Paul Hawken of Biomimicry Ventures

Starting with The Ecology of Commerce in 1993, Paul Hawken continues to thoughtfully balance the needs of businesses and the environment. In this episode of On Paper, Paul elaborates on his development of various types of energy: spiritual, creative and renewable.

Paul Hawken is an environmentalist, author and entrepreneur.

Mr. Hawken has appeared on numerous television shows, including the Today Show and Larry King Live, and has been featured in hundreds of publications, including the Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, and the Washington Post.

His writings have appeared in the Harvard Business Review, Resurgence, New Statesman, Inc, Boston Globe, Christian Science Monitor, Mother Jones, Utne Reader, Orion, and over a hundred other publications.

He has founded or co-founded software companies specializing in proprietary content management tools; Smith & Hawken, the garden and catalog retailer; and several of the first natural food companies in the US that relied solely on sustainable agricultural methods. He is presently the head of PaxIT, PaxAuto, and PaxFan, three companies associated with Pax Scientific, Inc., a research and development company focused on energy-saving technologies that apply biomimicry to fluid dynamics.

Once again Earth Day means business. Top environmentally-minded business leaders and the green movement's brightest thinkers will convene in Laguna Niguel, California on April 20-22, 2009 for Fortune magazine's second Brainstorm: GREEN Conference.

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A graduate of the Ivy League's Columbia University, Maureen Kedes spent several years as a freelance public relations and advertising writer, and as spokesperson for several major corporations including: Toshiba, Yamaha, Sharp Electronics, Con Agra Foods, and Oxford University Press. Ms. Kedes also worked as a Test Marketing Director at CBS Television and also recently served as Sr. VP of Public Relations at Fortune Broadcasting in West Hollywood.