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Our numbers expand, but Earth's natural systems do not.

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We can build an economy that does not destroy its natural support systems, a global community where the basic needs of all…
In Mexico City, Tehran, Kolkata, Bangkok, Shanghai, and hundreds of other cities, the air is no longer safe to breathe. In some…
Nations are in effect ceding portions of their sovereignty to the international community and beginning to create a new system of international…
The 20th century was the time when the world turned to use of fossil fuels and the 21st century will be the…
The throwaway economy that has been evolving over the last half-century is an aberration, now itself headed for the junk heap of…
Saving Greenland is both a metaphor and a precondition for saving civilization. If its ice sheet melts, sea levels will rise 23…
In the Middle East, where populations are growing fast, the world is seeing the first collision between population growth and water supply…
We are witnessing the beginning of one of the great tragedies of history. The United States, in a misguided effort to reduce…
Among the environmental trends undermining our future are shrinking forests, expanding deserts, falling water tables, collapsing fisheries, disappearing species, and rising temperatures.…
In today's integrated world economy, ... eradicating poverty may contribute as much to U.S. security as eradicating terrorism.
Rising oil prices have focused the world's attention on the depletion of oil reserves. But the depletion of underground water resources from…
One way or another, the choice will be made by our generation, but it will affect life on earth for all generations…

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Is it better that we manage population growth responsibly or should we to wait for nature to cull our numbers? — Phil Harding
Our new technologies, combined with our numbers, have made us, collectively, a force of nature — Al Gore
I guess the good news that the summer travel season that we were projecting is becoming a reality. We certainly felt that… — Unknown Author
I'm not a believer in putting designers off in an ivory tower. They need to have a voice at the table so… — Chuck Jones
Any Christian constitutionalist who retreats from this battle jeopardizes his life here and hereafter. Seldom has so much responsibility hung on so… — Ezra Taft Benson
Managers watch over our numbers, our time and our results. Leaders watch over us. — Simon Sinek
Our numbers expand, but Earth's natural systems do not. — Lester R. Brown
We vote - if the public votes 50 percent, we vote 70 percent. So we have a bigger impact with our numbers,… — James P. Hoffa
Do you think Arabs are dumb? They gave us our numbers. Try doing long division with Roman numerals. — Kurt Vonnegut
In a state of tranquility, wealth, and luxury, our descendants would forget the arts of war and the noble activity and zeal… — Samuel Adams
Our numbers have increased in Vietnam because the aggression of others has increased in Vietnam. There is not, and there will not… — Lyndon B. Johnson
Life and families and babies are all joyous gifts. But if we do not begin to truly account for our numbers, we… — Jason Alexander

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