Paul Hawken ~ Carbon: The Book of Life

Paul Hawken—New York Times bestselling author of Regeneration—speaks on his latest book, Carbon: The Book of Life, a sweeping and hopeful journey into the nature of carbon and its essential role in the living world.

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Far more than the villain of climate change headlines, carbon is the element that animates life itself. In Carbon: The Book of Life, Hawken invites us to see this misunderstood element through a new lens—as a vital force woven into the fabric of plants, animals, fungi, farms, and human existence. With depth and humanity, he reclaims carbon’s story, guiding us toward a more integrated and life-affirming relationship with nature and ourselves.

“Paul Hawken invites us to see the connections that bind us to everything else on the planet. Carbon is an enormously hopeful book—hopeful about the creatures we live among and about our innate human capacities.”
—Elizabeth Kolbert

“Endlessly endlessly fascinating! Human beings, over the millennia, have come up with a thousand ways to carefully observe the world around us, and Paul Hawken has managed to collect and synthesize these observations--from the sweat lodge to the satellite—in a way that helps us see what now must be done. There's information, and then there's wisdom—and this book is a compendium of the latter.”
—Bill McKibben

Paul Hawken is a bestselling author and leading voice for the regeneration of nature and humanity. He has written ten books published in over fifty countries, including The Ecology of Commerce, Blessed Unrest, and Regeneration. A lifelong advocate for environmental and social justice, his work began in Selma with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. He founded Project Drawdown and Regeneration, two influential efforts to reverse climate change that have earned him global recognition and six honorary doctorates. Hawken advises governments, corporations, and NGOs on systemic solutions for a just and thriving planet.

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Interview Host: Ross McKeachie
Event and Show Producer: Jacob Steele