Hawken - Drawdown: the most comprehensive plan ever proposed to reverse global warming

Drawdown is a message grounded in science; it also is a testament to the growing stream of humanity who understands the enormity of the challenge we face, and is willing to devote their lives to a future of kindness, security, and regeneration. The young girl here is from the Borana Oromo people, who reside in the Nakuprat-Gotu Community Conservancy in northern Kenya. Her picture has been our talisman, calling us daily to the work that we do.

STAFF

PROJECT DIRECTOR: Paul Hawken

DESIGN: Janet Mumford

PUBLIC RELATIONS: Allison Wolff

WEBSITE: Chad Upham

ADMINISTRATION: Linadria Porter

RESEARCH DIRECTOR: Chad Frischmann

SENIOR RESEARCHER: Ryan Allard

SENIOR RESEARCHER: Kevin Bayuk

SENIOR RESEARCHER: Joo Pedro Gouveia

SENIOR RESEARCHER: Mamta Mehra

SENIOR RESEARCHER: Eric Toensmeier

RESEARCH COORDINATOR: Crystal Chissell

SENIOR WRITER: Katharine Wilkinson

OTHER WRITER: Paul Hawken

COPY EDITOR: Christian Leahy

WRITING ASSISTANT: Olivia Ashmoore

RESEARCH FELLOWS

Zak Accuardi

Raihan Uddin Ahmed

Carolyn Alkire

Ryan Allard

Kevin Bayuk

Renilde Becqu

Erika Boeing

Jvani Cabiness

Johnnie Chamberlin

Delton Chen

Leonardo Covis

Priyanka deSouza

Anna Goldstein

Joo Pedro Gouveia

Alisha Graves

Karan Gupta

Zhen Han

Zeke Hansfather

Yuill Herbert

Amanda Hong

Ariel Horowitz

Ryan Hottle

Troy Hottle

David Jaber

Dattakiran Jagu

Daniel Kane

Becky Xilu Li

Sumedha Malaviya

Urmila Malvadkar

Alison Mason

Mihir Mathur

Victor Maxwell

David Mead

Mamta Mehra

Ruth Metzel

Alex Michalko

Ida Midzic

S. Karthik Mukkavilli

Kapil Narula

Demetrios Papaioannou

Michelle Pedraza

Chelsea Petrenko

Noorie Rajvanshi

George Randolph

Abby Rubinson

Adrien Salazar

Aven Satre-Meloy

Christine Shearer

David Siap

Kelly Siman

Leena Thkm

Eric Toensmeier

Melanie Valencia

Ernesto Valero Thomas

Andrew Wade

Marilyn Waite

Charlotte Wheeler

Christopher Wally Wright

Liang Emlyn Yang

Daphne Yin

Kenneth Zame

ESSAYISTS

Janine Benyus

Anne Bikl

Pope Francis

Mark Hertsgaard

David Montgomery

Michael Pollan

Bren Smith

Peter Wohlleben

Andrea Wulf

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Janine Benyus

Peter Byck

David de Rothschild

Pedro Diniz

Lisa Gautier (Chair)

Paul Hawken

John Lanier

Lyn Davis Lear

Peggy Liu

Martin OMalley

Gunhild A. Stordalen

John Wick

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Title: Drawdown : the most comprehensive plan ever proposed to reverse global warming / edited by Paul Hawken.

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Description: New York, New York : Penguin Books, [2017] | Includes index.

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CONTENTS

We accumulated more than 5,000 references, citations, and sources in the process of researching and writing Drawdown . Although they are too numerous to be published in the book, they may be found at www.drawdown.org/references.

The California Coastal Trail when completed will cover 1,200 miles from Mexico to Oregon. Here it passes through the 71,000-acre Point Reyes National Seashore in Marin County, California, in forests of bishop pine, douglas fir, coast live oak, and california buckeye.

FOREWORD

Sometimes, when a concept or institution reaches its logical conclusion, the world looks at the results and cries: Never again. For really bad ideasfrom totalitarianism to fossil fuel dependencesaying never again isnt enough. Humanity needs other, better ideas to take their place. Thats where we are today. We know we cant avoid the cataclysmic impacts of global warming by only focusing on achieving zero net carbon emissions; we must also rapidly re-sequester carbon. Drawdown by identifying and researching dynamic, innovative solutionscreates the playbook for this urgent goal.