Development Quote by Sara Parkin

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

— Don Johnston

Sustainable development: Meeting present needs without compromising the stock of natural resources remaining for future generations. In terms of buildings, it implies resource efficiency,…

— Richard Rogers

Sustainability is an economic state where the demands placed upon the environment by people and commerce can be met without reducing the capacity of…

— Paul Hawken

“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

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

— James Lovelock

Sustainability is growth based on forms and processes of development that do not undermine the integrity of the environment on which they depend

— Jim MacNeill

I define sustainable history as a durable progressive trajectory in which the quality of life on this planet or other planets is premised on…

— Nayef Al-Rodhan

What's personally sustainable is globally sustainable.

— Dean Ornish

Sustainability is not just about adopting the latest energy-efficient technologies or turning to renewable sources of power. Sustainability is the responsibility of every individual…

— Joe Kaeser

...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