Zac Goldsmith

I can't be bought. I don't need to be bought. I'm not a careerist. I don't need to have a career in…

— Zac Goldsmith

We always hear from newspapers that while people understand the environmental challenge, they are unwilling to stomach the solutions. The trouble is,…

— Zac Goldsmith

By uploading 40 years of 'Ecologist' editions online, we will be creating the world's most extensive ecological archive. 'The Ecologist' will continue…

— Zac Goldsmith

All schools should teach children basic cooking skills. Every school should be able to buy sustainable, good quality food wherever possible from…

— Zac Goldsmith

The food system is not a free market. In this country, we impose reasonably high standards of animal welfare - but we…

— Zac Goldsmith

Politics colours everything, and anyone who wants change is necessarily political. As an environmental campaigner more or less since I left school…

— Zac Goldsmith

Politicians are so detested. And the main cause is not policy; it's the fact that there is no trust.

— Zac Goldsmith

Yes, Heathrow is the U.K.'s busiest airport, but new runways or a new airport are not the answer. It is far better…

— Zac Goldsmith

In North America, more than half of all children travel to school by bus. We need a similar programme in London.

— Zac Goldsmith

While big business gain subsidies and political access, small businesses drown in red tape, and individuals now risk being classified as terrorists…

— Zac Goldsmith

The Conservatives are a confusing lot. They first denied climate change was a serious issue and then suggested strengthening the nuclear industry…

— Zac Goldsmith

Sense About Science is much more than an innocent fact-checking service. It is a spin-off of a bizarre political network that began…

— Zac Goldsmith

'Green' cannot be allowed to become an excuse for stealth taxes. And nor should 'green taxes' be about punishment. Instead, they should…

— Zac Goldsmith

Green policy is about triggering a shift to a cleaner way of doing things. To be effective, it needs to incentivise the…

— Zac Goldsmith

If there was a time when 'The Ecologist' appeared not to be making a difference at all, not doing something useful, I…

— Zac Goldsmith

Of all the waste we generate, plastic bags are perhaps the greatest symbol of our throwaway society. They are used, then forgotten,…

— Zac Goldsmith

'The Ecologist' has lost money from the day it was launched in 1970, and will continue until the last edition is printed.…

— Zac Goldsmith

A number of countries around the world, and indeed the E.U. as a whole, have chosen not to allow the import from…

— Zac Goldsmith

The 5,000 or so acres of Royal Parks are one of the things that make London special.

— Zac Goldsmith

Europe believes that providing clear labelling for genetically modified food is a consumer right, but such practice is absolutely opposed by the…

— Zac Goldsmith

More than half the world's largest 100 economies are corporations. They have no loyalties to place or citizens.

— Zac Goldsmith

Politicians usually get the blame for dragging their feet on environmental issues. And fair enough. Most of them do just that. But…

— Zac Goldsmith

I wanted to weave a green thread through the Conservative party; that's my job, and I signed up imagining that I would…

— Zac Goldsmith

I do not organize my private life with an eye to my career.

— Zac Goldsmith

There are clearly many good politicians who are guided by religious belief, so the mix can work. But there's a line to…

— Zac Goldsmith