Joao Soares

“Too often, however, tree planting requires taking over land in the South to offset emissions created by a more affluent and industrialized North. In this sense, it is no different from prior colonization visited upon Africa, South America, and Asia over the centuries.”
― Paul Hawken, Regeneration: Ending the Climate Crisis in One Generation

“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

“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

“In 2015, Brazil earned the final $100 million payment of a $1 billion grant from Norway, which had set up the fund in 2008 to reward countries that achieved targeted goals of reducing their rate of deforestation.”
― Paul Hawken, Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming