Abstract Quote by Kofi Annan

The idea that we are going to be able to take our entire society as it currently works and simply change the source of…

— Alex Steffen

Reaching a general understanding that sustainability is the ultimate issue will finally bring us face-to-face with the political challenge of forging a sustainable society…

— Gaylord Nelson

The challenge is to develop visions, strategies, design and innovation, not just for surviving but for thriving in this new globalising society.

— Peter Ellyard

We must turn the greatest collective challenge facing humankind today, climate change, into the greatest opportunity for common progress towards a sustainable future

— Ban Ki-moon

We already have many of the technologies and tools that we need to build a sustainable future. What we don't have is a new…

— Alex Steffen

The sustainability revolution will be organic. It will arise from the visions, insights, experiments and actions of billions of people. The burden of making…

— Donella Meadows

We don't know yet how to build a society which is environmentally sustainable, which is shareable with everybody on the planet, which promotes stability…

— Alex Steffen

For three decades and longer we have been developing the ideas, science, and technological wherewithal to build a sustainable society. The public knows of…

— David W. Orr

As we enter the 21st Century it is clear that we have entered an unprecedented global age in which our diverse cultures, religions, philosophies,…

— Ashok Gangadean

What pleases me most is that sustainable development is on almost everybody's agenda now.

— Maurice Strong

“Sustainability is a new idea to many people, and many find it hard to understand. But all over the world there are people who…

— Anonymous

Global sustainability is now the only avenue to future inclusive progress that can deliver the Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris climate agreement.

— Johan Rockstrom