Paul Hawken & Andy Revkin: Carbon Gift (10/18/13)
b'\\u201cHumans are problem-solving animals \\u2013 you would never know it reading the press,\\u201d said environmentalist Paul Hawken. He and NY Times writer Andy Revkin discussed how attitudes have changed in the 25 years since NASA scientist James Hansen testified before Congress about human-caused climate change. \\u201cRight now, the attitude is that climate change is happening to us...instead of the idea that actually climate change is instead happening for us,\\u201d Hawken said. Some problems stem from lack of education, while others can be attributed to policies and mindsets. \\u201cIt\\u2019s our social systems that impede progress,\\u201d Revkin said. \\u201cThe technologies are there, to some extent, but how do you facilitate them?\\u201d The speakers presented a hopeful outlook in the face of rising seas and extreme weather. \\u201cCarbon is the element that holds hands and collaborates in nature,\\u201d Hawken said. \\u201cWe\\u2019re going to have to be like carbon and hold hands and collaborate.\\u201d Paul Hawken, Author and Entrepreneur Andy Revkin, Writer, The New York Times Dot Earth Blog This program was recorded in front of a live audience at The Commonwealth Club of California on October 18, 2013\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'