Regeneration

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By Paul Hawken

Publisher Description

A radically new understanding of and practical approach to climate change by noted environmentalist Paul Hawken, creator of the New York Times bestseller Drawdown

Regeneration offers a visionary new approach to climate change, one that weaves justice, climate, biodiversity, equity, and human dignity into a seamless tapestry of action, policy, and transformation that can end the climate crisis in one generation. It is the first book to describe and define the burgeoning regeneration movement spreading rapidly throughout the world.

Regeneration describes how an inclusive movement can engage the majority of humanity to save the world from the threat of global warming, with climate solutions that directly serve our children, the poor, and the excluded. This means we must address current human needs, not future existential threats, real as they are, with initiatives that include but go well beyond solar, electric vehicles, and tree planting to include such solutions as the fifteen-minute city, bioregions, azolla fern, food localization, fire ecology, decommodification, forests as farms, and the number one solution for the world: electrifying everything.

Paul Hawken and the nonprofit Regeneration Organization are launching a series of initiatives to accompany the book, including a streaming video series, curriculum, podcasts, teaching videos, and climate action software. Regeneration is the inspiring and necessary guide to inform the rapidly spreading climate movement.

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18 Reviews

4.0

Natalie

Created 8 months ago

2ndverse

Created 11 months ago

Lily

Created about 1 year ago

“After reading 'The Climate Book' earlier this year, it left me feeling very angry, but also very inspired and ready for action. I have continuously been asking myself, for years, 'what else can I do for the state of our climate?' While 'Regeneration' was good and informative, I felt that there were too few things that were applicable for me. It didn't give me that call to action that 'The Climate Book' did. Paul Hawken focuses on large systems - be it rainforests, indigenous populations, city infrastructures or the clothing industry. So while it gives me yet another incentive to be more active in the environmental activism community, it also made me lonely in my attempts to have significant impact. I also thought that some sections leaned more into preachy and forcefully 'inspirational' rather than genuine, data-based messages with approachable and realistic solutions. It is structured similarly, with chapters focusing on each on categories of systems, and essays on each particular one. It is also a beautiful book, I loved the wonderful pictures of natural landscapes and animals. Would I recommend it? Absolutely, it's a fantastic learning source. Some of my takeaways were: - There are possibilities to draw energy from heating in geothermal areas at only 80C. Trials started in Iceland and Japan, and it's now also available in Taiwan (!!!). - There is an entire island of plastic waste in the Pacific Ocean. Recycling facilities may be closed due to bankruptcy (an example was given from Victoria, Australia), and when that happens it is highly costly to sort their rubbish, hence it all ends up with the regular waste. - I need to pay more attention to the toilet paper I buy... most of the industry is still based on cutting up trees, which are often older, holding heaps of carbon. - We only consume as staples about 200 of plant foods, which is less than 10% of plants we could be consuming safely. - The poor are not only suffering from the consequences of climate change, but they are being actively exploited. The author offers a few examples from the US, such as of private prison owners looking to raise sentence times for decreasing crime severities, which mostly tackles the poor. They are also allowed to buy sugary drinks and zero-nutrition foods on food stamps, evolving into cardiovascular diseases and cancer in a country where no state has under a 20% obesity rate.”

rosanne

Created over 1 year ago

Rachel E.

Created over 1 year ago

“Really interesting book, I like his optimism.”

About Paul Hawken

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. He is the bestselling author of eight books that have been published in 30 languages in more than 50 countries and have sold more than 2 million copies, as well as dozens of articles, op-eds, and other papers concerning the environment, the ethical responsibility of business, and social justice. Hawken is a renowned lecturer who has keynoted conferences and led workshops on the impact of commerce upon the environment, and consulted with governments and corporations throughout the world.