Paul Hawken Quotes

My understanding of environmentalism, of the things that radicalize people, of the ethics and effectiveness of different kinds of social protest have definitely become more nuanced and more informed, but they aren't much clearer.

I see myself as a climber and an activist.

I don't believe in environmentalism as the solution to anything. What I believe is that environmentalism illuminates the things that need to be done to solve all of the problems together.

I think an old style of addressing environmental problems is ebbing, but the rise of the so-called conservative, political movement in this country is not a trend towards the future but a reaction to this very broad shift that we are undergoing.

There is no question that photography has played a major role in the environmental movement.

Why are ecologists and environmentalists so feared and hated? This is because in part what they have to say is new to the general public, and the new is always alarming.

I believe very strongly that corporations could and should be a major force for resolving social and environmental concerns in the twenty-first century.

You'll know the green revolution has been won when the word 'green' disappears.

The coming together of like-minded individuals through action is what's needed to see wide spread change for us, our planet and its creatures.

Environmental concern is now firmly embedded in public life: in education, medicine and law; in journalism, literature and art.

The activist is not the man who says the river is dirty. The activist is the man who cleans up the river.

I'm on the board of the Sierra Club Foundation and am myself a big environmentalist. But the way to make the biggest difference is to change mainstream behavior.

And I know that the younger generation is doing things that are so ingenious. And for them it's not a matter of a political belief or an environmental stance. It's really just common sense.

Many environmental battles are won by delaying a destructive project long enough to change the conversation - to allow new economic, political and social dynamics to emerge.

No more wolves, wilderness or welfare.

We have changed our environment more quickly than we have learned how to change ourselves.

The conservation movement, the environmental movement as we know it, really needed to adopt some of the tactics that the civil rights movement and the anti-nuclear movement were already using successfully.

That's the big mistake the environmental movement made - 'We'll scare the hell out of you, and you'll become an activist'.

You must become an activist if you are going to live the natural life.

The trends that are shaping the twenty-first-century world embody both promise and peril. Globalization, for example, has lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty while contributing to social fragmentation and a massive increase in inequality, not to mention serious environmental damage.

We the people have the strength to bring our country from our weak-kneed stumbling gait in the last ranks of reason to the leadership of the great march to environmental victory.

Inevitably, ecological awareness has this kind of '70s flavour to it.

Whether that be starting conversations about environmental conservation or taking part in being a voice for people who don't have a voice, I just want to help people however I can.

I want to live in a beautiful, nature-filled world, and, if we get shot on the streets fighting for it, so be it.

My father's music was about revolution and changing the hearts and minds of people through love and the deliverance of everyone. We hope our brothers and sisters will follow our path and really start to consider ecology and utilizing material that benefits not only yourself but the people.