The basic building block of peace and security for all peoples is economic and social security, anchored in sustainable development. It is… — Ban Ki-moon Copy Share Image
There is at the moment in the world a battle going on between those who are pursuing materialistic paths-globalizers of economic growth… — Satish Kumar Copy Share Image
We have reached a point where the value we do add to our economy is now being outweighed by the value we… — Paul Hawken Copy Share Image
The creative process ignites our imagination, and I believe that that same imagination is what will propel us forward with issues of… — Terry Tempest Williams Copy Share Image
A single, one-dimensional way of thinking has created a monoculture of the mind. And the monoculture of the mind has become a… — Vandana Shiva Copy Share Image
“The goal is something like personal sustainability. I hate to use that word, but it's the one that makes the most sense.… — Martin Cizmar Copy Share Image
Now is not the time to repudiate environmental balance, but rather it is the time for all of us to work together… — Robert Redford Copy Share Image
No individual life is an end in itself. One can live fully only by participating fully in the succession of the generations,… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
But in its de facto alliance with Caesar, Christianity connives directly in the murder of Creation. For in these days, Caesar is… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
Sustainability is especially ripe for political controversy and opposition because fundamentally it is a new paradigm that represents significant challenges to the… — Hazel Henderson Copy Share Image
With apologies to the green movement, "sustainability" is a myth. History and archaeology show that societies are always moving to the edge… — Arthur Demarest Copy Share Image
The lockdown has taught people how to make do with what they have and how to consume responsibly. For the sake of… — Pooja Bedi Copy Share Image
The kind of capitalism we are seeing today under this expansion of property into living resources is a whole, new, different phase… — Vandana Shiva Copy Share Image
Despite the array of groups and organizations working on global warming, we are still missing a key element: the movement. Along with… — Bill McKibben Copy Share Image
Issues relating to global health and sustainability must stay high on the agenda if we are to cope with an ageing and… — Martin Rees Copy Share Image
Christian people should surely have been in the vanguard of the movement for environmental responsibility, because of our doctrines of creation and… — John Stott Copy Share Image
If you understand it from an ecological or sustainability perspective, agriculture is the primary way we meet most of our needs, and… — David Holmgren Copy Share Image
We should be active leaders in the fight for civil liberties which adequately reflect present social realities. Furthermore the left as a… — Joseph Muscat Copy Share Image
“Recycling is better--I won't write "good"--for the environment. But without economics--without supply and demand of raw materials--recycling is nothing more than a… — Adam Minter Copy Share Image
We can't start with big thinking, we have to approach it little by little. Sustainability isn't going to become big right away.… — Maria Cornejo Copy Share Image
Everyone makes a difference. Someone who does something for others makes a big difference. A person who has no self-interest to do… — Anuj Copy Share Image
“Global corporations have the human capital, the financial resources, the technology, the international footprint, the power of markets and the profit motivation… — Alice Korngold Copy Share Image
What does our generation owe to generations yet unborn? ...there is an order in the universe which must be respected, and... the… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
“Permaculture land-use ethics invite us to protect intact ecosystems where they remain and, where ecosystems have been destroyed, to help restore them.… — Juliana Birnbaum Fox Copy Share Image
The Christian message, like an ecosystem, is about process. In an ecological sense, the cross symbolizes a willingness to die so that… — Wes Jackson Copy Share Image
We must act now and wake up to our moral obligations. The poor and vulnerable are members of God's family and are… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
I have a personal staff that helps me scour the internet and other media for the latest scientific peer-reviewed findings, the latest… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
If humanity today succeeds in combining the new scientific capacities with a strong ethical dimension, it will certainly be able to promote… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
“Abstractionism exacerbated the problem but sustainability, if intelligently conceived, could heal the rift between garden, landscape and urban design. Absolute sustainability is… — Tom Turner Copy Share Image
We are such spendthrifts with our lives, the trick of living is to slip on and off the planet with the least… — Paul Newman Copy Share Image
“I was struck by the fact that for Joel abjuring agrochemicals and pharmaceuticals is not so much a goal of his farming,… — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image
If you go from the USA - which, relative to the rest of the world, is in pretty good shape in terms… — E. O. Wilson Copy Share Image
Graciousness, courtesy, compassion-this is hesed. Hesed is a quality that extends even to the animals and the land. The sabbath rest principle… — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
...there's no such thing as sustainability. There are just levels of it. It's a process, not a real goal. All you can… — Yvon Chouinard Copy Share Image
Mainstream politicians will continue to protect existing systems of power, corporate executives will continue to maximize profit without concern, and the majority… — Robert Jensen Copy Share Image
“Ideas and statutes that live only in disembodied intellect are fragile, easily manipulated by both sides in a debate. This is as… — David George Haskell Copy Share Image
