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EPISODE · May 19, 2025 · 40 MIN

Paul Hawken: We have basically isolated and objectified carbon

from Two Steps Forward — Sustainability Meets Business Reality · host Joel Makower and Solitaire Townsend

Hawken's latest book, “Carbon: The Book of Life,” explores carbon's role in living systems, not just an evil gas contributing to climate change. He criticizes the climate movement for objectifying carbon and advocates for a shift in narrative from fear to possibility. Hawken highlights the limitations of technological solutions like direct air capture and bioenergy carbon capture systems and encourages a focus on local, grassroots efforts and individual actions, stressing the need for gratitude and wonder in our relationship with the natural world.Also in this episode, Soli and Joel discuss the role of neurodivergence in sustainability.

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