"If an economy is to sustain progress, it……" — Lester R. Brown
"If an economy is to sustain progress, it must satisfy the basic principles of ecology. If it does not, it will decline and eventually collapse. There is no middle ground"
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24 Quotes by Lester R. Brown
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We can build an economy that does not destroy its natural support systems, a global community where the basic needs…
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In Mexico City, Tehran, Kolkata, Bangkok, Shanghai, and hundreds of other cities, the air is no longer safe to breathe.…
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Nations are in effect ceding portions of their sovereignty to the international community and beginning to create a new system…
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The 20th century was the time when the world turned to use of fossil fuels and the 21st century will…
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The throwaway economy that has been evolving over the last half-century is an aberration, now itself headed for the junk…
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Saving Greenland is both a metaphor and a precondition for saving civilization. If its ice sheet melts, sea levels will…
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In the Middle East, where populations are growing fast, the world is seeing the first collision between population growth and…
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We are witnessing the beginning of one of the great tragedies of history. The United States, in a misguided effort…
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Among the environmental trends undermining our future are shrinking forests, expanding deserts, falling water tables, collapsing fisheries, disappearing species, and…
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In today's integrated world economy, ... eradicating poverty may contribute as much to U.S. security as eradicating terrorism.
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Rising oil prices have focused the world's attention on the depletion of oil reserves. But the depletion of underground water…
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One way or another, the choice will be made by our generation, but it will affect life on earth for…
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