Paul Hawken on “bottom-up world arising”
His book and documentary called “Blessed Unrest” will be out May 1, and Paul Hawken is still moving forward to spark a larger movement in civil society.
Having served as one of the environmental movement’s early inspirations, Hawken now criticizes the movement as too narrowly focused.
Says Hawken (via treehugger radio):
“The environmental movement arose because we had better science. It became a movement of trying to prevent harm. What that obscures is the fact that all environmental movements are about reducing the suffering of all forms of life. That sense of care and compasssion was missing. People who were suffering were saying ‘what about me?’”
In this nice, long extended interview, treehugger asks Paul about the evolution of environmental consciousness, changes in the political sphere, the recent World Social Forum in Davos, Paul’s forthcoming book, Blessed Unrest, and a good deal more.
His “WiserEarth” initiative (where WISER stands for World Index for Social and Environmental Responsibility) intends to increase movement’s ability to see itself.
WiserCommons is a member-centric network in which members co-create a common-pool of sustainability-related information and resources to be freely used by all members of society. Participating members have access to a larger body of knowledge, allowing them to more effectively fulfill the goals of their organization and to deliver greater value to their constituency.
This is one rare luminary — a unique voice in the world of sustainable business and the search for a whole, nurturing society.
Always a pleasure to listen as Hawken pours out his heart.
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