The Pax Group is a family of individual companies that utilize the same core technology to serve different markets. They share a common management and ownership structure. Each company has a global license from Pax Scientific, Inc. to apply the PAX streamlining technologies to their respective market segment.
The Pax Group seeks to create the most energy efficient and quiet fluid moving technologies available by applying principles derived from nature to the science of air movement.
Michael Baldwin I Janine Benyus I Paul Hawken I Paul Saffo
Michael Baldwin founded Baldwin Brothers in 1974. After receiving his Bachelor of Arts degree from Harvard College in 1962, he worked at Morgan Guaranty Trust Company, H.C. Wainwright & Co., and White Weld & Co. Currently Michael is trustee of Nathaniel Saltonstall Arts Fund and founder and overseer of the Marion Institute. He founded the junior committee of the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Institute and has also served on the boards of Skowhegan School and Massachusetts Horticultural Society.
Janine Benyus is a natural sciences writer, innovation consultant, and author of six books, including her latest — Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature (1997). In Biomimicry, she names an emerging discipline that seeks sustainable solutions by emulating nature’s designs and processes (e.g., solar cells that mimic leaves, agriculture that models a prairie, businesses that run like redwood forests). She graduated summa cum laude from Rutgers University, New Jersey, with two degrees in Natural Resource Management and English Literature/Writing. Her writing career began in the early eighties, when she translated “science-speak” for several research labs including the world’s largest forest research organization. Her published works include Northwoods Wildlife: a Watcher’s Guide to Habitats (1989), an ecosystem-organized guide to northern Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan, The Field Guide to Wildlife Habitats, Eastern and Western Editions (1989), and Beastly Behaviors: A Guide to How Animals Act and Why (1992). Janine coined the term “biomimicry” to describe the emerging field of bio-inspired innovation. She recently hosted and co-wrote a two-hour public television special based on her book, which aired on “The Nature of Things with David Suzuki” in 71 countries. Janine has received several awards including Rachel Carson Environmental Ethics Award, the Lud Browman Award for Science Writing, the Science Writing in Society Journalism Award, and the Barrows and Heinz Distinguished Lectureships.
Paul Hawken, the founder of PaxFan LLC, has created several successful companies including Metacode, a software company specializing in proprietary content management tools; Groxis, a graphic information delivery provider for search engines, libraries, scientific repositories, and databases; Smith & Hawken, the garden and catalog retailer; and several of the first food companies in the U.S. that relied solely on sustainable agricultural methods. He has written six books published in 50 countries and translated into 29 languages. Best-selling books include The Next Economy and Growing a Business—also the basis of a 17-part PBS series hosted and produced by Hawken, and aired in over 115 countries—The Ecology of Commerce, and Natural Capitalism. His articles have been published in numerous magazines including the Harvard Business Review, Whole Earth Review, Mother Jones, BioScience, Inc., Resurgence, and the New Statesman. Paul has served on the boards of public and private companies, as well as nonprofit organizations including the Center for Plant Conservation, Conservation International, Trust for Public Land, and the National Audubon Society.
Paul Saffo is a technology forecaster studying long-term information technology trends and their impact on business and society. His essays have appeared in numerous publications, including The Harvard Business Review, Wired Magazine, Civilization Magazine, the Los Angeles Times, the New York Times, and Fortune Magazine as well as other more specialized periodicals. Paul is the author of Dreams in Silicon Valley and The Road from Trinity, both of which are available in Japan. In 1997 he was a McKinsey Judge for the Harvard Business Review and in the same year was named one of one hundred “Global Leaders for Tomorrow” by the World Economic Forum. Paul serves on a variety of boards and advisory panels, including the AT&T Technology Advisory Board, the World Economic Forum Global Issues Group, and the Stanford Law School Advisory Council on Science, Technology and Society. Paul holds degrees from Harvard College, Cambridge University, and Stanford University. Paul is Director of IFTF, a 30-year old foundation that provides strategic planning and forecasting services to major corporations and government agencies.
