Consumption Quote by Albert Allen Bartlett

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

— Paul Polman

“The social phenomenon of economic growth is, thanks to the principle of the conservation of matter, nothing other than the physical phenomenon of increasing…

— Craig Dilworth

Economic growth which strips out the planet’s ecosystems is not sustainable

— Helen Clark

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

— Hazel Henderson

We have a basic notion that unless we find a solution for environmental problems, we will not achieve sustainable growth in the coming years

— Hiroyuki Watanabe

“Continuous economic and demographic growth has a way of turning abundance into scarcity.”

— William DeBuys

If there are not jobs or adequate forms of social protection, there is not enough income to create the consumption base that drives demand…

— Sharan Burrow

What we call 'economic growth' is in fact a growth in waste and a decline in the health of natural habitat

— Satish Kumar

“Limitless material growth is not sustainable or moral.”

— Bryant McGill

Sustainability is growth based on forms and processes of development that do not undermine the integrity of the environment on which they depend

— Jim MacNeill

We used to live in a world where the price of resources came down steadily, and now the world has changed. You have a…

— Jeremy Grantham

The funny thing about sustainability is you gotta sustain it.

— Ron Finley