Best Sustainable Development Words
140 Sustainable Development quotes by 83 unique authors
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Sustainability is a set of conditions and trends in a given system that can continue indefinitely
— Alan AtKisson
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Sustainability is a political choice, not a technical one. It's not a question of whether we can be sustainable, but whether we choose to be
— Unknown Author
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Building a world where we meet our own needs without denying future generations a healthy society is not impossible, as some would assert. The question…
— Christopher Flavin
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My dear friends, God’s creation is one and it is good. The concerns for nonviolence, sustainable development, justice and peace, and care for our environment…
— Pope Benedict XVI
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Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
— Gro Harlem Brundtland
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If we human beings learn to see the intricacies that bind one part of a natural system to another and then to us, we will…
— Gaylord Nelson
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Sustainable development is a fundamental break that's going to reshuffle the entire deck. There are companies today that are going to dominate in the future…
— Francois-Henri Pinault
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Sustainable development is not an option! It is the only path that allows all of humanity to share a decent life on this, one planet.…
— Sha Zukang
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The African Union has to act in order to put an end to armed conflicts that undermine the continent, to fight against the devastation caused…
— Omar Bongo
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Sustainable development and climate change are two sides of the same coin
— Ban Ki-moon
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The era of procrastination...is coming to a close...we are entering a period of consequences - Winston Churchill (warning about the danger of appeasement
— Al Gore
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...the core values that underpin sustainable development - interdependence, empathy, equity, personal responsibility and intergenerational justice - are the only foundation upon which any viable…
— Jonathon Porritt
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In 1966 Rolf Edberg wrote "This is mankind's home", "in the narrow borderland between the deathly heat beneath our feet and the coldness of space…
— Margot Wallstrom
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21st Century choice: Look after our planet and it will look after us, or don't and face the consequences
— Phil Harding
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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…
— Wangari Maathai
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Humans merely share the Earth. We can only protect the land, not own it.
— Chief Seattle
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Preservation of the environment, promotion of sustainable development and particular attention to climate change are matters of grave concern for the entire human family.
— Pope Benedict XVI
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Also, it is interesting that developing countries, with China and India perhaps in the lead, where the future of the global environment will be decided…
— Maurice Strong
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During my nearly five years as director-general of WHO, high-level policymakers have increasingly recognized that health is central to sustainable development.
— Gro Harlem Brundtland
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Both rich and poor nations have a common stake in policies that put the globe on a sustainable development path. The conflict is less between…
— Robert Kuttner
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I became very interested [in philosophy] after attending the U.N. Conference on sustainable development in Brazil.I'm very concerned about climate change and the world reaching…
— Nick Offerman
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Today, more than ever before, life must be characterized by a sense of Universal responsibility, not only nation to nation and human to human, but…
— Dalai Lama
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So-called 'sustainable development'... is meaningless drivel.
— James Lovelock
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In a few decades, the relationship between the environment, resources and conflict may seem almost as obvious as the connection we see today between human…
— Wangari Maathai
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Sustainable development is a proven catalyst for Xerox innovation.
— Anne M. Mulcahy
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