE-ing creative.  According to the dictionary, one of the definitions of the verb “be” is to exist or live.  So if we redefine being creative as means to exist creatively or to live creatively, to be creative is to live and exist with the quality or power of creating. Here's the hard cold truth about creativity.  When you understand this truth, you'll stop shutting down your creative self-expression and allow yourself to BE more creative: When we create, we will never be satisfied with what we create.  We think our creative dissatisfaction is a signal that we're not getting it right or that our creative offering isn't “enough”. What if it is enough?  What if your self-judgement and dissatisfaction is simply a symptom of being on the evolutionary edge of your creativity? May your voices gain strength. May your creative vision stay clear and strong. May your creative fire spark change in the world.   Find out more on how you can explore your creativity at gracepointpublishing.com

Paul Hawken is a world-renowned environmentalist, activist, and author. His works include Blessed Unrest, Drawdown, and Sustainable Revolution. In this episode of Insights at the Edge, Tami Simon speaks with Paul about the call to action in his newest book, Regeneration: Ending the Climate Crisis in One Generation. Paul and Tami discuss the accelerating effects of climate change and how global society might respond. Paul comments on the lack of public engagement with the situation, emphasizing that old and entrenched human behavioral patterns won't solve the problem. Tami and Paul talk about the nature of social change, resources for everyday climate action, and the fascinating climate-shifting possibilities of the Azolla fern. Finally, they speak on the importance of staying active and joyous even when the scale of the crisis feels overwhelming.

Regeneration: The Key To Healing Humans And The Planet | This episode is brought to you by ButcherBox, BiOptimizers, and PaleovalleyMost people are overwhelmed when it comes to the thought of climate change, which is preventing us from taking action. An estimated 92% of people are disengaged from the topic and feel they don't know what to do. But today, I want to share some good news with you that will leave you feeling hopeful instead of hopeless in terms of saving our planet. Just like we use Functional Medicine to get to the root cause of disease in our bodies, we can come up with an actionable, results-oriented plan when we look at the root cause of our climate crisis. On this episode of The Doctor's Farmacy, I was thrilled to sit down with Paul Hawken to talk about his framework for healing the planet in a way that dramatically changes the outlook of our world for future generations. Paul Hawken starts ecological businesses, writes about nature and commerce, and consults with heads of state and CEOs on climatic, economic, and ecological regeneration. He has appeared on numerous media including the Today Show, Talk of the Nation, Bill Maher, CBS This Morning, Charlie Rose, and others, and his work has been profiled or featured in hundreds of articles including the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Newsweek, Washington Post, Forbes, and Business Week. He has written eight books, including five national and New York Times bestsellers: Growing a Business, The Next Economy, The Ecology of Commerce, Blessed Unrest, and Drawdown, The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming. He is the founder of Project Drawdown, which worked with over two hundred scholars, students, scientists, researchers, and activists to map, measure, and model the one hundred most substantive solutions that can cumulatively reverse global warming. He is the founder of Regeneration.org, and his latest work, Regeneration, Ending the Climate Crisis in One Generation, was just released. This episode is brought to you by ButcherBox, BiOptimizers, and Paleovalley.For a limited time, new subscribers to ButcherBox will receive ground beef for life. Sign up today and ButcherBox will send you 2 lbs of 100% grass-fed, grass finished beef free in every box for the life of your subscription. Just go to ButcherBox.com/farmacy.You can try BiOptimizers Magnesium Breakthrough for 10% off by going to magbreakthrough.com/hyman and using the code HYMAN10. For a limited time, BiOptimizers is also giving away free bottles of their bestselling products P3OM and Masszymes with select purchases. Paleovalley is offering 15% off your entire first order. Just go to paleovalley.com/hyman to check out all their clean Paleo products and take advantage of this deal.Here are more of the details from our interview: Reframing the climate crisis from a focus on the problem to a focus on solutions and regeneration (8:00)The current reality, speed, and impact of the climate crisis (14:29)Solutions to cut energy emissions by 50% by 2028 (22:23)What you can do in your own life to support the regeneration of our climate (31:30)The role that governments and corporations are playing to promote solutions to the climate crisis at scale across the world (40:07)Transforming our food and agricultural systems for regeneration of the climate (50:00)Regeneration of human society and natural environments (1:00:32)The economics of regeneration and regenerative practices (1:03:57)Why the climate problem is not a science problem but a human problem (1:19:09)Ending the climate crisis in one generation (1:27:17)Learn more about Paul Hawken at https://paulhawken.com/ and follow him on Facebook @PaulHawkenAuthor, on Instagram @paulhawken, and on LinkedIn @paulhawken.Get a copy of Regeneration: Ending the Climate Crisis in One Generation at https://www.amazon.com/Regeneration-Ending-Climate-Crisis-Generation/dp/0143136976/Learn more about Regeneration at https://regeneration.org/ and on Facebook @Regenerationorg, on Instagram @Regenerationorg, and on LinkedIn @Regenerationorg. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

