Our early 21st century civilization is in trouble. We need not go beyond the world food economy to see this. Over the… — Lester R. Brown Copy Share Image
No civilization has survived the ongoing destruction of its natural support systems. Nor will ours. — Lester R. Brown Copy Share Image
Global food insecurity is increasing...the slim excess of growth in food production over population is narrowing. — Lester R. Brown Copy Share Image
Population growth is exceeding farmers' ability to keep up...Our oldest enemy, hunger, is again at the door. — Lester R. Brown Copy Share Image
In the Middle East, where populations are growing fast, the world is seeing the first collision between population growth and water supply… — Lester R. Brown Copy Share Image
The challenge is either to build an economy that is sustainable or to stay with our unsustainable economy until it declines. It is not… — Lester R. Brown Copy Share Image
A sustainable economy represents nothing less than a higher social order one as concerned with future generations as with our own, and more focused… — Lester R. Brown Copy Share Image
We are witnessing the beginning of one of the great tragedies of history. The United States, in a misguided effort to reduce its oil… — Lester R. Brown Copy Share Image
The problem with water, though, is that the shortfalls don't show up until the very end. You can go on pumping unsustainably until the… — Lester R. Brown Copy Share Image
In Mexico City, Tehran, Kolkata, Bangkok, Shanghai, and hundreds of other cities, the air is no longer safe to breathe. In some cities, the… — Lester R. Brown Copy Share Image
We can build an economy that does not destroy its natural support systems, a global community where the basic needs of all the Earth's… — Lester R. Brown Copy Share Image
The throwaway economy that has been evolving over the last half-century is an aberration, now itself headed for the junk heap of history. — Lester R. Brown Copy Share Image
Among the environmental trends undermining our future are shrinking forests, expanding deserts, falling water tables, collapsing fisheries, disappearing species, and rising temperatures. The temperature… — Lester R. Brown Copy Share Image
One way or another, the choice will be made by our generation, but it will affect life on earth for all generations to come — Lester R. Brown Copy Share Image
Yet, most of the readily accessible reserves of oil formed over hundreds of millions of years will be consumed within a single generation, spanning… — Lester R. Brown Copy Share Image
Our early 21st century civilization is in trouble. We need not go beyond the world food economy to see this. Over the last few… — Lester R. Brown Copy Share Image
