The 44th Annual E.F. Schumacher Lecture took place on Wednesday, December 4th, 2024 featuring Paul Hawken and Báyò Akómoláfé in conversation. This virtual event was hosted and moderated by Alex Forrester, Board Member of the Schumacher Center for a New Economics and Co-Founder of Rising Tide Capital.
We can’t get There from Here: Carbon, Climate and the Call to Wonder
Publication By
Báyò Akómoláfé
Báyò Akómoláfé (Ph.D.), rooted with the Yoruba people in a more-than-human world, is the father to Alethea Aanya and Kyah Jayden Abayomi, the grateful life-partner to EJ, son and brother. A widely celebrated international speaker, posthumanist thinker, poet, teacher, public intellectual, essayist, and author of two books, These Wilds Beyond our Fences: Letters to My … Continued
Paul Hawken
Paul Hawken starts ecological businesses, writes about nature and commerce, and consults with heads of state and CEOs on climatic, economic, and ecological regeneration. He has appeared on numerous media, including The Today Show, Talk of the Nation, Bill Maher, CBS This Morning, Charlie Rose, and others, and his work has been profiled or featured … Continued
Alex Forrester
Alex Forrester is the Co-Founder and Chief Operations Officer of Rising Tide Capital, a nationally recognized nonprofit organization based in Jersey City, NJ working at the intersection of inclusive economics, social justice, and entrepreneurship. Since 2004, through his work at Rising Tide Capital, Alex has been at the forefront of a movement for grassroots economics … Continued