It's hard to overstate Paul Hawken's contribution to transforming the relationship between humanity, business and the natural world. His books and leadership have built the foundation and laid out the roadmap for how we work together to address the climate crisis. It was a privilege to speak with him about his new book: Regeneration: Ending the Climate Crisis in One Generation. In this episode of Lead With We, Paul and I talk about what “regeneration” means, the actions business and humanity must take to end the climate crisis in one generation, and where we stand as a business community when it comes to authentically embracing the practices that will regenerate and nurture life on earth.  Paul Hawken Paul Hawken starts ecological businesses, writes about nature and commerce, and consults with heads of state and CEOs on climatic, economic and ecological regeneration. He has appeared on numerous media including the Today Show, Talk of the Nation, Bill Maher, CBS This Morning, Charlie Rose, and others, and his work has been profiled or featured in hundreds of articles including the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Newsweek, Washington Post, Forbes, and Business Week. He has written nine books including five national and New York Times bestsellers: Growing a Business, The Next Economy, The Ecology of Commerce, Blessed Unrest and Drawdown. He is published in 30 languages and his books are available in over 80 countries having sold more than two million copies. His last book, Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming debuted on April 18, 2017 as a New York Times bestseller and is currently in seventeen other languages. He is the founder of Project Drawdown, which worked with over two hundred scholars, students, scientists, researchers, and activists to map, measure, and model the one hundred most substantive solutions that can cumulatively reverse global warming. He is the founder of Regeneration.org and his new book, Regeneration: Ending the Climate Crisis in One Generation, is published by Penguin Random House launching September 21st, 2021. Simon Mainwaring: Simon Mainwaring is a brand futurist, keynote speaker, and bestselling author. He is best known as the author of We First: How Brands and Consumers Use Social Media to Build a Better World and his upcoming book, Lead With We: The Business Revolution That Will Save Our Future; as the Founder and CEO of We First, an award-winning strategic consultancy that works with purpose-led companies to build their brand strategy, company culture, and impact storytelling; and as the author of the influential ‘Purpose At Work' column in Forbes and host of the podcast, Lead With We. This episode of Lead With We was produced and edited by Goal 17 Media and is available on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, and Spotify. You can also watch episodes on YouTube at WeFirstTV. Resources Learn more about Paul's work at regeneration.org Connect with Paul on LinkedIn For case studies and other free resources about purposeful business, go to WeFirstBranding.com Simon's new book, Lead With We, is now available for pre-order on Amazon, Google Books and Barnes & Noble. Check it out!

Corinna is joined by an incredible leader in natural foods, entrepreneurship and climate activism, Paul Hawken as they discuss his history and his latest work: Regeneration: Ending The Climate Crisis In One Generation. About Paul Hawken: Paul starts ecological businesses, writes about nature and commerce, and consults with heads of state and CEOs on climatic, economic and ecological regeneration. He has written eight books including five national and New York Times bestsellers: Growing a Business, The Next Economy, The Ecology of Commerce, Blessed Unrest, and Drawdown. He is the founder of Project Drawdown, Regeneration.org, and just completed his latest work, Regeneration, Ending the Climate Crisis in One Generation which is published by Penguin RandomHouse. It is released in the UK on September 14, 2021 and everywhere else on September 21st. Paul Hawken Website: https://www.paulhawken.com Regeneration Website: https://www.regeneration.org LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-hawken-0792b/ Episode Highlights and Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction + Common Roots 04:50 Never Turn Your Back on Nature, A Loss of Nature Literacy 09:48 Regeneration – Tapping into The Innate Quality Of Life 15:30 The Fundamental Cause of Global Warming 20:37 Does Technology Provide A Solution To Food Insecurity And Sustainable Food Production? (Indoor / Vertical Farming, Impossible Burger, etc.) 28:25 Regenerative Agriculture = Solution: Pollinators, Nutrients, Carbon Sequestration, Increased Soil Moisture, Healthy Plants 31:30 The Problem of GMO Soy and Glyphosate (and the Impossibility of the Impossible Burger) 35:33 The Consequences of GMOs 41:00 An Unlikely Friendship + Glyphosate's Planned Short-term Utility 43:10 Weeds – A Tool To Heal The Soil 45:20 Climate Activism And Solving For Mount Everest Syndrome 50:00 Naming The Goal = Reverse Global Warming (not combat / tackle / mitigate climate change) 52:35 The Birth of Project Drawdown 55:45 Who We Are: Our Individual & Collective Agency 58:30 Regeneration Toolkit: Nexus, Climate Action Systems and More 01:02:10 David Johnson's Concept / Greenprint and Paul Hawken's Thoughts On 1 Billion Activists 01:07:15 Pushing From The Middle (not the bottom) 01:10:50 The Ability Of Earth / Climate To Heal 01:16:00 The #1 Solution for CO2 Reduction = Electrify Everything 01:25:00 The Importance of Questions and a Curious Mind Resources Mentioned: Acronyms: Join the Care More. Be Better. Community! (Social Links Below) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/CareMore.BeBetter/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CareMoreBeBetter LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/care-more-be-better Twitter: https://twitter.com/caremorebebettr Clubhouse: https://www.clubhouse.com/club/care-more-be-better Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/CareMoreBeBetter/ Support Care More. Be Better: A Social Impact + Sustainability Podcast Care More. Be Better. is not backed by any company. We answer only to our collective conscience. As a listener, reader, and subscriber you are part of this pod and this community and we are honored to have your support. If you can, please help finance the show https://www.caremorebebetter.com/donate. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/caremorebebetter

