The Ecology of Commerce
by Paul Hawken
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Author: Paul HawkenEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1994-08-03
ISBN: 0887307043
Number of pages: 272
Publisher: Collins Business
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Book Review: Not what I expected.... (by Erynn Kerwin)
Summary: 5 Stars
...it was better. Hawken's analysis of the traps in our current system is scary, yet left room for hope. I know people that would really hate this book because of his take on the current, unchallenged, "free market". However, as I'm sure Natural Capitalism gets more into, I think he is showing us that this is NOT how our founding fathers (or even Adam Smith for that matter) envisioned things. I've been reading this along with Ray Anderson's book, Mid-Course Correction, and I highly recommend that one as well. Where Hawken lays out the theory and the "should do"s, Anderson is laying the future and reputation of Interface carpeting. Fantastic.
Summary of The Ecology of Commerce
A visionary new program that businesses can follow to help restore the planet.Paul Hawken, the entrepreneur behind the Smith & Hawken gardening supplies empire, is no ordinary capitalist. Drawing as much on Baba Ram Dass and Vaclav Havel as he does on Peter Drucker and WalMart for his case studies, Hawken is on a one-man crusade to reform our economic system by demanding that First World businesses reduce their consumption of energy and resources by 80 percent in the next 50 years. As if that weren't enough, Hawken argues that business goals should be redefined to embrace such fuzzy categories as whether the work is aesthetically pleasing and the employees are having fun; this applies to corporate giants and mom-and-pop operations alike. He proposes a culture of business in which the real world, the natural world, is allowed to flourish as well, and in which the planet's needs are addressed. Wall Street may not be ready for Hawken's provocative brand of environmental awareness, but this fine book is full of captivating ideas.
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