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

“Aprendi muito, em muitas questões. Aprendi, mais do que tudo, que é preciso uma política que seja clara. O socialismo quer dizer combater a exploração e combater o capitalismo como forma de desigualdade social. Mas quer dizer também recusar os regimes de partido único ou de censura, ou de ataque à liberdade de opinião.”
― Francisco Louçã

“Research by Stanford neuroscientist Andrew Huberman upends the idea that beliefs determine what we do or what we can do. It is the opposite. Beliefs do not change our actions. Actions change our beliefs.”
― Paul Hawken, Regeneration: Ending the Climate Crisis in One Generation

“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