Back to paul hawkin who again is like an anchor in here he's the guy who's been boots on the ground studying this stuff for a very long time um his book drawdown which everybody should get i have a copy here which basically phenomenal yeah chronicles … the most comprehensive plan ever proposed to reverse global warming.
Rich Roll · The Rich Roll Podcast · Oct 2020 Listen at 49:30 The best things said about it
A friend of mine put up the money to do a book called Drawdown. And Drawdown listed the 20 major factors that were changing our atmosphere and the environment the Earth is in. 10 of them relate to food. 10 of them relate to other things.
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Drawdown by Paul Hawken is a comprehensive book that outlines detailed plans and solutions for reversing global warming and reducing atmospheric carbon. On The Rich Roll Podcast, Rich Roll strongly recommended the text to listeners, describing the author as a foundational figure in environmental studies and praising the book as an essential plan for tackling climate change. During a later episode, Roll traced the intellectual arc of Hawken's environmental writings by comparing this work to his follow-up publication on regeneration. Mike Milken also discussed the book on On Purpose with Jay Shetty, explaining how a financial backer funded the project to identify the twenty major factors impacting the atmosphere and environment, noting that half of those factors are directly related to food systems. Additionally, Rich Roll engaged directly with the author on the podcast to discuss specific sections of the book and explore potential revisions in light of ongoing climate developments. Throughout these discussions, podcast hosts and guests emphasized the book's value as a practical, data-driven manual that provides actionable strategies for individuals, communities, and policymakers striving to address the global climate crisis in an effective manner.
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Rich Roll back to paul hawkin who again is like an anchor in here he's the guy who's been boots on the ground studyin… 4
“And when I look at your work kind of the arc of the last couple books um draw down regeneration. Draw down's like, okay, how are we going to, you know, like get into the nuts and bolts of like, you know, drawing down carbon, regeneration, more of a rebirth?”
“So would you change that section in Drawdown, you could rewrite it.”
“paul hawkin of course um who we're going to get into in a little bit more in depth is really kind of the anchor to this whole movie um his book drawdown which i have right here which i want to talk about a little bit more”
“back to paul hawkin who again is like an anchor in here he's the guy who's been boots on the ground studying this stuff for a very long time um his book drawdown which everybody should get i have a copy here which basically phenomenal yeah chronicles … the most comprehensive plan ever proposed to reverse global warming”
Mike Milken A friend of mine put up the money to do a book called Drawdown. And Drawdown listed the 20 major factors th… 2
“A friend of mine put up the money to do a book called Drawdown. And Drawdown listed the 20 major factors that were changing our atmosphere and the environment the Earth is in. 10 of them relate to food. 10 of them relate to other things.”
“A friend of mine put up the money to do a book called Drawdown, and Drawdown listed the 20 major factors that are changing our atmosphere and the environment. The Earth is in; ten of them relate to food, ten of them relate to other things.”
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“draw down was very much about carbon and sequestration you know bring it back home and stop emitting it okay and this is the way you do it and uh we can talk about that if you want regeneration”
“He founded both Erewhon markets and Smith and Hawken and author of eight books, including the groundbreaking New York times bestseller Drawdowm.”
“Yeah, April 17 was the last book Drawdown and this one is coming out”
“In Drawdown one of my regrets about Drawdown is that we had educating girls as a solution, well solution.”
“That was another thing that Drawdown did inadvertently was his to rank all the solutions by impact.”
“Hey, when I did Drawdown, we talked about asparagosis tax performance, which is this type of seaweed that if fed in very small amounts”