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Paul Hawken quotes

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Intelligent policies will be largely self-regulating in the sense that the system of incentives and standards makes it absolutely ludicrous to not move towards clean, internalized systems of cost and production. Paul Hawken
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. Paul Hawken
That inefficiency is masked because growth and progress are measured in money, and money does not give us information about ecological systems, it only gives information about financial systems. Paul Hawken
Businesses who are members of Businesses for Social Responsibility or the Social Venture Network are internalizing costs on a voluntary basis and therefore raising their costs of doing business, but their competitors are not required to. Paul Hawken
People are naming it the Third Wave, the Information Age, etc. but I would say those are basically technological descriptions, and this next shift is not about technology - although obviously it will be influenced and in some cases expressed by technologies. Paul Hawken
Paul Hawken quote: "What we are missing, utterly and completely, in this..."
What we are missing, utterly and completely, in this government is accountability. Paul Hawken
Local companies don't have to internalize their costs, and few actually do, but they tend to more often because the owners live there and they have to show their face in town, and their kids play with other kids. Paul Hawken
Paul Hawken quote: "We can no longer prosper by increasing human productivity. The..."
We can no longer prosper by increasing human productivity. The more we try to do, the more poverty we will create. Paul Hawken
The financial capital is being concentrated by corporations, institutional investors, and even our pension funds, and being reinvested in companies that repeat this process because it provides the highest return on that financial capital. Paul Hawken
Information from destructive activities going back a hundred years right up until today is being incorporated into the system. And as that happens the underlying framework of industrialism is collapsing and causing disintegration. Paul Hawken
The bottom line is down where it belongs? at the bottom. Far above it in importance are the infinite number of events that produce the profit or loss. Paul Hawken
Interestingly, the oil companies know very well that in less than 30 years they will not only be charging very high prices, but that they will be uncompetitive with renewables. Paul Hawken
Paul Hawken quote: "A local company has more accountability."
A local company has more accountability. Paul Hawken
Paul Hawken quote: "The bottom line is down where it belongs - at the bottom."
The bottom line is down where it belongs - at the bottom. Paul Hawken

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