A combination of very rapid population growth over the last 50 years and reckless economic growth during the same time has stored up massive problems for societies the world over. No nation is immune. The scientific evidence tells us all… — Jonathon Porritt Copy Share Image
Absolutely love the new campaign from the Optimum Population Trust: do your bit for addressing climate change by having fewer children - or even no children. The lifetime CO2 emissions of a UK citizen amount to 750 tonnes (the equivalent… — Jonathon Porritt Copy Share Image
Fundamentally transforming the foundations of the economy is the biggest contribution we can make towards building a sustainable future. The current economic crisis may… — Jonathon Porritt Copy Share Image
I think we will work our way towards a position that says that having more than two children is irresponsible. — Jonathon Porritt Copy Share Image
Many ideas have struggled over the centuries to dominate the planet. Fascism. Communism. Democracy. Religion. But only one has achieved total supremacy. Its compulsive… — Jonathon Porritt Copy Share Image
What may be possible for a minority of humankind, albeit at great cost, simply cannot work for the humankind. Our kind of progress depends… — Jonathon Porritt Copy Share Image
Peace, non-violence, human rights and the environment - if only everybody saw these as the seamless whole that they are — Jonathon Porritt Copy Share Image
As more and more people wake up to the fact that further growth does not necessarily bring improvements in quality of life (and often… — Jonathon Porritt Copy Share Image
It's not enough simply to wear the badge of corporate responsibility. Business must accept that real change is the only response to climate change… — Jonathon Porritt Copy Share Image
Humankind's greatest priority is to reintegrate with the natural world. — Jonathon Porritt Copy Share Image
I am unapologetic about asking people to connect up their own responsibility for their total environmental footprint and how they decide to procreate and… — Jonathon Porritt Copy Share Image
...the core values that underpin sustainable development - interdependence, empathy, equity, personal responsibility and intergenerational justice - are the only foundation upon which any… — Jonathon Porritt Copy Share Image
We are now running out of time, and the question now is not what is happening to the climate, but how bad will it… — Jonathon Porritt Copy Share Image
The future will be green, or not at all. This truth lies at the heart of humankind's most pressing challenge: to learn to live… — Jonathon Porritt Copy Share Image
