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If you look at the science that describes what is happening on earth today and aren't pessimistic, you don’t have the correct data. If you meet the people in this unnamed movement and aren't optimistic, you haven’t got a heart.

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Paul Hawken
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: February 8
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