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A radically new understanding of and practical approach to climate change by noted environmentalist Paul Hawken, creator of the New York Times bestseller Drawdown

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. It is the first book to describe and define the burgeoning regeneration movement spreading rapidly throughout the world.
 
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. 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.
 
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. Regeneration is the inspiring and necessary guide to inform the rapidly spreading climate movement.
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A radically new understanding of and practical approach to climate change
By noted environmentalist Paul Hawken, creator of Drawdown

Jane Goodall says, "regeneration is honest and informative, a rebuttal to doomsayers."

Jack Kornfield says: Regeneration is brilliant! Encouraging, inspiring...

"Life-empowering!... Filled with hope and agency..." says Dan Siegel, MD

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"Regeneration covers an impressively broad range of topics from food safety to the war industry, electric vehicles to mangroves, which serves to demonstrate how all-encompassing the challenge is… those of us who feel the weight of the crisis will find the book both clarifying and helpful as is his final exhortation: ‘It’s not your job to save the planet.’ Rather, it is all of our jobs."
—San Francisco Chronicle
 
"Regeneration is honest and informative, a rebuttal to doomsayers who believe it is too late."
—Jane Goodall

"Regeneration is brilliant! Encouraging, inspiring, with the best science and a big heart. Wow! It is a direct practical path to save and transform the earth that we can actually do!"
—Jack Kornfield, PhD, Founder of Spirit Rock Center

“This may be the single most important book for the human future.”
—Daniel Goleman

"A robustly practical book. . . . Paul Hawken’s challenge to our conventional ways of thinking is subtle, but hugely effective. . . . There is no voice more important than Paul Hawken’s."
—Sir Jonathon Porritt

"Life-empowering! Paul Hawken has once again provided us timely and visionary leadership in this earth-saving compendium of insights from a team of experts sharing the transformations we are now carrying out as well as those we need to enact across a spectrum of human activities. Filled with hope, and agency, Regeneration is an inspiring and practical guide for a healthier world, uplifting our spirits and showing us exactly how together, we can do this!"
—Dan Siegel, M.D., New York Times bestselling author

"Paul Hawken has delivered a must-read manifesto on the climate crisis. Feel both the urgency and agency as he lays out with crisp photos and equally crisp prose, the task at hand. Now is our moment. Let's seize it."
—Michael E. Mann, Distinguished Professor of Atmospheric Science, Penn State University

"Paul Hawken has done it again. With immense intellectual clarity and an abundance of simple, yet brilliant ideas, Regeneration shows us how to go beyond a net zero future by restoring the vital link between human and planetary health."
—Paul Polman, Co-Founder and Co-Chair, IMAGINE and former CEO, Unilever

"Regeneration is descriptive and prescriptive. It is a candid assessment and a clear and inspiring path forward, educating and inviting all of us to participate in this incredible opportunity for change."
—Robyn O'Brien, Food Activist & Author

"Regeneration means restoring our relationship to the planet by restoring our relationships with one another."
—Rachel Gutter Hodgdon, President and CEO of the International WELL Building Institute

"Regeneration means the innate process of nature which, when unimpeded, will beeget its own splendor."
—Jeff Krasno, author of Wanderlust

"Regeneration means the essential practice of restoring balance and health to humanity and the earth."
—Dr. Mark Hyman, physician and New York Times bestselling author

"Regeneration is not just putting carbon back into the soil, it is about putting reciprocity back in our relationship with life."
—Ryland Engelhart, Co-Founder and Executive Director of Kiss the Ground

About the Author

Paul Hawken is an environmentalist, entrepreneur, author and activist who has dedicated his life to environmental sustainability and changing the relationship between business and the environment. He is one of the environmental movement’s leading voices, and a pioneering architect of corporate reform with respect to ecological practices. He is the bestselling author of eight books that have been published in 30 languages in more than 50 countries and have sold more than 2 million copies, as well as dozens of articles, op-eds, and other papers concerning the environment, the ethical responsibility of business, and social justice. Hawken is a renowned lecturer who has keynoted conferences and led workshops on the impact of commerce upon the environment, and consulted with governments and corporations throughout the world.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Penguin Books (September 21, 2021)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 256 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0143136976
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0143136972
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.05 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.57 x 0.81 x 10.87 inches
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Paul Hawken has written eight books published in over 50 countries in 32 languages including five national and NYT bestsellers--The Next Economy, Growing a Business, The Ecology of Commerce, Blessed Unrest, Drawdown, and Regeneration. He has appeared on the Today Show, Larry King, Talk of the Nation, Charlie Rose, Bill Maher and been profiled in the Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, Washington Post, Business Week, and Esquire. His writings have appeared in the Harvard Business Review, Resurgence, New Statesman, Inc, Boston Globe, Christian Science Monitor, Mother Jones, and Orion. He founded several companies including Erewhon, the first food company in the U.S. that relied solely on sustainable agricultural methods. He has served on the board of several environmental organizations including Point Foundation (publisher of the Whole Earth Catalogs), Center for Plant Conservation, Trust for Public Land, Conservation International, and National Audubon Society. He lives with his wife, flocks of nuthatches, red tail hawks, and coyotes in the Cascade Canyon watershed in Northern California. Go to www.regegeration.org to see upcoming speaking events, and www.paulhawken.com for a more extensive biography.

