Fundamentally transforming the foundations of the economy is the biggest contribution we can make towards building a sustainable future. The current economic… — Jonathon Porritt Building Copy Share Image
I think we will work our way towards a position that says that having more than two children is irresponsible. — Jonathon Porritt Children Copy Share Image
Many ideas have struggled over the centuries to dominate the planet. Fascism. Communism. Democracy. Religion. But only one has achieved total supremacy.… — Jonathon Porritt Attraction Copy Share Image
What may be possible for a minority of humankind, albeit at great cost, simply cannot work for the humankind. Our kind of… — Jonathon Porritt Cost Copy Share Image
Peace, non-violence, human rights and the environment - if only everybody saw these as the seamless whole that they are — Jonathon Porritt Environment Copy Share Image
As more and more people wake up to the fact that further growth does not necessarily bring improvements in quality of life… — Jonathon Porritt Business Copy Share Image
It's not enough simply to wear the badge of corporate responsibility. Business must accept that real change is the only response to… — Jonathon Porritt Accepting Copy Share Image
Humankind's greatest priority is to reintegrate with the natural world. — Jonathon Porritt Animal Copy Share Image
I am unapologetic about asking people to connect up their own responsibility for their total environmental footprint and how they decide to… — Jonathon Porritt Appropriate Copy Share Image
...the core values that underpin sustainable development - interdependence, empathy, equity, personal responsibility and intergenerational justice - are the only foundation upon… — Jonathon Porritt Better world Copy Share Image
We are now running out of time, and the question now is not what is happening to the climate, but how bad… — Jonathon Porritt Climate Copy Share Image
The future will be green, or not at all. This truth lies at the heart of humankind's most pressing challenge: to learn… — Jonathon Porritt Bases Copy Share Image
We need to move away from crass, consumption-driven materialism by de-materialising status — Jonathon Porritt Consumption Copy Share Image
The 'Big Green Debate' has entered a very interesting stage. Once there was endless controversy; now there is near unanimity. Once there… — Jonathon Porritt Bandwagon 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 Able Copy Share Image
Climate change is not an environmental issue, but much more to do with security and economics — Jonathon Porritt Change Copy Share Image
If something is sustainable, it means we can go on doing it indefinitely. If it isn't, we can't — Jonathon Porritt Future Copy Share Image
The huge arrogance of the companies developing GMO crops and their determination to destroy the line of accountability which links the developer… — Jonathon Porritt Accountability Copy Share Image
The World Health Organization recently published some data showing that each overweight person causes and additional one tonne of CO2 to be… — Jonathon Porritt Around the world Copy Share Image
A combination of very rapid population growth over the last 50 years and reckless economic growth during the same time has stored… — Jonathon Porritt Combination Copy Share Image
"The ultimate recession": a recession caused not by failed regulation and bankers' greed, but by very high oil prices, food and water… — Jonathon Porritt Bankers Copy Share Image
...living more sustainably means living happier, more balanced and potentially more fulfilled lives than most of us 'choose' to live today, whatever… — Jonathon Porritt Balanced Copy Share Image
Any regeneration project that fails to put environmental and social benefits at its very heart is unlikely to achieve anything more than… — Jonathon Porritt Achieve Copy Share Image
We desperately need some new thinking today about systems of global governance. We're stuck with the same obsolete, ignore-the-earth institutions that were… — Jonathon Porritt 21st century Copy Share Image
...deficit consumption is, in effect, drawing down on the capital entitlements of future generations — Jonathon Porritt Consumption Copy Share Image