Corinna is joined by an incredible leader in natural foods, entrepreneurship and climate activism, Paul Hawken as they discuss his history and his latest work: Regeneration: Ending The Climate Crisis In One Generation. About Paul Hawken: Paul starts ecological businesses, writes about nature and commerce, and consults with heads of state and CEOs on climatic, economic and ecological regeneration. He has written eight books including five national and New York Times bestsellers: Growing a Business, The Next Economy, The Ecology of Commerce, Blessed Unrest, and Drawdown. He is the founder of Project Drawdown, Regeneration.org, and just completed his latest work, Regeneration, Ending the Climate Crisis in One Generation which is published by Penguin RandomHouse. It is released in the UK on September 14, 2021 and everywhere else on September 21st. Paul Hawken Website: https://www.paulhawken.com Regeneration Website: https://www.regeneration.org LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-hawken-0792b/   Episode Highlights and Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction + Common Roots 04:50 Never Turn Your Back on Nature, A Loss of Nature Literacy 09:48 Regeneration – Tapping into The Innate Quality Of Life 15:30 The Fundamental Cause of Global Warming 20:37 Does Technology Provide A Solution To Food Insecurity And Sustainable Food Production? (Indoor / Vertical Farming, Impossible Burger, etc.) 28:25 Regenerative Agriculture = Solution: Pollinators, Nutrients, Carbon Sequestration, Increased Soil Moisture, Healthy Plants 31:30 The Problem of GMO Soy and Glyphosate (and the Impossibility of the Impossible Burger) 35:33 The Consequences of GMOs 41:00 An Unlikely Friendship + Glyphosate's Planned Short-term Utility 43:10 Weeds – A Tool To Heal The Soil 45:20 Climate Activism And Solving For Mount Everest Syndrome 50:00 Naming The Goal = Reverse Global Warming (not combat / tackle / mitigate climate change) 52:35 The Birth of Project Drawdown 55:45 Who We Are: Our Individual & Collective Agency 58:30 Regeneration Toolkit: Nexus, Climate Action Systems and More 01:02:10 David Johnson's Concept / Greenprint and Paul Hawken's Thoughts On 1 Billion Activists 01:07:15 Pushing From The Middle (not the bottom) 01:10:50 The Ability Of Earth / Climate To Heal 01:16:00 The #1 Solution for CO2 Reduction = Electrify Everything 01:25:00 The Importance of Questions and a Curious Mind   Resources Mentioned: IPCC 6th Report: https://www.ipcc.ch/report/sixth-assessment-report-cycle/  Weeds: Guardians of The Soil by Joseph A Cocannouer: https://www.amazon.com/Weeds-Guardians-Soil-Joseph-Cocannouer/dp/0815972059 Regeneration Nexus (direct link): https://www.regeneration.org/nexus Books Paul Hawken Authored / Edited: https://www.indiebound.org/search/book?keys=author%3AHawken%2C%20Paul   Acronyms: CAFOS: Confined Area Feeding Operations IPCC: The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the United Nations body for assessing the science related to climate change.   Join the Care More. Be Better. Community! (Social Links Below) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/CareMore.BeBetter/    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CareMoreBeBetter    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/care-more-be-better    Twitter: https://twitter.com/caremorebebettr    Clubhouse: https://www.clubhouse.com/club/care-more-be-better    Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/CareMoreBeBetter/    Support Care More. Be Better: A Social Impact + Sustainability Podcast Care More. Be Better. is not backed by any company. We answer only to our collective conscience. As a listener, reader, and subscriber you are part of this pod and this community and we are honored to have your support. If you can, please help finance the show https://www.caremorebebetter.com/donate. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/caremorebebetter 

In this second installment of current mood week, Jacklyn picks Sara Bareilles' aptly titled, The Blessed Unrest, an album with nearly no missteps and a million magical moments. We dissect why her poetic lyricism does not receive enough credit and imagine how she would be the best therapist.

As we rededicate ourselves this Earth Week, here's my 2017 conversation with PAUL HAWKEN (The Ecology of Commerce; Natural Capitalism; Blessed Unrest) about DRAWDOWN: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming, which ranks the 80 most impactful solutions - plus 20 others for which there isn’t yet enough data to rank them. This has become a movement with Drawdown groups advocating for solutions, locally and beyond.

On Episode 11, we get Right To The Source of EJ Hill’s passion and inspiration that has fueled his groundbreaking, incredible career as a multi-faceted visual and performance artist. Join us as we discuss the importance of pushing the boundaries of self-expression to get out of your comfort zone, the art and struggle of balancing business and creativity, creating to create vs creating with intent, our obsession with the “Blessed Unrest”, what durational performance art is, and of course A Rose & A Thorn, The Daily, and all-new Golden Nuggets. So let it go, and let’s go…RIGHT TO THE SOURCE! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/righttothesource/message

As director of market transformation & development for the TRUE Zero Waste certification, Stephanie Barger is responsible for the growth and development of the TRUE program. Barger helped launch TRUE, which is owned and administered by Green Business Certification Inc. (GBCI) in 2017. GBCI is the premier organization independently recognizing excellence in green business industry performance and practice globally and administers all LEED green building certifications. TRUE was acquired by GBCI in 2016 and was previously known as U.S. Zero Waste Business Council, which Barger formed in January 2012. Barger has been dedicated to meeting the growing need for educational resources, peer-to-peer networking and third-party certification for businesses across the nation related to waste reduction and zero waste. She brings over 25 years of experience in environmental stewardship, employee training, management consulting and business development. Prior to forming the U.S. Zero Waste Business Council, Barger spent 15 years leading Earth Resource Foundation (ERF), a dynamic high school environmental leadership program. ERF’s campaigns included curbing plastic pollution through zero waste, promoting native plant restoration, advocating for smoke-free beaches and improving watershed management. In 2009, ERF was awarded a Federal Stimulus Grant (the California Green Jobs Program in Orange County) to provide training for at-risk youth in zero waste and career development. Stephanie Joins Sustainable Nation to Discuss: The TRUE Zero Waste certification and its value for sustainability professionals The zero waste movement in the United States The TRUE Advisor program Advice and recommendations for sustainability leaders Stephanie's Final Five Responses: What is one piece of advice you would give other sustainability professionals that might help them in their careers? I think having a really great team around you - so energy experts, water experts, etc. And then knowing what you don't know and having a go-to organization or go-to person. Google is a great thing. There's lots of resources out there. Really building that team, and that can be nonprofits and other industry professionals. What are you most excited about right now in the world of sustainability? I think the shift that our consumers and our businesses are getting the simple things, like this wave of eliminating straws. We worked for many, many years to ban styrofoam and ban plastic bags and it seems like with the straws, people are getting it. We just don't need that. It's a little thing, but it's a big thing, and with that there is enthusiasm, especially from businesses. With the commodities market, with politics, with deregulation, there are a lot of things that are taking sustainability backwards. But our businesses believe in it and they see the power of it. They have 20 year goals. So, the cycles of politics don't really affect them and they just keep moving forward. I appreciate that with businesses, the leadership and the longterm goals that they're setting. What is one book you would recommend sustainability professionals read? The Blessed Unrest by Paul Hawkens. Basically, anything by Paul Hawkens, even his first books. But The Blessed Unrest really talks about that we're not alone. There are millions and billions of people that are working on these sustainability issues, whether it's in their home that they don't even talk about or in their local community. So, it just inspires me that we're all in this together. What are some of your favorite resources or tools that really help you in your work? So as I mentioned, the EPA, they have their Warm Model and WasteWise. It's really fun to go in and enter your data and they give you great graphics or facts - like how many trees are you saving, how many car trips etc. I think the very simple thing of doing a zero waste in your home. So, taking your zero waste audit, taking our TRUE zero waste rating system, and doing it in your own home. There is power in that to see the challenges and the opportunities that exist Where can our listeners go to learn more about you and the work that you're leading at TRUE? Our website is: www.true.gbci.org. Or you can go to the US Green Building Council main website at www.usgbc.org. You can see all the different certifications and all the resources that are available. And a huge resource is attending Green Build in Chicago. There's over 20,000 professionals that attend Green Build and it's just this amazing resource of energy and knowledge and networking. More information on Stephanie Barger and TRUE: https://true.gbci.org/ More information on Josh Prigge and Sustridge: https://www.sustridge.com/

This weekend when folks in communities around the world take part in a Global Day of Climate Action, you'll hear my October 2017 conversation with PAUL HAWKEN (The Ecology of Commerce; Natural Capitalism; Blessed Unrest) about his research project and best-selling book: DRAWDOWN: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming, which ranks the 80 most impactful solutions - plus 20 others for which there isn't enough data yet to rank them.

