Regeneration: Ending the Climate Crisis in One Generation

Paul Hawken’s book, Regeneration: Ending the Climate Crisis in One Generation offers a glimmer of hope in the fight against anthropogenic climate change. Whereas one often hears climate change talked about as an unavoidable tragedy, Hawken provides an alternative account. In this book, tragedy becomes opportunity and the problems of climate change disappear in the wake of innovation. While he successfully maps out many successful interventions to reduce the impact of climate change, the book is at time quite dense. It should be considered a collection of short articles rather than a continuous narrative. Within that framework each chapter is insightful and makes complex topics like the benefits of agroforestry approachable. Ultimately, I would recommend this book to anyone seeking a deeper understanding of solutions to climate change.