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Customers find the themes in the book profound, inspiring, hopeful, and educational. They also say the stories and science are wonderfully interwoven through the book, giving readers no choice but action. Readers also say Hawkins has a great way of describing challenges and highlighting people rising to them. They say the book and the associated website give them hope for the future.

"...Among many many other things, it tells healing stories about what people are doing to help provide education and healthy food to other humans,..." Read more

"Love the content. So true to our needs. But the binding was not good and sections have fallen out of the book." Read more

"...is sort of a sequel, but its focus is much broader and even more inspiring...." Read more

"A great way to get data-driven, in-depth yet concise approaches to ending the climate crisis utilizing a regenerative mindset and practices...." Read more

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"...Concisely written and beautifully composed, this book brings science to system after system in nature, society, and more to demonstrate nature's..." Read more

"...I’m also going slow because while the book is beautiful and inspiring in many ways, it’s also heartbreaking, and that, I think, is critical...." Read more

"...Mr. Hawken is a brilliant writer, and he delved into agriculture, forest management and other topics as well...." Read more

"...provides you with an encyclopedia of information presented in a very beautiful book that is filled with great images, is clear and artfully written...." Read more

If You Love the Planet and Want to Protect It, This Is a Must Read!
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If You Love the Planet and Want to Protect It, This Is a Must Read!

Regeneration took me on a journey across the world and showed me how the beautiful intricacies of planet earth function in order to maintain a natural balance. It describes how humanity has tinkered with that balance, but also how some amazing people of all different backgrounds are working to rebalance our world in order to heal the climate crisis. After every chapter, I was filled with wonder, overwhelming emotions, and a strong desire to find ways I can personally regenerate nature and humanity. Because of Paul Hawken's book, I have made regenerative changes in my business, transportation, friendships, diet, savings, and philosophy, and I look forward to doing even more!
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Sarah Louise
5.0 out of 5 stars When it comes to feeling like I have enough, this book is it
Reviewed in the United States on February 21, 2022
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This book has not only let me know much of what I need to know about the world at present, but also evaluate what I can do.

Regeneration is informative, for sure, and (thankfully) much more than that. It weaves together themes of reverence, hope, empowerment and joy, as it walks you through many hard-to-look at realities. Among many many other things, it tells healing stories about what people are doing to help provide education and healthy food to other humans, people who are working to preserve our oceans, and people who are working to provide habitat to wildlife.

As a homeschooling parent of young children, I intend to incorporate the wisdom of this book into family life and teaching. This morning I sat down with my children, and, when our science lesson called for learning about food, I taught them nutrition from the food section of this book, and when the rain started coming down and turned to hail, we spoke about the water cycle and how microbes in the air (which come from the plants) contribute to the precipitation that falls.

In its spirit of hope and empowerment, the book has motivated me to take action by declining to purchase food items that come in non-recyclable plastic and toilet paper made from virgin boreal forest, incorporating more legumes into my family's diet, requesting carbon neutral shipping from places like Amazon, and requesting cancellation of catalogs that are mailed to my house. I have also been asking myself how I can connect more and share more with my community, and the book feels like a seed that was planted in my heart that will continue to grow.

While these all feel like just little things, isn't that part of the message of the book and a perennial wisdom? When I was a child, what I had to give to the trees was a song. And though little, the song was real.

I could read this book over and over and learn something new each time, and, when it comes to feeling like I have enough, this book is it.
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Joy Montgomery
5.0 out of 5 stars Read it and make the planet great again!
Reviewed in the United States on April 19, 2024
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This and Drawdown are like the bibles of regeneration and the path to planet and creature health. If you have ever thought that you want to leave the world a better place for those who follow, these are your guides.
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Anodea Judith
5.0 out of 5 stars The most hopeful book I've read in a decade
Reviewed in the United States on January 3, 2022
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This book should be required reading for every citizen in the world, certainly for every politician, teacher, environmentalist and student. Concisely written and beautifully composed, this book brings science to system after system in nature, society, and more to demonstrate nature's amazing ability to regenerate itself -- when we do the right thing.

There is no bigger threat to our future than climate change, and this book espouses natural solutions that address climate in more ways than just restricting carbon emissions -- even though the author clearly states we have to do that as well.

But while that is going to take time, given the current reluctance to take the extreme measures necessary, drawing carbon down and working with nature's natural systems, can be another way to address the damage we are causing. But more than just sustainability, regeneration shows how everything actually gets immensely better when we work with nature and her natural healing properties.