In this interview, jointly with the Drawdown Agenda, Paul Hawken, the co-founder and Executive Director of Project Drawdown, discusses the inception and mission of Drawdown– and explains the research, modelling and analysis underpinning the project. He emphasises how this project is the first of its kind, as previously many, even within the science community, had a scant understanding of the wide range of different possible solutions–and their effectiveness. In particular, Paul emphasises the need to move beyond the pervasive “silver bullet” mentality that venerates a single overarching solution towards a broader positive solutions-based approach to systemic change. This is now essential, he argues, as an overtly negative focus in climate communication has largely prompted disempowerment and disengagement. Instead, Drawdown presents a positive action-oriented framework to reverse global warming — and also to create a fairer, more egalitarian, and regenerative world. This is a profoundly inspiring, world-changing vision of the future, highlighting the critical importance of collective action to reverse global warming. (This is an edited version of an earlier interview Paul for the Drawdown Agenda). Paul Hawken is the co-founder and Executive Director of Project Drawdown, a global non-profit that describes when and how global warming can be reversed. Paul is also an author and activist and has written seven books including; The Next Economy, The Ecology of Commerce, Blessed Unrest and Natural Capitalism: Creating the Next Industrial Revolution, co-authored with Amory Lovins. Paul has also founded successful, ecologically-conscious businesses, and consulted with heads of state and CEOs on economic development, industrial ecology, and environmental policy. He has served on the board of many environmental organizations including Centre for Plant Conservation, Shelburne Farms, Trust for Public Land, Conservation International, and National Audubon Society. a global non-profit that describes when and how global warming can be reversed. Paul is also an author and activist and has written seven books including: The Next Economy, The Ecology of Commerce, Blessed Unrest and Natural Capitalism: Creating the Next Industrial Revolution, co-authored with Amory Lovins. Paul has also founded successful, ecologically-conscious businesses, and consulted with heads of state and CEOs on economic development, industrial ecology, and environmental policy. He has served on the board of many environmental organizations including Centre for Plant Conservation, Shelburne Farms, Trust for Public Land, Conservation International, and National Audubon Society. The post Episode 50: Interview with Paul Hawken, co-founder and Executive Director of Project Drawdown appeared first on The Sustainability Agenda.

Listen in as Jessica Burr, Artistic Director of Blessed Unrest and director of the company’s new production of This is Modern Art, discusses grabbing opportunities when they’re presented, how they “bombed” (graffiti-style) their set, getting invited into “the institution,” the company’s … Continue reading →

Idris Goodwin is an award-winning playwright, poet, performer, and essayist. This summer, he will become the Producing Artistic Director of StageOne Family Theater in Louisville, KY. For StageOne, Idris penned American Tales and the widely produced And In This Corner: Cassius Clay. Other plays include: How We Got On, Bars and Measures, The Raid, Hype Man: a break beat play, Blackademics, The Way the Mountain Moved, commissioned as part of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s American Revolutions Series, and will world premiere this summer, and This Is Modern Art co-written with Kevin Coval (which is getting a Blessed Unrest production in June 2018, in New York City). Just a few of the accolades Idris has earned include awards from the Hip Hop Theater Festival, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Ford Foundation, the Blue Ink Playwriting Award, and the InterAct Theater’s 20/20 Prize. These Are the Breaks, Idris’s debut collection of essays and poetry, was nominated for a Pushcart Prize, and his poetry has been featured on HBO, The Discovery Channel, Sesame Street and National Public Radio. 

Jessica Burr is the artistic director of Blessed Unrest, an ensemble-based experimental theatre company in New York City, co-founded with Matt Opatrny. In 2011, Jessica received the Lucille Lortel Award from the League of Professional Theatre Women, in recognition of her work as a director and the body of work that Blessed Unrest has created under her leadership. With Blessed Unrest, just a few of the productions she has directed include Body: Anatomies of Being, Eurydice’s Dream (for which she and Sonia Villani received the 2013 NY Innovative Theatre Award for Outstanding Choreography/Movement), ArtCamp SexyTime FootBall, 365 Days/365 Plays Festival, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Measure for Measure, and The Sworn Virgin and Doruntine (both with Florent Mehmeti of Teatri Oda of Kosovo). And most recently, The Snow Queen, developed in residency at the New Victory Theater, and now running, Platonov – an adaptation and translation of Chekhov’s play by Laura Wickens. Jessica talks with Marc about starting Blessed Unrest after traveling and teaching abroad, her study with Anne Bogart, creating a culture of love, support, and trust in the rehearsal room for dangerous things to happen, her commitment to diversity on stage and in the audience, and the need for actors to always work and train!

Listen in as director Jessica Burr and performer Nancy McArthur (“Gerda”) of Blessed Unrest‘s original adaptation of The Snow Queen discuss how the company came to create a show geared toward young people, working with 10-year-old collaborators in the rehearsal … Continue reading →

PAUL HAWKEN (The Ecology of Commerce; Natural Capitalism; Blessed Unrest) has a new research project and a new best-selling book - DRAWDOWN. Based on rigorous scientific and economic analysis and review, it ranks the 80 most impactful solutions with which Hawken is confident we can reverse global warming. Plus it offers 20 additional very promising solutions for which there isn’t yet enough data to rank them. (drawdown.org, paulhawken.com)

Audrey Rush challenged me to listen to The Blessed Unrest by Sara Bareilles.

