410 Paul Hawken – Carbon is life, not the enemy

About this episode

In this episode, Koen van Seijen interviews Paul Hawken about the positive role of carbon and his journey through various impactful projects and writings.

Carbon is life, not the enemy. And in this wide-ranging conversation with the legend that is Paul Hawken, we get into all of it. Paul is an activist, entrepreneur with Project Drawdown and Project Regeneration and prolific writer who started a natural food brand back in the 1970s. We trace his journey through writing Drawdown, Regeneration, and Carbon: The Book of Life and why people loved Drawdown so much even though that was never really the point. Regeneration got closer to the core. And C...

People in this episode

Host: Koen van Seijen

Guest: Paul Hawken

Topics covered

• carbon
• regenerative agriculture
• activism
• entrepreneurship
• sustainability

Keywords

• carbon
• Paul Hawken
• Project Drawdown
• sustainability
• regeneration
• natural food
• activism

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Project Drawdown, Project Regeneration

Books & works: Drawdown, Regeneration, Carbon: The Book of Life

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