Joao Soares

“Make school affordable. For example, provide family stipends for keeping girls in school. Help girls overcome health barriers.
For example, offer deworming treatments. Reduce the time and distance to get to school.
For example, provide girls with bikes. Make schools more girl-friendly.
For example, offer child-care programs for
young mothers. Improve school quality.
For example, invest in more and better teachers. Increase community engagement.
For example, train community education activists. Sustain girls’ education during emergencies.
For example, establish schools in refugee camps. Today,”
― Paul Hawken, Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming

“the typical calorie of food energy in your diet now requires about 10 calories of fossil fuel energy to produce.”
― Paul Hawken, Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming

“Education also equips women to face the most dramatic climatic changes. A 2013 study found that educating girls “is the single most important social and economic factor associated with a reduction in vulnerability to natural disasters.”
― Paul Hawken, Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming

“Eu era uma criança. Os meus amigos eram crianças. Todos nós era como se tivéssemos afinal só dezasseis anos ainda. E não seria que quase todos os homens continuavam assim? Que nenhum crescia para fora de si mesmo? E não era isso que o mundo inteiro desejava que continuássemos a ser? Não seria que toda a gente tinha medo de dar-se, porque tinham todos medo de perder o pouco que tinham? Não seria que toda a gente apenas se emprestava como quem empresta dinheiro a juros?”
― Jorge de Sena, Sinais de Fogo