Review of “The Blessed Unrest” by Sara Bareilles    Grades: Music           B+ Lyrics           B+ Production   B+  Overall         B+ Email your comments and album suggestions to Feedback@FiveMinuteMusicReviews.com: If you’d like to purchase this album, please click here: Follow us on Twitter @FiveMinuteMusic [...]

As a fifth generation Californian Paul Hawken has seen many changes to the landscape of his childhood. Having access to wide open spaces and good food was something he almost took for granted but at 20yrs old Paul had a ‘duh’ moment which lead to him founding one of the U.S.A’s first successful organic food businesses.Kenny Ausubel, the Bioneers founder says “Paul Hawken has a gift for making the impossible inevitable” and his latest ambitious initiative Project Drawdown is no exception. With the support of an incredible team including scientists, NGO’s, analysts, government agencies and companies, Paul talks about how Drawdown is setting about mapping, measuring and modelling the hundred most substantive solutions to climate change.In this episode of MHP Paul chats about this latest work and some of the surprises he’s found, why believing in climate change is irrelevant to the cascading beneficial effects of those solutions, but, because it does exist we should see climate change as a transformative opportunity.He discusses what he sees as our delusion of separateness from earth, why we can’t think clearly unless we are healthy, why he’s loving carbon and why we need to ask ourselves if climate change is happening TO us or FOR us.Paul is best known for being an incredibly well respected environmentalist, entrepreneur and author -and is simply, a lovely man to talk to. Paul has written seven books, including four New York Times best sellers; The Next Economy, Growing A Business, The Ecology of Commerce and Blessed Unrest. He has served on the board of many environmental organizations and founded the first natural food company in the U.S that relied solely on sustainable agriculture.The Project Drawdown book with its original data will be out in April 2017. The book will describe how these 100 solutions, when deployed at scale can lead us to a large impact climate drawdown. Find out more about Paul Hawken and not for profit initiative-Project Drawdown at:www.paulhawken.comhttp://www.drawdown.orgPlease visit www.myhomeplanet.org

This week on Love (and Revolution) Radio, we speak with citizen scientist and master gardener Adrian Fisher about reconciliation ecology and how her neighborhood outside Chicago, IL used wild plant gardening to not only connect two wildlife preserves on either side of her, but also a bi-continental migration route for innumerable wild species. Sign up for our weekly email: http://www.riverasun.com/love-and-revolution-radio/ About Our Guest: Adrian Fisher is a sustainability coordinator, a wild and native plants gardener, and writes and speaks about Reconciliation Ecology and Regenerative Gardening. She lives in Oak Park, Illinois, and is a featured writer on Resilience.org Related Links: Why Reconciliation Ecology Matters by Adrian Fisher http://www.resilience.org/stories/2016-04-28/ethics-and-ecosystem-interactions-why-reconciliation-ecology-matters Reconciliation Ecology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reconciliation_ecology Wild Ones Organization http://www.wildones.org/ Deep Ecology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_ecology Resilience.org http://www.resilience.org/ Blessed Unrest by Paul Hawken http://www.blessedunrest.com/ Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer https://www.amazon.com/Braiding-Sweetgrass-Indigenous-Scientific-Knowledge/dp/1571313567 Win-Win Ecology https://global.oup.com/academic/product/win-win-ecology-9780195156041 Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation http://www.xerces.org/ The Sunflower Forest by William Jordan https://www.amazon.com/Sunflower-Forest-Ecological-Restoration-Communion/dp/0520233204 The Carbon Farming Solution by Eric Toensmeier http://www.chelseagreen.com/the-carbon-farming-solution Paradise Lot (Book and Blog) https://paradiselotblog.wordpress.com/ Rodale Institute http://rodaleinstitute.org/ Rodale Institue White Paper on Regenerative Organic Agriculture and Climate Change http://rodaleinstitute.org/assets/WhitePaper.pdf Music by: "Love and Revolution" by Diane Patterson and Spirit Radio www.dianepatterson.org This week's featured musician is Melissa Crabtree. This is her song, "Bees" from her album "The Day I Fell Into the Water". You can find this and other music by Melissa at www.melissacrabtree.com About Your Co-hosts: Sherri Mitchell (Penobscot) is an Indigenous rights attorney, writer and activist who melds traditional life-way teachings into spirit-based movements. Follow her at Sherri Mitchell – Wena’gamu’gwasit:https://www.facebook.com/sacredinstructions/timeline Rivera Sun is a novelist and nonviolent mischief-maker. She is the author of The Dandelion Insurrection, Billionaire Buddha, and Steam Drills, Treadmills, and Shooting Stars. She is also the social media coordinator and nonviolence trainer for Campaign Nonviolence and Pace e Bene. Her essays on social justice movements are syndicated on by PeaceVoice, and appear in Truthout and Popular Resistance.http://www.riverasun.com/

In this gripping presentation, author and social entrepreneur Paul Hawken illuminates the premise of his subsequent bestselling book Blessed Unrest that the biggest movement in world history is developing under the radar screen largely through civil society. Reviewing the rich roots of today’s U.S. environmental movement, he observes that this new global movement is far more diverse. It is non-violent, grassroots, and has no central ideology. Its origins are in indigenous culture and the environmental and social justice movements. “Intertwining, morphing, enlarging, this movement does not seek power, but seeks to dismantle power.” Hawken closes to a standing ovation, acknowledging with deep emotion the many people who compose this movement. This speech was given at the 2004 Bioneers National Conference. Since 1990, Bioneers has acted as a fertile hub of social and scientific innovators with practical and visionary solutions for the world's most pressing environmental and social challenges. To experience talks like this, please join us at the Bioneers National Conference each October, and regional Bioneers Resilient Community Network gatherings held nationwide throughout the year. For more information on Bioneers, please visit http://www.bioneers.org and stay in touch via Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/Bioneers.org) and Twitter (https://twitter.com/bioneers).

