The Power of the Internet

Consider the power the Internet provides us: Paul Hawken the author of The Ecology of Commerce and most recently, Blessed Unrest: How the Largest Movement in the World Came into Being and Why No One Saw It Coming.
In this new book a chapter is devoted to how governments and corporations are stealing the future (our challenge) while the Internet and his own organization the World Index of Social and Environmental Responsibility—WISER are bringing all of it together to put down the destructive minorities--he called this the Earth's immune system.

The world's largest movement has no name, no leader, and no ideology, but may directly involve more than 100 million people, said this green business pioneer.

Speaking at a talk sponsored by the Long Now Foundation, Paul Hawken, co-founder of garden supply store Smith & Hawken and today recognized as a leader in eco-minded business and green design, spoke about two of his latest projects: Blessed Unrest, his new book tracing the emergence and growth of this still unnamed movement, and WiserEarth.org, an online community that embodies concepts explored in his book by networking more than 100,000 environmental and justice organizations.

Quoted from: http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0611-hawken.html

 

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