Sustainability Quotes · Page 5

I have refused to buy a car for the reasons of sustainability.

— Fatih Birol

It is only with local [agriculture] that we can manage the complexity and care that sustainability requires.

— Vandana Shiva

“Real Love may run on a lower voltage, but it’s also more grounded & sustainable.”

— Sharon Salzberg

We cannot hope to create a sustainable culture with any but sustainable souls.

— Derrick Jensen

The old Lakota was wise. He knew that a man's heart away from nature becomes hard.

— Luther Standing Bear

Premium will increasingly be defined in terms of sustainability and environmental compatibility

— Norbert Reithofer

Sustainability is another word for justice, for what is just is sustainable and what is unjust is not.

— Matthew Fox

In many ways, the idea of resilience is a more useful concept than the idea of sustainability.

— Rob Hopkins

“Nature is inexhaustibly sustainable if we care for it. It is our universal responsibility to pass a healthy earth onto future generations.”

— Sylvia Dolson

When a child is starving, a family may not be able to think about long-term sustainability or damage to ecosystems that support…

— Helene D. Gayle

“I’m not interested in sustaining a planet on life support. My goal is to use agriculture to regenerate the planet.”

— Harry Stoddart

If nations join together now, before the big collapse and share their resources, they can maintain a level of sustainability. Sustain the…

— Jacque Fresco

For me the protection of Planet Earth, the survival of all species and the sustainability of our ecosystems is more than a…

— Rajendra K. Pachauri

“Sustainable Development is more than meeting the needs of today and the future generations; to my understanding this definition better fits sex…

— M.F. Moonzajer

“Within the framework of responsible finance, policies and regulations are the brushstrokes painting a portrait of a more equitable world.”

— Vikrmn: CA Vikram Verma

Community leadership is the courage, creativity and capacity to inspire participation, development and sustainability for strong communities.

— Gustav Nossal

The lockdown has taught people how to make do with what they have and how to consume responsibly. For the sake of…

— Pooja Bedi

With apologies to the green movement, "sustainability" is a myth. History and archaeology show that societies are always moving to the edge…

— Arthur Demarest

But in its de facto alliance with Caesar, Christianity connives directly in the murder of Creation. For in these days, Caesar is…

— Wendell Berry

Sustainability is especially ripe for political controversy and opposition because fundamentally it is a new paradigm that represents significant challenges to the…

— Hazel Henderson

“If you can't reuse or repair an item, do you ever really own it? Do you ever really own it? Do you…

— Susan Freinkel

“A major part of sustainability is social justice, here and everywhere. Think of it this way: justice is a technology. It’s like…

— Kim Stanley Robinson

Permaculture is not the movement of sustainability and it is not the philosophy behind it; it is the problem-solving approach the movement…

— Toby Hemenway

As a culture or a civilisation, we are a bit juvenile; it's like 'Oh, I have all this power, whoa, this is…

— Tino Sehgal

Until man duplicates a blade of grass, nature can laugh at his so called scientific knowledge.

— Thomas A. Edison

We cannot choose between [economic] growth and sustainability - we must have both

— Paul Polman

“Think about management to support rather than dictate. Be there to serve, to unblock obstacles, not to tell people what to do…

— Ines Garcia

Responsibility is something higher than my family, my country, my firm, my success. Responsibility to the order of Being, where, and only…

— Vaclav Havel

Resilience is all about being able to overcome the unexpected. Sustainability is about survival. The goal of resilience is to thrive.

— Jamais Cascio

Sustainability, ensuring the future of life on Earth, is an infinite game, the endless expression of generosity on behalf of all.

— Paul Hawken

The specific danger is us; we are rampant; this earth is our only friend; we are destroying it increment by increment at…

— William Kittredge

The capitalist system only allows us to heap up waste. I would like to propose that the trillions of money earmarked for…

— Evo Morales

Be Thou praised, my Lord, of our Sister Mother Earth, which sustains and hath us in rule, and produces divers fruits with…

— Francis of Assisi

“Rather than “People, planet and profit”; the Sustainability base should be, “People, planet and prospect of both.”

— Vikrmn: CA Vikram Verma

“While the word charity connotes a single act of giving, justice speaks to right living, of aligning oneself with the world in…

— Rachel Held Evans

As far as I'm concerned, however, it is clear that the concept of premium will be increasingly defined through sustainability in the…

— Norbert Reithofer

“Our lives are like books; we are merely characters in each other's stories. While we can impact each other's plotlines, respecting the…

— Erick "The Black Sheep" G

The plundering for profit of the world's natural resources has threatened the very sustainability of the planet.

— John McDonnell

Sustainability is now a big baggy sack in which people throw all kinds of old ideas, hot air and dodgy activities in…

— Kevin McCloud

“Sustainable financing is the measure of prosperity, not just in financial terms, but non-financial as well, for people, planet and prosperity of…

— Vikrmn: CA Vikram Verma