Paul Hawken is a visionary social entrepreneur, the award-winning author of multiple landmark books including Blessed Unrest, The Ecology of Commerce and Natural Capitalism (co-author), and the Co-Founder of OneSun, a radically innovative solar energy technology company. In this speech, Hawken discusses his younger days, how and why he started a health food store in Boston in the 1970s, and our connection with nature and each other. "We have invented an economic system - then and now - that doesn't just kill life, it depends on killing life." This speech was presented at the 2012 National Bioneers Conference in San Rafael, CA. Learn more at http://www.bioneers.orgSince 1990, Bioneers has acted as a fertile hub of social and scientific innovators with practical and visionary solutions for the world's most pressing environmental and social challenges. To experience talks like this, please join us at the Bioneers National Conference each October, and regional Bioneers Resilient Community Network gatherings held nationwide throughout the year. For more information on Bioneers, please visit http://www.bioneers.org and stay in touch via Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/Bioneers.org) and Twitter (https://twitter.com/bioneers).

Composer and Baroque music specialist Michael Dodds is the subject of an upcoming documentary called Blessed Unrest (currently being Kickstarted) about the personal challenge of creating a 40-minute choral symphony. Michael joined me on Composer Quest to talk about the techniques he used in writing his symphony, like borrowing from the beautiful Romantic harmonies of Richard Strauss. Michael also explains how Baroque composers are like jazz musicians, and how music theory is linked to the history of map-making.

Jesus, Paul, and Amos all call us out of our complacency.

Jesus, Paul, and Amos all call us out of our complacency.

TheSparkAndTheArt.com/31 – That curiosity that drove you in the beginning can sometimes stop you in your tracks or keep you in a comfortable place once you get to a certain level of skill. What do you do when your blessed unrest is feeling more like a curse? 

David Gottfried is considered the father of the green movement, having founded the Green Building Council in 1993 which then expanded to over 100 countries with the Global Green Building Council.  You may have seen the “LEED” plaque on the side of a building?  That's the green rating system that David helped develop. David is also married to an incredible leader in the wellness field, my friend and author of “The Hormone Cure,” Dr. Sara Gottfried.  While his wife looks inward toward healing the body, David has spent his amazing life looking outward-- trying to heal the planet. In this show, David and I get a chance to talk about his new book, “Explosion Green.”  It's really a twenty-year memoir about a character… who happens to be David… on his quest to green the planet.  We also touch on a topic that sounds like science fiction, but is truly an essential component of healing ourselves and the planet:  Rewiring the brain for survival in the 22nd century. Here are a few highlights of the show: How healing your body leads to healing the planet. What drives even the greenest environmentalist to want a bigger house and a faster car? Why our survival instincts are killing us. Simple ways we can start living intentionally. The “bottom line” of being green. SHOW NOTES: David Gottfried is the father of the green movement, having founded both the U.S. and Global Green building Councils.  This GBC movement has reduced global warming and our eco-footprint more than any other organization in the world. David has a different perspective on the way the world works.  The pendulum is swinging in both the health and the sustainability movements.  According to David, the direction of the health movement is essential to what he refers to as the ecological triple bottom line:  planet, economy, and society. His relationship with Sara helped him realize that the third leg of the stool was somewhat absent in his approach.  To understand the societal component, he had to focus on how the people inside the green buildings were living.  “If you are toxic, what good is a LEED Platinum, net-zero home?” Sara got David looking at food, stress, anger, meditation and neuroscience to manage his own health.  But it's all interrelated:  David feels that what the green movement can bring to the individual is hope. David believes that he is here as a change agent, that he was tagged for a higher purpose.  There's a saying in Judaism:  Tikkun Olam, to heal the world.  It's our purpose to put the divine light back into the leaky vessel. How can focusing on our own health change the world?  Health and wellness isn't necessarily about getting ripped abs, although it can start there.  Once you approach health from a place of divine intent (you find your “why”), you start to believe in real food, in permaculture and local food.  You eat grazed meat and organic produce.  You become empowered by your natural intelligence.  That intent followed by those practices obviously have an impact on the environment. Where are we going in terms of the brain and the environment?  Back in the 1950's, Buckminster Fuller declared that technology had arrived, and that the have-nots could finally have.  So, why don't we all have?  It has to do with the wiring of our brains. “We are still harming nature, other species and each other.  We've got to wake up.”  But perhaps we can't do that without updating our brain's operating system. David started wondering why he still jumped for his bat when he heard noises in his house at night, or why he got road rage when another driver cut him off in traffic.  Well, it has to do with the prefrontal cortex—the part of the brain that says, “I'm a hunter.  I have to provide for my family and protect them.”  You can't come home after a hunt without food. As a result of this thought process, David came out with the E Revolution.  It's about taking the term human (to err is to be human) and adding an e:  humane.   He started wondering if eco-greens could work with health experts to look at rewiring our brains.  Can we change the wiring of our survival instincts that were necessary hundreds of thousands of years ago, but are actually killing us now?  What does that new operating system look like and how can we install it? How can we stack the deck when it comes to sustainability? The first step is to check your ego at the door.  We have to switch to a humane operating system which means being human to your own body and being humane to other people. Live with intentionality.  We all do things like buy homes, redecorate, paint, renovate, consumer energy, produce waste, use water, and use transportation.  There are small things to do that move toward positive change, such as: Buy paint without VOC's. Don't buy cheap furniture that smells like chemicals for months. Use carpeting that doesn't require toxic glues. Keep in mind, if something smells, it's probably bad for you. Take your shoes off at the front door.  Why? So you don't track in all of the environmental toxins. Tighten up your home's insulation:  Blow insulation in to attics, crawl spaces, and walls. Install good quality windows. Buy Energy Star appliances. Install low-flow faucets, shower heads, and toilets. Collect water in rain barrels for landscaping. Drive less and buy fuel efficient cars. Buy quality products. Obviously, true change requires a monumental shift in our behavior.  Is that shift a slow burn or one big push?  You can actually map the shift.  Paul Hawken wrote a book called “Blessed Unrest” that mapped the world's eco grass-roots initiatives.  He stopped counting when he reached one million.  But it's going to take a combination of things from ordinances for green building, to tax policy, to support for organic and local farmers. We have to shift into thinking, “If it's not green, it's not valuable.”  We need to change the mindset of the public into thinking that if something is unhealthy, it shouldn't make money.  If it depletes the soil, if it causes birth defects, if it sucks up our rapidly disappearing aquifers, if it makes us sick… it shouldn't be purchased. “Cheap” can be the most expensive thing you ever do.  One small example is in the cords I buy for my guitars and amps.  You can buy them for a couple of bucks on the internet.  But here's what happens:  They buzz and blow up in the middle of a show.  Then I have to replace them.  Then I get stressed out and ticked off, and I have to go and replace the cords.  After a few cycles of this, I could have just bought a $30 good quality cord to begin with.  Now I buy quality because it saves me money in the long run, it saves the stress, and it saves the environment because those many cheap cords aren't hitting the landfill.  The same goes for appliances, electronics, clothing, and the list goes on. Look at what you do with the dollars you're spending.  What is the eco-footprint of the things you're doing?  Plant seeds that will grow good in the world.  Learn lessons from your mistakes, because lessons are the juice of life. Check out David's new book, “Explosion Green!”  It will teach you an incredible amount about being green through story, and a healthy dose of self-deprecation. You can check out more on the Green Building Council at usgbc.org and worldgbc.org.  

