"We can build an economy that does not……" — Lester R. Brown
"We can build an economy that does not destroy its natural support systems, a global community where the basic needs of all the Earth's people are satisfied, and a world that will allow us to think of ourselves as civilized. This is entirely doable."
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24 Quotes by Lester R. Brown
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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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The choice is ours-yours and mine. We can stay with business as usual and preside over a global bubble economy…
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