Regenerative

Made this one while I was reading Paul Hawken's latest book “Regeneration.” It was a nice compendium of ecological information, but it did not discuss the very difficult topic of limits to growth, an integral part of ecological healing and rebuilding. It’s mostly full of anecdotes about regenerative practices such as a rewilding experiment near London that has become a profitable eco-tourism attraction, and the same bucolic pastures and fields of solar panels we’ve been hearing about for decades.

What we need is a call for global limits on extractive activity, not anecdotes promising more of everything.

Or is "regeneration" just another plundering activity?
More trees, at the cost of less Earth.

Further Reading:

• Mulrow, J. (2025, June). Has the Economy Outgrown the Planet? Degrowth Institute. https://www.degrowthinstitute.org/challenge-growth01