David Gottfried is considered the father of the green movement, having founded the Green Building Council in 1993 which then expanded to over 100 countries with the Global Green Building Council.  You may have seen the “LEED” plaque on the side of a building?  That's the green rating system that David helped develop. David is also married to an incredible leader in the wellness field, my friend and author of “The Hormone Cure,” Dr. Sara Gottfried.  While his wife looks inward toward healing the body, David has spent his amazing life looking outward-- trying to heal the planet. In this show, David and I get a chance to talk about his new book, “Explosion Green.”  It's really a twenty-year memoir about a character… who happens to be David… on his quest to green the planet.  We also touch on a topic that sounds like science fiction, but is truly an essential component of healing ourselves and the planet:  Rewiring the brain for survival in the 22nd century. Here are a few highlights of the show: How healing your body leads to healing the planet. What drives even the greenest environmentalist to want a bigger house and a faster car? Why our survival instincts are killing us. Simple ways we can start living intentionally. The “bottom line” of being green. SHOW NOTES: David Gottfried is the father of the green movement, having founded both the U.S. and Global Green building Councils.  This GBC movement has reduced global warming and our eco-footprint more than any other organization in the world. David has a different perspective on the way the world works.  The pendulum is swinging in both the health and the sustainability movements.  According to David, the direction of the health movement is essential to what he refers to as the ecological triple bottom line:  planet, economy, and society. His relationship with Sara helped him realize that the third leg of the stool was somewhat absent in his approach.  To understand the societal component, he had to focus on how the people inside the green buildings were living.  “If you are toxic, what good is a LEED Platinum, net-zero home?” Sara got David looking at food, stress, anger, meditation and neuroscience to manage his own health.  But it's all interrelated:  David feels that what the green movement can bring to the individual is hope. David believes that he is here as a change agent, that he was tagged for a higher purpose.  There's a saying in Judaism:  Tikkun Olam, to heal the world.  It's our purpose to put the divine light back into the leaky vessel. How can focusing on our own health change the world?  Health and wellness isn't necessarily about getting ripped abs, although it can start there.  Once you approach health from a place of divine intent (you find your “why”), you start to believe in real food, in permaculture and local food.  You eat grazed meat and organic produce.  You become empowered by your natural intelligence.  That intent followed by those practices obviously have an impact on the environment. Where are we going in terms of the brain and the environment?  Back in the 1950's, Buckminster Fuller declared that technology had arrived, and that the have-nots could finally have.  So, why don't we all have?  It has to do with the wiring of our brains. “We are still harming nature, other species and each other.  We've got to wake up.”  But perhaps we can't do that without updating our brain's operating system. David started wondering why he still jumped for his bat when he heard noises in his house at night, or why he got road rage when another driver cut him off in traffic.  Well, it has to do with the prefrontal cortex—the part of the brain that says, “I'm a hunter.  I have to provide for my family and protect them.”  You can't come home after a hunt without food. As a result of this thought process, David came out with the E Revolution.  It's about taking the term human (to err is to be human) and adding an e:  humane.   He started wondering if eco-greens could work with health experts to look at rewiring our brains.  Can we change the wiring of our survival instincts that were necessary hundreds of thousands of years ago, but are actually killing us now?  What does that new operating system look like and how can we install it? How can we stack the deck when it comes to sustainability? The first step is to check your ego at the door.  We have to switch to a humane operating system which means being human to your own body and being humane to other people. Live with intentionality.  We all do things like buy homes, redecorate, paint, renovate, consumer energy, produce waste, use water, and use transportation.  There are small things to do that move toward positive change, such as: Buy paint without VOC's. Don't buy cheap furniture that smells like chemicals for months. Use carpeting that doesn't require toxic glues. Keep in mind, if something smells, it's probably bad for you. Take your shoes off at the front door.  Why? So you don't track in all of the environmental toxins. Tighten up your home's insulation:  Blow insulation in to attics, crawl spaces, and walls. Install good quality windows. Buy Energy Star appliances. Install low-flow faucets, shower heads, and toilets. Collect water in rain barrels for landscaping. Drive less and buy fuel efficient cars. Buy quality products. Obviously, true change requires a monumental shift in our behavior.  Is that shift a slow burn or one big push?  You can actually map the shift.  Paul Hawken wrote a book called “Blessed Unrest” that mapped the world's eco grass-roots initiatives.  He stopped counting when he reached one million.  But it's going to take a combination of things from ordinances for green building, to tax policy, to support for organic and local farmers. We have to shift into thinking, “If it's not green, it's not valuable.”  We need to change the mindset of the public into thinking that if something is unhealthy, it shouldn't make money.  If it depletes the soil, if it causes birth defects, if it sucks up our rapidly disappearing aquifers, if it makes us sick… it shouldn't be purchased. “Cheap” can be the most expensive thing you ever do.  One small example is in the cords I buy for my guitars and amps.  You can buy them for a couple of bucks on the internet.  But here's what happens:  They buzz and blow up in the middle of a show.  Then I have to replace them.  Then I get stressed out and ticked off, and I have to go and replace the cords.  After a few cycles of this, I could have just bought a $30 good quality cord to begin with.  Now I buy quality because it saves me money in the long run, it saves the stress, and it saves the environment because those many cheap cords aren't hitting the landfill.  The same goes for appliances, electronics, clothing, and the list goes on. Look at what you do with the dollars you're spending.  What is the eco-footprint of the things you're doing?  Plant seeds that will grow good in the world.  Learn lessons from your mistakes, because lessons are the juice of life. Check out David's new book, “Explosion Green!”  It will teach you an incredible amount about being green through story, and a healthy dose of self-deprecation. You can check out more on the Green Building Council at usgbc.org and worldgbc.org.  

