One World in a New World with Hank Dearden — Executive Director, ForestPlanet

Hank’s background has been on the leading edge of inquiry and movement toward the science of taking care of our Mother Earth.

Queried on the usual question of how he found passion and purpose in life, Hank reflects that he’d always had a predilection for math and engineering; getting things to work in harmony. He uses several illustrations you’ll enjoy as we move through his life and work.

How do we applying engineering toward working with our planet better? Hank feels the admonition and practical application of, ‘thou shalt not mess with your nest,’ surely applies and space won’t matter if we cannot take care of our planet. Our conversation covers a plethora of possibilities.

Delving a little deeper, Hank relates his experience at Dartmouth in exploring systems engineering through computer modeling in the early days. Worth giving some attention to in the diversity of systems he mentions and how they connect. He covers mental as well as physical systems, their non-linearity and, at times, non-local…