Accepted Quote by Maurice Strong

So-called 'sustainable development'... is meaningless drivel.

— James Lovelock

Sustainable development is a fundamental break that's going to reshuffle the entire deck. There are companies today that are going to dominate in the…

— Francois-Henri Pinault

'Sustainable Development' is an oxymoron. 'Development' in all it's senses entails expansion and wanting more. Continual expansion and wanting more are unsustainable. Globally we…

— Don Johnston

Our biggest challenge in this new century is to take an idea that seems abstract - sustainable development - and turn it into a…

— Kofi Annan

Sustainability is especially ripe for political controversy and opposition because fundamentally it is a new paradigm that represents significant challenges to the status quo.…

— Hazel Henderson

But now sustainability is such a political category that it's getting more and more difficult to think about it in a serious way. Sustainability…

— Rem Koolhaas

Sustainable development is the pathway to the future we want for all. It offers a framework to generate economic growth, achieve social justice, exercise…

— Ban Ki-moon

Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.

— Gro Harlem Brundtland

Sustainable development is a process which enables all people to realise their potential and to improve their quality of life in ways which protect…

— Sara Parkin

...there's no such thing as sustainability. There are just levels of it. It's a process, not a real goal. All you can do is…

— Yvon Chouinard

Also, it is interesting that developing countries, with China and India perhaps in the lead, where the future of the global environment will be…

— Maurice Strong

With increasing fervor since the 1980s, sustainability has been the watchword of scientists, environmental activists, and indeed all those concerned about the complex, fragile…

— Jamais Cascio