We assume that everythings becoming more efficient, and in an immediate sense thats true our lives are better in many ways. But that improvement has been gained through a massively inefficient use of natural resources. – Paul Hawken

We are now heading down a centuries-long path toward increasing the productivity of our natural capital – the resource systems upon which we depend to live – instead of our human capital. – 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