Challenges Quote by Lisa P. Jackson

“In many areas, too, people are having to deal with environmental problems and, with these, threats to their livelihood and worse. At the same…

— Dalai Lama XIV

The environmental community has an opportunity to create and leverage partnerships with the development community on social issues, rather than trying to develop new…

— Helene D. Gayle

We have to prove to the disinherited majority of the world that ecology and conservation will not work against their interest but will bring…

— Indira Gandhi

That's what hurts the environmental movement - holding people to a standard they cannot meet. That just pushes people away.

— Laurie David

Today the environmental movement has become opposed to issues of justice. You can see this in the way issues are framed. It's a permanent…

— Vandana Shiva

Saving our planet, lifting people out of poverty, advancing economic growth... these are one and the same fight. We must connect the dots between…

— Ban Ki-moon

Environmental justice is the movement to ensure that no community suffers disproportionate environmental burdens or goes without enjoying fair environmental benefits.

— Van Jones

I think the greatest challenge in environmentalism and the most rewarding challenge is trying to figure out how humans can meet their needs while…

— Gale Norton

The essential role of the environment is still marginal in discussions about poverty. While we continue to debate these initiatives, environmental degradation, including the…

— Wangari Maathai

We can't impede progress in the name of environmental action that yields little for the environment and even less for our people.. and we…

— Meg Whitman

The environmental movement does not always have to be about stopping things. It can be about fixing problems.

— Mark Kurlansky

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