I read this book cover to cover and was sorry when I got to the end that it didn't go on longer. The research shows in each ecosystem niche 1) how we have harmed that niche 2) what's being done to restore it, and 3) how that's working. It restored faith in me that maybe we aren't doomed for distinction, but have promising things we can actually do to mitigate -- and eventually turn around -- the impending climate crisis.
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Deborah L. Garner
4.0 out of 5 stars Falling pages
Reviewed in the United States on June 6, 2023
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Love the content. So true to our needs. But the binding was not good and sections have fallen out of the book.
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Kris Abrahamson
5.0 out of 5 stars Inspiring, hopeful, educational
Reviewed in the United States on December 31, 2022
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I learned so much from Drawdown (2017), which outlines 100 feasible strategies to "drawing down" carbon emissions, that I decided to buy this book. Regeneration is sort of a sequel, but its focus is much broader and even more inspiring. In this book, Hawken focuses on "regeneration" -- to create or generate anew. Hawken explains the ecological importance of oceans, forests, wild areas, and land masses and interconnectedness of all of these things. In clear and straightforward way Hawken explains the science behind biodiversity and how it can help to save the planet. I gained a much greater understanding of how ecosystems work naturally to sequester carbon and keep nature in balance. Hawken also explains how people, cities, food, energy and industry could be created anew to reduce the damage to the environment and stop climate change. Well worth reading!
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Rachel
5.0 out of 5 stars Case studies on how and why it can and should all be saved
Reviewed in the United States on June 17, 2023
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A great way to get data-driven, in-depth yet concise approaches to ending the climate crisis utilizing a regenerative mindset and practices. All delivered in a practical “case study” sort of format. Flip open to almost any page and find a place to begin to learn about a new story and method to regenerate our planet. A pathway and friend of a book for those who are awake…
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K Bakes
5.0 out of 5 stars Thank you!
Reviewed in the United States on May 5, 2022
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Yet another wonderful compilation of peer reviews gathered by Paul Hawken and facilitated greatly for the general public to read and learn about sustainability in terms of rewilding the biomes, human industries, food resources, educating people, land use/degradation, forests, oceans, cities, energy and the actions and connections people need to make in order to ensure a sustainable and prolific future here on Earth. We're headed in the wrong direction as it stands, so everyone needs to care about the future, for we will not have one unless drastic changes are made in the way we all live. Please read this and encourage others around you do to the same. Our time is running out...

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Steve Zarkovic
5.0 out of 5 stars Purchased as a gift for a friend, he really liked it. Nice quality, good pictures, decent size
Reviewed in Canada on December 11, 2023
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Good quality book, nice paper, nice pictures and a decent size. Purchased it for a gift for a friend of mine who is into climate activism and he seems to have enjoyed it, or he's just being polite. Either way it makes a great gift or hopefully a good read as well.
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RICARDO
5.0 out of 5 stars #regenerativeagriculture
Reviewed in Mexico on November 22, 2021
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Excelente pág 96-101
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Paolo
5.0 out of 5 stars Must read this book!
Reviewed in Italy on June 2, 2024
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What are you waiting for? Hurry up and buy this book.
Paul Hawken details his drawdown study using powerful arguments and touching examples.
Read it twice in a week and made my doughters read it as well.
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Shaad Mulla
5.0 out of 5 stars Nature's Comeback Tour: 'Regeneration' Offers Front-Row Tickets to Environmental Healing
Reviewed in India on February 4, 2024
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Over the last 2.5 years, I've been playing detective in the wild, closely observing ecosystems. I've witnessed tribes trying to save their forest, their home. I've also seen eco-systems almost disappear. And yet let me tell you, I've seen some eco-magic that would make Harry Potter jealous!

So, when the author claims we can cancel the climate crisis like a bad TV show in just one generation, I'm not rolling my eyes. I'm seeing what he sees! This isn't a fantasy, it's a possibility. I have seen it happen in micro scale and I know it can happen on macro levels.

Regeneration' isn't just a fancy word here, it's a philosophy. It's teaching us to swap our 'grab everything' hats for 'let’s play nice with Mother Nature' caps. Imagine replacing 'mine, mine, mine' with 'ours, ours, ours' kind of a group project where everyone actually does their part.

Reading this book is like getting a front-row seat at nature's comeback tour. It's a ticket to the eco-revolution, where trees are high-fived instead of high-cut. So, if you're ready to swap your doom scrolling for some earth-loving action, 'Regeneration' is your new handbook. Let's make Earth so irresistibly cool that even Elon Musk would think it silly to escape to Mars.
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Saskia
5.0 out of 5 stars Must read for all
Reviewed in Sweden on September 1, 2023
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This book is for everyone. Good structure and easy-written insights into the world of climate change and the ability of people to make a difference
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