The world is a sacred vessel. It should not be meddled with. It should not be owned. If you try to meddle… — Laozi Copy Share Image
We're never going to scare people into living more sustainably! We have to be able to demonstrate just how dynamic and aspirational… — Jonathon Porritt Copy Share Image
I always run into these Ph.D.s. They write and write and write about sustainable development. Then these guys ask me, 'But, how… — Jaime Lerner Copy Share Image
It would be disastrous if bad planning policy meant that today's new developments become tomorrow's climate slums — Tim Yeo Copy Share Image
Our society lacks a feedback loop for controlling technology: a way to gauge intended effects from actual effects later on — Kevin Kelly Copy Share Image
Sustainability is a political choice, not a technical one. It's not a question of whether we can be sustainable, but whether we… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Sustainable development is the pathway to the future we want for all. It offers a framework to generate economic growth, achieve social… — Ban Ki-moon Copy Share Image
On this International Literacy Day, let us recall that literacy for all is an integral part of education for all, and that… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
“Capitalism is also incapable of promoting sustainable development, not because it encourages technological advances that are capable of straining the earth's resources… — Ellen Meiksins Wood Copy Share Image
The fossil reserves that have already been discovered exceed what can ever be safely used. Yet companies spend half a trillion dollars… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
There can be no real growth without healthy populations. No sustainable development without tackling disease and malnutrition. No international security without assisting… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
As Americans, we have shown ourselves to have the greatest military on the face of the planet, but we are not so… — Martin O'Malley Copy Share Image
Professional accountants should use that influence to encourage the companies they serve to think long term and integrate sustainable development goals into… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
The longest and most destructive party ever held is now into its fourth generation and still no one shows any signs of… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
Including women in climate policy and solutions can enhance the results, leading to more economic growth and sustainable outcomes. However, we cannot… — Patricia Espinosa Copy Share Image
As the international community comes together to create rules for developing and deploying technology, America and its allies and partners aim to… — Linda Thomas-Greenfield Copy Share Image
The scarcest resource is not oil, metals, clean air, capital, labour, or technology. It is our willingness to listen to each other… — Donella Meadows Copy Share Image
It's widely recognized that there is no peace without development and no development without peace; it is also true that there is… — Antonio Guterres Copy Share Image
Whatever the short term clashes between protecting the environment and eradicating poverty, medium term and long term it is clear. Unless we… — Tony Blair Copy Share Image
A safe and nutritionally adequate diet is a basic individual right and an essential condition for sustainable development, especially in developing countries. — Gro Harlem Brundtland Copy Share Image
Instead of controlling the environment for the benefit of the population, perhaps we should control the population to ensure the survival of… — David Attenborough Copy Share Image
We live on this very small and fragile planet: a world in which there is poverty and injustice is never going to… — Hilary Benn Copy Share Image
No sustainable development, environmental harmony or lasting security will happen if we are unable to eradicate hunger and extreme inequality — Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva Copy Share Image
We need economic growth, yes, but growth can be jobless, so a sustainable development framework for employment must include a job creation… — Sharan Burrow Copy Share Image
The difference between animals and humans is that animals change themselves for the environment, but humans change the environment for themselves. — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
The era of procrastination...is coming to a close...we are entering a period of consequences - Winston Churchill (warning about the danger of… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
The Paris Agreement underlines the urgency to implement climate action in support of sustainable development. — Tedros Adhanom Copy Share Image
We all have an interest, and a duty to future generations, to ensure that the benefits of mobility that we now take… — Elliot Morley Copy Share Image
The way to healthy living is to shift from quantitative economic growth to quality of life, food, water and air - to… — Satish Kumar Copy Share Image
Gender equality is more than a goal in itself. It is a precondition for meeting the challenge of reducing poverty, promoting sustainable… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
We do not accept that human society should be constructed on the basis of a savage principle of the survival of the… — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share Image
The moral imperative to make big changes is inescapable...that what we take for granted may not be here for our children — Al Gore Copy Share Image
I am committed to lending my voice and participating in action campaigns to support the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals that must be… — Aidan Gallagher Copy Share Image
In my view, there is an urgent need to communicate with the public and help to explain where there is consensus, and… — Jeffrey Sachs Copy Share Image
Surely we have the wit and will to develop economically without despoiling the very environment we depend upon — Tony Blair Copy Share Image
Climate change is destroying our path to sustainability. Ours is a world of looming challenges and increasingly limited resources. Sustainable development offers… — Ban Ki-moon Copy Share Image
As long as there is no trust and confidence that there will be justice and fairness in resource distribution, political positioning will… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
And as we [ the Church] move towards setting new (United Nations') sustainable development goals, we also understand that one of our… — Marcelo Sanchez Sorondo Copy Share Image
It's important to listen to what scientists have to say, even when it's inconvenient, especially when it's inconvenient — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
There must be a better way to make the things we want, a way that doesn't spoil the sky, or the rain… — Paul McCartney Copy Share Image
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