All Lester R. Brown Quotes
- We can build an economy that does not destroy its natural support systems, a global community where the basic needs of all the Earth's people… All
- In Mexico City, Tehran, Kolkata, Bangkok, Shanghai, and hundreds of other cities, the air is no longer safe to breathe. In some cities, the air… Air
- Nations are in effect ceding portions of their sovereignty to the international community and beginning to create a new system of international environmental governance. Beginning
- The 20th century was the time when the world turned to use of fossil fuels and the 21st century will be the century of the… Century
- The throwaway economy that has been evolving over the last half-century is an aberration, now itself headed for the junk heap of history. Aberration
- Saving Greenland is both a metaphor and a precondition for saving civilization. If its ice sheet melts, sea levels will rise 23 feet. Hundreds of… Abandoned
- In the Middle East, where populations are growing fast, the world is seeing the first collision between population growth and water supply at the regional… Arrest
- We are witnessing the beginning of one of the great tragedies of history. The United States, in a misguided effort to reduce its oil insecurity… Beginning
- Among the environmental trends undermining our future are shrinking forests, expanding deserts, falling water tables, collapsing fisheries, disappearing species, and rising temperatures. The temperature increases… Among
- In today's integrated world economy, ... eradicating poverty may contribute as much to U.S. security as eradicating terrorism. Contribute
- Rising oil prices have focused the world's attention on the depletion of oil reserves. But the depletion of underground water resources from overpumping is a… Almost Guarantees
- One way or another, the choice will be made by our generation, but it will affect life on earth for all generations to come Affect
- The choice is ours-yours and mine. We can stay with business as usual and preside over a global bubble economy that keeps expanding until it… Adopt
- The challenge is either to build an economy that is sustainable or to stay with our unsustainable economy until it declines. It is not a… Affect
- Saving civilization is not a spectator sport. Civilization
- If an economy is to sustain progress, it must satisfy the basic principles of ecology. If it does not, it will decline and eventually collapse.… Basic
- Today, more than ever, we need political leaders who can see the big picture, who understand the relationship between the economy and its environmental support… Big
- Socialism failed because it couldn't tell the economic truth. Capitalism may fail because it couldn't tell the ecological truth. Capitalism
- Our numbers expand, but Earth's natural systems do not. Earth
- In this era of tightening world food supplies, the ability to grow food is fast becoming a new form of geopolitical leverage. Food is the… Ability
- The foundation is being laid for the emergence of both wind and solar cells as cornerstones of the new energy economy. Both
- It takes 1,000 tons of water to produce 1 ton of grain. As water becomes scarce and countries are forced to divert irrigation water to… Across
- The foundation is being laid for the emergence of both wind and solar cells as cornerstones of the new energy economy. World wind generating capacity… Adding
- They have also been adopting fuel efficiency standards for automobiles in China. Adopting