Consumption Quote by Joseph J. Romm

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

We have an exceptional natural wealth that is environmentally friendly.

— Raymond Bachand

We got rich by violating one of the central tenets of economics: thou shall not sell off your capital and call it income. And…

— Kalle Lasn

If we pollute the air, water and soil that keep us alive and well, and destroy the biodiversity that allows natural systems to function,…

— David Suzuki

Rely on renewable energy flows that are always there whether we use them or not, such as, sun, wind and vegetation: on energy income,…

— Amory Lovins

Both the United States and the world economy have already reached - and surpassed - their sustainable physical limits. Ground water is being drawn…

— Donella Meadows

We have for the first time an economy based on a key resource [Information] that is not only renewable, but self- generating. Running out…

— John Naisbitt

Today, our incentives aren't set up well - you can make a lot of money burning fossil fuels, digging up wetlands, pumping fossil water…

— Ramez Naam

Just as fossil fuels from conventional sources are finite and are becoming depleted, those from difficult sources will also run out. If we put…

— David Suzuki

The goods of creation belong to humanity as a whole. Yet the current pace of environmental exploitation is seriously endangering the supply of certain…

— Pope Benedict XVI

Our planet's greener future depends on nurturing our natural and abundant renewable resources.

— Tulsi Tanti

Even the wealth of the U.S. cannot protect against the levels of environmental destruction that we are unleashing.

— Johan Rockstrom