Paul Hawken has been striving to bring attention to new ways of organising, working and living for longer than I have been alive. Of his many books, I have been most inspired by 'The Ecology of Commerce' which I discovered at university in the late 90s, and 'Blessed Unrest' in the mid-2000s. I have been consistently impressed by his capacity to bring into the mainstream approaches and frameworks which are much needed, and only adopted at the margins, and his relentless flow of articles, talks and books and continually expanded those margins and enabled people like me to follow their calling through the many ways to co-create better worlds. His most recent works in Drawdown and Regeneration focus explicitly on climate action, and apply this tenured approach to our greatest challenge, shifting our ways of knowing, being and doing to not only change systems, institutions and structures - much more than this, to change our relationship with ourselves, our communities and Earth by becoming regenerators of place.

I loved this conversation with Paul which I was honoured to host with him late last year. I invite you to tune in, and as you do to explore together the frameworks for regenerating yourself and your places in each moment, decision and action.

Key Frameworks introduced

- 12 questions to consider before you act

Key Concepts introduced

- Reconnecting to life

- Making decisions most aligned to life affirming principles

- How to make each action regenerative

- Reconnecting with place

- Nurturing regeneration in your life, your communities and organisations

Key Prompts to Practice

- Consider in each decision

Explore additional resources via the links below...

Paul's latest book, Regeneration: Ending the Climate Crisis in One Generation, was released September 21st, 2021 by Penguin Random House.
Project Regeneration - Paul’s non-profit dedicated to advancing regenerative solutions to the climate crisis through our Nexus database.
The Waggle - A weekly newsletter comprised of compelling stories from Project Regeneration’s staff and researchers about regenerating life on earth.

What is Regeneration - 5min film by Damon Gameau

Tim's Reflection video on this conversation - here

Tim's Reflection article on this conversation - here