The happy healthcare host, Mr. Divabetic is back with another year of educational and entertaining diabetes outreach. Tonight Mr. Divabetic hosts Diabetes Late Nite podcast Inspired singer, songwriter Sara Bareilles. Sara Bareilles achieved mainstream success in 2007 with the hit song, “Love Song,” which brought her into the number one spot on the Billboard Pop 100 chart. She has sold over one million records and over four million singles in the Untied States alone and has been nominated for a Grammy Award five times. Sara Braeilles’s latest album, “The Blessed Unrest” is nominated for Album of the Year Grammy Award. Her song, “Brave” is nominated for Best Solo Performance Grammy Award. Throughout the podcast, we will be playing clips of Sara Bareilles songs courtesy of SONY MUSIC. The podcast also includes a Diabetes Hot Topics discussion, a Diabetes Numerology Puzzle, Prize Giveaways and a Mother Your Diabetes commentary.  Guests include Patricia Addie-Gentle RN, CDE, Neva White MSN, CRNP, CDE, Dr. Beverly S. Adler PhD, CDE, Poet Lorraine Brooks, SONY Music Executive Jeff James, Mama Rose Marie and Mike Lawson from San Francisco, CA Enjoy over 100 Diva TalkRadio free podcasts on i-tunes (search ‘Divabetic’) and at: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/divatalkradio1.

Paul Hawken An Uprising: The Global Crisis and Our Response Paul is a truly visionary thought and action leader. He is among the great contributors to the global effort to re-imagine our place in nature and how we may live balanced and creative lives together. In these recordings, Paul talks with Michael Lerner about the interlocking global environmental, financial, and human crises we face and the ways we can respond. Paul Hawken Paul is an environmentalist, entrepreneur, journalist, and author who has dedicated his life to sustainability and changing the relationship between business and the environment. He is author of seven books including The Next Economy, The Ecology of Commerce, and Blessed Unrest. Find out more about The New School at tns.commonweal.org.

Paul Hawken An Uprising: The Global Crisis and Our Response Paul is a truly visionary thought and action leader. He is among the great contributors to the global effort to re-imagine our place in nature and how we may live balanced and creative lives together. In these recordings, Paul talks with Michael Lerner about the interlocking global environmental, financial, and human crises we face and the ways we can respond. Paul Hawken Paul is an environmentalist, entrepreneur, journalist, and author who has dedicated his life to sustainability and changing the relationship between business and the environment. He is author of seven books including The Next Economy, The Ecology of Commerce, and Blessed Unrest. Find out more about The New School at tns.commonweal.org.

In this Climate One conversation, two of the most influential environmentalists of the past 30 years share the same stage for just the second time in their long careers in public life. Bill McKibben, co-founder of 350.org and author of Eaarth, and Paul Hawken, entrepreneur and author of Blessed Unrest, talk about the ailing economy, the economy we must build to succeed it, and the forces that stand in the way. Climate One’s Greg Dalton opens by asking Hawken and McKibben how the United States ended up mired in recession. “We get into this predicament by artificially stimulating consumption for the past 40 years,” replies Hawken. The bursting of the credit bubble should tell us, he says, that consumerism, our longtime economic crutch, won’t get us out of this mess. McKibben agrees. Since the end of World War II he says, “the basic animating force of that economy was the task of building bigger houses farther apart from each other. It’s a project that ended up being environmentally ruinous, and socially ruinous, too.” And yet those ruins give us something to build upon. “The economy we’re moving towards looks less to growth than to durability and resilience and security. The trajectory will be more in the direction of local, instead of the ever-expanding outward globalism that’s relied on an endless supply of cheap fossil energy to make it possible.” “My only real worry,” he says, “is that climate change is happening so fast that it may knock the props out from under the whole thing before we can get to where we need to go.” The way forward is studded with challenges, Hawken says. First among them, the fear that individual actions won’t, by themselves, be enough. Small acts are rational and helpful, he says, but in the doing you don’t step back and ask: What do we really need to change? “What we need to change,” he answers, “is the system. And the system cannot change until there is a manifest crisis that is shared.” The problem, McKibben explains, is that the fossil fuel industry is actively working to block systemic change. “Most people understand that climate change is an incredibly serious problem about which we need to do something,” he says. “Our problem is far and away caused by the fact that the fossil fuel industry, which is the most profitable industry on Earth, has all of the financial means at their disposal to keep us from taking action.” This program was recorded in front of a live audience at The Commonwealth Club in San Francisco on September 8, 2011

Hosted by Kimberley Jaeger & Gary Moore... It is Revolution Tuesday!! We are doing it creating heaven on earth... Congratulations!!!! Paul Hawken, Blessed Unrest and WiserEarth http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1fiubmOqH4 'America Is NOT Broke': Michael Moore Speaks in Madison, WI -- March 5, 2011 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgNuSEZ8CDw

"I now believe there are over one million organizations working toward ecological sustainability and social justice. This is the largest social movement in all of history, no one knows its scope, and how it functions is more mysterious than what meets the eye. What binds it together is ideas, not ideologies. The promise of this unnamed movement is to offer solutions to what appear to be insoluble dilemmas: poverty, global climate change, terrorism, ecological degradation, polarization of income, loss of culture." Paul Hawken is the author of Blessed Unrest and co-author of Natural Capitalism.