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Sustainable Quotes by Wangari Maathai
- People need open space. People need to bring their children into an area where they can play without restriction." And I was told, "This is…
- I would like to call on young people to commit themselves to activities that contribute toward achieving their long-term dreams. They have the energy and…
- The people are learning that you cannot leave decisions only to leaders. Local groups have to create the political will for change, rather than waiting…
- Culture defines who we are and how we see ourselves. A new attitude toward nature provides space for a new attitude toward culture and the…
- We owe it to ourselves and to the next generation to conserve the environment so that we can bequeath our children a sustainable world that…
- When resources are degraded, we start competing for them, whether it is at the local level in Kenya, where we had tribal clashes over land…
- I think what the Nobel committee is doing is going beyond war and looking at what humanity can do to prevent war. Sustainable management of…
- Today we are faced with a challenge that calls for a shift in our thinking, so that humanity stops threatening its life-support system. We are…
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- Achieving price stability is not only important in itself, it is also central to attaining the Federal Reserve's other mandate objectives of… — Ben Bernanke
- In our view, successful reform is not an event. It is a sustainable process that will build on its own successes -… — Abdallah II
- A safe and nutritionally adequate diet is a basic individual right and an essential condition for sustainable development, especially in developing countries. — Gro Harlem Brundtland
- For wide swaths of training and education there are valuable spillovers which mean that the private sector needs support from the government.… — Vince Cable
- Gender equality is more than a goal in itself. It is a precondition for meeting the challenge of reducing poverty, promoting sustainable… — Kofi Annan
- Education is a human right with immense power to transform. On its foundation rest the cornerstones of freedom, democracy and sustainable human… — Kofi Annan
- The only sustainable way to increase demand for vacant houses is to spur the formation of new households. Admitting more skilled immigrants,… — Alan Greenspan
- As far as I know, most organizations are avoiding population issues because they're politically frightened by the charge that comes from some… — Gaylord Nelson
- There is enough for everyone to have what they need without exploitation. Adequate distribution of resources, including education, without violence can lead… — Unknown Author
- All it takes is to pick up that one piece of trash you pass everyday on your way to work. Or to… — Shailene Woodley
- literacy is at the heart of sustainable development — Kofi Annan
- On this International Literacy Day, let us recall that literacy for all is an integral part of education for all, and that… — Kofi Annan