Finite Planet Quotes by Phil Harding

To care for the natural world is the most effective insurance policy we can have

— Phil Harding

Economic growth won't feed a growing population living on this finite planet

— Phil Harding

A stable 21st century society requires 21st century solutions not 20th century economics

— Phil Harding

Sustainable energy + food security + healthy environment = full employment + better future.

— Phil Harding

WHAT IF we all treat other people as we wish to be treated? MORE happiness. LESS selfishness, crime, fraud, hatred, terrorism, wars...

— Phil Harding

Reasons to be positive. The economic downturn could be the catalyst for positive change. It should be translated into the wake-up call we need…

— Phil Harding

Without environmental sustainability, economic stability and social cohesion cannot be achieved

— Phil Harding

The economic downturn is our wake-up call to slow down, consume less, help each other, & live more!

— Phil Harding

Living in an orgy of unrestrained consumption and economic growth accompanied by population expansion that ignores the carrying capacity of local environments will lead…

— Phil Harding

We can't always control what happens but we can control our response

— Phil Harding

When politicians & economists understand we live in a finite world & act accordingly then a better future has a chance

— Phil Harding

It's better to ask the right questions than accept the status quo

— Phil Harding

The 20th Century approach to economics, resource depletion and over-consumption means we boom and bust until we bust more than we boom; that is…

— Phil Harding

Everybody talks about population growth and its disastrous effect on climate change, food security and resource depletion, but nobody does anything about it

— Phil Harding

The 2013/14 storms & floods show the UK needs to invest in a climate resilient, low carbon, food secure, full employment, positive future

— Phil Harding