ending the climate crisis in one generation

It's a bit like saying the Covid-19 pandemic is a human problem, not a science problem. But the approach taken in this book is anything but scientific. It's not that climate change isn't a human problem, but rather that it's both a human problem and a science problem - requiring human and science-based solutions. It is a human problem.' And that itself is a problem. The tag line on the back of the book reads 'The climate crisis is not at science problem.

Paul Hawken's aim is to put forward a solution to climate change driven from humans rather than from the science. Interestingly, the format appears to be a Paul Hawken speciality - he did it with his previous title, Drawdown, though that was far less glossy. I don't mean big in the sense of important, but physically enormous for what it is - it's roughly the size of a children's annual, though a lot thicker. Regeneration is the inspiring and necessary guide to inform the rapidly spreading climate movement. 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.

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. 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. It is the first book to describe and define the burgeoning regeneration movement spreading rapidly throughout the world. 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. A radically new understanding of and practical approach to climate change by noted environmentalist Paul Hawken, creator of the New York Times bestseller Drawdown

Ending the climate crisis in one generation