"The first important book of the 21st century. It may well revolutionize the relationship between business and the environment." --Don Falk, Executive Director, Society for Ecological Restoration The Ecology of Commerce is the provocative national bestseller that addresses the necessity of merging good business practices with common sense environmental concerns. Nearly two decades after its initial publication, this controversial work by Paul Hawken has been revised and updated, arguing why business success and sustainable environmental practices need not--and, for the...
"The first important book of the 21st century. It may well revolutionize the relationship between business and the environment." --Don Falk, Exec...
Paul Hawken demonstrates that the answers to small business problems today cannot be solved by college degrees, training or money--but only by you. Nearly everyone harbors a secret dream of starting or owning a business. In fact, a million businesses start in the United States every year. Many of them fail, but enough succeed so that small businesses are now adding millions of jobs to the economy at the same time that the Fortune 500 companies are actually losing jobs. Paul Hawken--entrepreneur and bestselling author--wrote Growing a Business for those who set out to make their...
Paul Hawken demonstrates that the answers to small business problems today cannot be solved by college degrees, training or money--but only by you.
Zu Beginn des 21. Jahrhunderts zeigen sich zwei erstaunliche Entwicklungen: Auf der einen Seite sind wir mit wirtschaftlichen, sozialen und kologischen Problemen konfrontiert, die sich nur global lsen lassen, und auf der anderen Seite wchst im Stillen eine weltweite Bewegung, die ohne Hierarchie und Ideologie auskommt und spontan das Notwendige fr ein nachhaltigeres und gerechtes Leben der Menschen tut. Obwohl diese Bewegung von der Politik und den Medien nur vereinzelt wahrgenommen wird, bringt sie nicht nur das hervor, was eines Tages vielleicht als grte Transformation der menschlichen...
Zu Beginn des 21. Jahrhunderts zeigen sich zwei erstaunliche Entwicklungen: Auf der einen Seite sind wir mit wirtschaftlichen, sozialen und kologische...
- New York Times bestseller -The 100 most substantive solutions to reverse global warming, based on meticulous research by leading scientists and policymakers around the world "At this point in time, the Drawdown book is exactly what is needed; a credible, conservative solution-by-solution narrative that we can do it. Reading it is an effective inoculation against the widespread perception of doom that humanity cannot and will...
