PAUL HAWKINBORN ON FEBRUARY 8, 1946.

BORN IN CALIFORNIA.

HIS LIFE HAS BEEN SPENT TRYING TOCONNECT BUSINESS WITH THE ENVIRONMANT TO MAKE IT A BETTER WORLD.

CONTRIBUTIONS!

• AT 20 HE STARTED THE FIRST NATURAL FOODS COMPANY THAT RELIED SOLELY ON SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURAL METHODS.

• HE IS CURRENTLY THE HEAD OF ONESUN, INC., WHICH IS AN ENERGY COMPANY FOCUSED ON ULTRA LOW-COST SOLAR ENERGY BASED ON GREEN CHEMISTRY AND BIOMIMICRY.

• HE IS THE FOUNDER OF THE NATURAL CAPITAL INSTITUE, A RESEARCH ORGANIZATION, IN SAUSALITO, CALIFORNIA. IT CREATED WISER EARTH, WHICH IS AN OPEN SOURCE NETWORKING PLATFORM THAT LINKS NGO'S, FOUNDATIONS, BUSINESS, GOUVERNMENT, STUDENTS, ORGANIZERS, ACTIVISTS, SCIENTISTS, AND CITIZENS THAT ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT AND SOCIAL INJUSTICE.

WHY HE IS IMPORTANT TO THIS CLASS!

• CHAPTER 6 AND 7 POLLUTION AND WORLD CHANGES

• THE 6TH CORE THEME: HUMAN SURVIVAL DEPENDS ON DEVELOPING PRACTICES THAT WILL ACHIEVE SUSTAINABLE SYSTEMS.