Build Quote by Alex Steffen

Technology is vital. We have to have development in new technology if we're going to solve these environmental problems without throwing humanity back in…

— Ramez Naam

We obviously want to produce things that people want. We are going to continue to do that in an environmentally responsible way, while still…

— Lee R. Raymond

For three decades and longer we have been developing the ideas, science, and technological wherewithal to build a sustainable society. The public knows of…

— David W. Orr

Our biggest challenge in this new century is to take an idea that seems abstract - sustainable development - and turn it into a…

— Kofi Annan

The idea that we are going to be able to take our entire society as it currently works and simply change the source of…

— Alex Steffen

We are taught to reinvent ourselves all the time. And nature is teaching us. What is necessary for us to do to create sustainability?…

— Horst Rechelbacher

If we invest in researching and developing energy technology, we'll do some real good in the long run, rather than just making ourselves feel…

— Bjorn Lomborg

We need a lot of thinking and ideas. We need all the innovators, particularly with the new sustainable technologies - how do we get…

— Helen Clark

The clear and present danger of climate change means we cannot burn our way to prosperity. We already rely too heavily on fossil fuels.…

— Ban Ki-moon

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

What is most needed right now is evolving human consciousness. Without that, science, technology, development, everything will go waste.

— Jaggi Vasudev

We can't start with big thinking, we have to approach it little by little. Sustainability isn't going to become big right away. Each day…

— Maria Cornejo