Joao Soares

“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

“Sem dinheiro, não se fazia nada. Ou nós, viciados nele, não sabíamos fazer nada sem ele.”
― 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

“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