To save the world from the threat of global warming, we need to create a world worth saving.To get the attention of humanity, humanity needs to feel it is getting attention.To reverse the climate crisis, the majority of humanity needs to be engaged.As Jane Goodall writes in her foreword, “Regeneration is a rebuttal to doomsayers who believe it is too late.” It is the first book to describe and define the burgeoning regeneration movement spreading rapidly throughout the world - an inclusive and multifaceted undertaking that aims to end the climate crisis in one generation. An urgent and, ultimately, hopeful work - launched in conjunction with his Regeneration organization - Regeneration weaves justice, climate, biodiversity, equity, and human dignity into a seamless tapestry of action, policy, and transformation. His eight books include the 2017 New York Times bestseller Drawdown, which Outside Magazine called “a bold plan to beat back climate change.” This fall, Hawken returns with Regeneration: Ending the Climate Crisis in One Generation(Penguin Books September 2021). A leading voice in the climate movement, Hawken has dedicated his life to environmental sustainability and to changing the relationship between business, society, and the environment. The most asked questions by people are: What can I do? Where do I start? And how can I make a difference? When people see what climate change is doing to the earth, they can feel overwhelmed, anxious, confused, or very small - “I am just one person.”Įnter environmentalist, entrepreneur, and activist Paul Hawken. Only two countries have targets consistent with that goal, and G7 countries do not even come close. The dangers of a warming world have been in the public eye for at least the last fifty years, and yet it wasn’t until 2016 that 191 countries came together to sign the Paris Agreement, committing to prevent global warming from exceeding 1.5 degrees centigrade. Before retiring, she served as General Secretary of QEW.> Back to October 2021 Issue From the NYT bestselling creator of “Drawdown” and one of the environmental movement’s leading voices comes a radical new understanding of and practical approach to climate change. Ruah Swennerfelt is co-clerk of Middlebury Friends Meeting in Vermont and serves on the Earthcare Committee. Global warming is a massive force beyond human comprehension, but it is not the enemy.” If we understood what we face, we would not find war a useful metaphor to describe the solution. He goes on to write: “‘Scientists Recommend These 4 Weapons in our War Against Climate Change’ reads one headline. Paul also suggests that we change the purpose of militaries to play a key role in securing our future, because, he says, the climate crisis threatens and undermines the security of everything. It’s literary, scientific, inspiring, and informative. Woven into the fabric of the book is a foreword by Jane Goodall, and many essays by authors, farmers, and Earth activists.
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We learn that, “each ecosystem is a repository of carbon stored above and below ground, systems of life that are unimagined in the full complexity.” One part of that section is about trophic cascades-how the loss of one species (called a keystone species) can have a traumatic effect on all the other species in that biosystem. There is a section on “wilding” in the book. If you want to understand how all of life is interconnected, it’s there. If you are a farmer or homesteader, it’s for you.
The topics illuminated by the book include oceans, forests, wilding, land, people, food, energy, industry, and more. Paul writes about the amazing people and organizations who are addressing the problems.
All that needs to be done must be infused by equity.” It might be helpful for us to think of this in everyday terms as basic fairness, certainly evident in our Quaker Testimonies. Paul writes, “This comes first because it encompasses everything. The book was written with six basic frameworks for action, and the first is equity. Regeneration offers an approach to climate change that weaves equity, justice, climate, and biodiversity, instead of focusing only on energy issues. We’ve been inspired by Paul’s writings and commitment to a sustainable world for many years, and I’m delighted to share about his new book, Regeneration: Ending the Climate Crisis in One Generation. In 1998, my husband Louis and I represented Quaker Earthcare Witness at the Sustainable Economy Conference in Havana, Cuba, where we met Paul Hawken, one of the main speakers. Turning this vicious circle to a virtuous one is crucial to addressing the climate crisis. And climate change is yet another cause of poverty. Degeneration of land, water, forests, biodiversity, and human health are causes of climate change.
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