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We have an economy that tells us it is cheaper to destroy earth in real time rather than renew, restore, and sustain it. You can print money to bail out a bank but you can't print life to bail out a planet.

Paul Hawken
Business, Real, Bail
"You are Brilliant, and the Earth is Hiring". Paul Hawken's commencement speech at the University of Portland in Oregon, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 2, 2014.
We have an economy that tells us it is cheaper to destroy earth in real time rather than renew, restore, and sustain it. You can print money to bail out a bank but you can't print life to bail out a planet.