I think as individuals, people overrate the virtues of local food. Most of the energy consumption in our food system is not… — Tyler Cowen Copy Share Image
The need for de-development presents our economists with a major challenge. They must design a stable, low-consumption economy in which there is… — John Holdren Copy Share Image
Let us remember that animals are not mere resources for human consumption. They are splendid beings in their own right, who have… — Marc Bekoff Copy Share Image
I wanted to catch the problem of consumption, waste, poor people eating what we throw away, which is a big subject. But… — Agnes Varda Copy Share Image
Better use of space, improving the insulation, getting more daylight into the buildings, reducing the energy consumption of the air conditioning and… — Ken Yeang Copy Share Image
The Second Wave Society is industrial and based on mass production, mass distribution, mass consumption, mass education, mass media, mass recreation, mass… — Alvin Toffler Copy Share Image
Many governments are giving subsidies to fossil fuel production and consumption that encourage greenhouse gas emissions, at the same time as they… — Jose Angel Gurria Copy Share Image
Economics and a reliance on science and technology to solve our problems has led to an unsustainable situation where continued growth in… — David Suzuki Copy Share Image
We know that material things don't offer contentment, but we still buy more-more of the props and gadgets our culture tells us… — Susan L. Taylor Copy Share Image
A massive campaign must be launched to restore a high-quality environment in North America and to de-develop the United States...De-development means bringing… — John Holdren Copy Share Image
When we try in good faith to believe in materialism, in the exclusive reality of the physical, we are asking our selves… — John Updike Copy Share Image
I was recently looking at what they can actually do to reduce consumption of petrol. It would be quite possible to build… — Susan George Copy Share Image
If the level and amount of consumption and waste of the western rich countries ever reaches the poor countries, it will mean… — Robert Muller Copy Share Image
We have created new idols. The worship of the ancient golden calf (cf. Ex 32:1-35) has returned in a new and ruthless… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Government experts have estimated that ANWR reserves would only provide enough oil for six months of U.S. oil consumption. In addition, the… — Allyson Schwartz Copy Share Image
“Each food items in a typical U.S. meal has traveled an average of 1,500 miles…If every U.S. citizen ate just one meal… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
“We are the witnesses of a barely perceptible transformation in ordinary language: verbs which formerly expressed satisfying actions have been replaced by… — Ivan Illich Copy Share Image
Take a look at all the third-world countries that are increasing the so called standard of living. One aspect of this rise… — William McNamara Copy Share Image
The pace of consumption, waste and environmental change has so stretched the planet's capacity that our contemporary lifestyle, unsustainable as it is,… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Here's how I see obesity: as a symptom. The larger problem is over-consumption. In a society that identifies consumption with patriotism, valorizes… — Emily Levine Copy Share Image
Nothing is being done of any real significance. Our demand is the government must tell the truth about the crisis we're in.… — Gail Bradbrook Copy Share Image
Raising crops to feed animals for human consumption requires a lot of land. It takes eight or nine cows a year to… — Sharon Gannon Copy Share Image
If we are concerned about our great appetite for materials, it is plausible to decrease waste, to make better use of stocks… — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
A reduction of meat consumption by only 10% would result in about 12 million more tons of grain for human consumption. This… — Marc Bekoff Copy Share Image
Everyone should educate themselves in more wise and responsible consumption; promote personal responsibility, along with the social dimension of rural activities, which… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
I have always been very much involved in the pseudo biological cycle of production, consumption and destruction. And for a long time,… — Arman Copy Share Image
“Wherever the shadow of economic growth touches us, we are left useless unless employed on a job or engaged in consumption...We lose… — Ivan Illich Copy Share Image
And if our book consumption remains as low as it has been, at least let us admit that it is because reading… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
We’ve never had a decline in house prices on a nationwide basis. So, what I think what is more likely is that… — Ben Bernanke Copy Share Image
“Consumption can be a remedy against boredom and may convey a sense of fictitious power and supremacy, by standing out from the… — Erik Pevernagie Copy Share Image
“Hygge is thought to be lost when we indulge in luxury consumption or when we thirst to be noticed, no matter how… — Louisa Thomsen Brits Copy Share Image
Society has a problem with female nudity when it is not . . . ”—Badu pauses to get her words together; she… — Erykah Badu Copy Share Image
The greatest change we need to make is from consumption to production, even if on a small scale, in our own gardens.… — Bill Mollison Copy Share Image
When coal came into the picture, it took about 50 or 60 years to displace timber. Then, crude oil was found, and… — Rex Tillerson Copy Share Image
(On the energy radiated by the Sun) It's four hundred million million million million watts. That is a million times the power… — Brian Cox Copy Share Image
Be a good example and a positive ambassador for vegan living, and be patient and understanding with people who aren't vegan. Support… — Gene Baur Copy Share Image
There is held to be no surer test of civilization than the increase per head of the consumption of alcohol and tobacco.… — Havelock Ellis Copy Share Image
“Humans began to show their pathogenic potential toward the planet during the 1950s, ravenously devouring natural resources and discarding waste into the… — Joseph C. Jenkins Copy Share Image
The rates of soda consumption in our poorest communities cannot be explained by individual consumer preferences alone, but rather are linked to… — Geoffrey Canada Copy Share Image
The Texas Energy Office's Loan Star Program has reduced building energy consumption and taxpayers' energy costs through the efficient operation of public… — Rosa DeLauro Copy Share Image
