Drive Quote by Clive Lewis

We are very fond of blaming the poor for destroying the environment. But often it is the powerful, including governments, that are responsible.

— Wangari Maathai

“… what right [do] people in wealthy countries have to blame the poor for their poverty, much less for humanity’s environmental dilemma, when it…

— Mark Hertsgaard

Poor people of all colors are getting poorer and our communities are getting more toxic. There is a misconception that to grow our economy…

— Majora Carter

We say we need to clean up the environment; to clean up the environment, we need to be richer. But maybe getting richer is…

— Anonymous

Economics has been incurably growth-oriented and addicted to everybody growing richer, even at the cost of exhaustion of resources and pollution of the environment.

— Kenneth E. Boulding

“Public concern for the environment cannot be addressed by placing the blame on growth without spelling out the causes of growth. Nor can an…

— Murray Bookchin

There are rich people everywhere, and yet they don't contribute to the growth of their countries.

— Hillary Clinton

Population growth is the primary source of environmental damage.

— Jacques Yves Cousteau

Economic growth and environmental protection are not at odds. They're opposite sides of the same coin if you're looking at longer-term prosperity.

— Henry Paulson

Poor people can't cut their emissions - they don't make them.

— Clive Lewis

There are a lot of people who don't contribute anything to consumption and production.

— Susan George

We don't have to sacrifice a strong economy for a healthy environment.

— Dennis Weaver