A commencement address by Paul Hawken: To the Class of 2009
University of Portland, May 3rd, 2009
http://www.paulhawken.com/paulhawken_frameset.html
When I was invited to give this speech, I was asked if I could give a simple
short talk that was "direct, naked, taut, honest, passionate, lean,
shivering, startling, and graceful." No pressure there.
Let's begin with the startling part. Class of 2009: you are going to have to
figure out what it means to be a human being on earth at a time when every