Paul Hawken
Hawai’i Book and Music Festival
Author, activist, and entrepreneur Paul Hawken has written nine books, including six New York Times bestsellers: Growing a Business, The Next Economy, The Ecology of Commerce, Blessed Unrest, Drawdown, and, most recently, Regeneration (2021). He has appeared on the Today Show, Talk of the Nation, Bill Maher, CBS This Morning and others, and his work has been featured in scores of articles in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Newsweek, Washington Post, Forbes, and Business Week. He is the founder of both Project Drawdown and Project Regeneration. Hawken has received numerous awards, including six honorary doctorates and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Council for Science and Environment.