Climate change Quote by James Hansen

“Bill McKibben named his climate change advocacy group 350.org, because 350 ppm of atmospheric carbon dioxide is what Dr. James Hansen, former head of…

— Bernie Sanders

“The human population is too large, and the earth too small, to sustain us in the ways our ancestors lived. Most of the land…

— Nina Fedoroff

If everybody switched to organic farming, we couldn't support the earth's current population - maybe half.

— Nina Fedoroff

I foresee the time when industry shall no longer denude the forests which require generations to mature, nor use up the mines which were…

— Henry Ford

We run enormous risks and we know what kind of reductions of greenhouse gases are necessary to drastically reduce risks. Reducing emissions by half…

— Nicholas Stern

Everything else can wait, agriculture can’t.

— Norman Borlaug

A recent review of different agricultural options for the future was conducted by a panel of experts. The scientists posed the question: How are…

— Raj Patel

If we don't get sustainability right in agriculture first, it won't happen anywhere.

— Wes Jackson

In terms of quantity, we've probably already reached the limit of what's feasible. I think a change of direction may be what's needed.

— Masahiro Sakurai

Can nine billion people be fed? Can we cope with the demands in the future on water? Can we provide enough energy? Can we…

— John Beddington

Even if you could use all the organic material that you have--the animal manures, the human waste, the plant residues--and get them back on…

— Norman Borlaug

If we took 75% of the world’s trashed rangeland, we could restore it from agriculture back to functioning prairies — with their animal cohorts…

— Lierre Keith