Topic > Summary of Chapter 'Blessed Unrest' - 734

In Blessed Unrest, Paul Hawken shows the reader how groups of organizations with similar principles and ideals come together to form what Hawken calls a “movement”. In the chapter “Blessed Unrest,” Hawken explains the vast problems plaguing the globe, such as the loss of water for agriculture or the theft of resources from third world countries by the government and multinational corporations. He writes that because of these problems the world today faces a task exponentially more difficult than the abolition of slavery, the restoration of the planet. However, in the chapter Hawken also describes those who are eager to confront and protest these dilemmas. Individuals willing to come together for common goals in order to make environmental and social change necessary in the world. Hawken, as a main point, illustrates how groups of organizations and individuals are coming together to form a "movement", which Hawken describes as a new form of community and a story centered on three fundamental ambitions: environmental activism, social justice initiatives and struggle indigenous. cultural resistance to globalization. Hawken writes that the movement, a collective gathering of nonconformists, focuses on three core ambitions: environmental activism, social justice initiatives, and indigenous cultural resistance to globalization. The principles of environmental activism are closely intertwined with demonstrations for social justice. Hawken states how the fate of every individual on this planet depends on how we understand and treat what remains of the planet's lands, oceans, species diversity and people; and that the reason there is a rift between people and nature is because the arms of the social justice and environmental movement have... half the paper... in scope and agenda, the news media , the government, and the general public are currently unaware of the movement and its relationships. Paul Hawken, in the chapter "Blessed Unrest", records the people of a new social movement, as well as their ideals, goals and principles. He writes about how they are connected, along with the diversity and differences they bring to make the social movement unique. Hawken communicates to readers the various social, environmental, and political problems they will encounter in today's world, as well as similar problems from the past. Problems that these groups of organizations intend to address with the perseverance of humanity. Works Cited Hawken, Paul. Blessed Unrest: How the Greatest Social Movement in History Is Restoring Grace, Justice, and Beauty to the World “Blessed Unrest” 10-26, New York: Penguin Books, 2007. Print.