Economic system Quote by Steve Goreham

A massive campaign must be launched to restore a high-quality environment in North America and to de-develop the United States...De-development means bringing our economic…

— John Holdren

A massive campaign must be launched to de-develop the United States… [we] must design a stable, low-consumption economy.

— John Holdren

Only one rational path is open to us - simultaneous de-development of the [overdeveloped countries] and semi-development of the underdeveloped countries (UDCs), in order…

— John Holdren

The need for de-development presents our economists with a major challenge. They must design a stable, low-consumption economy in which there is a much…

— John Holdren

“I didn’t know it yet, but this new priority would mean enormous changes in the way I saw the world and environmentalism. Previously environmentalists…

— Michael R. Bloomberg

“In our personal lives, we can seek to align our behavior with our values. We can live more simply, at once reducing environmental impacts,…

— John C. Ryan

For too long we have tried to consume our way to prosperity. Look at the cost: polluted lands and oceans, climate change, growing scarcity…

— Ban Ki-moon

A permanent and sustainable solution to all the problems facing working people is possible by taking the biggest companies into democratic ownership, and reorganizing…

— Kshama Sawant

We have the capacity to create a remarkably different economy: one that can restore ecosystems and protect the environment while bringing forth innovation, prosperity,…

— Paul Hawken

“To maintain our own economy,we are disturbing the nature's economy”

— Siddharth Seksaria

Developing countries present a real opportunity for sustainable consumption. There, we can start from a clean slate and develop appropriate products and services that…

— Paul Meyer

Addressing the climate and biodiversity crises requires us to radically change our economic models, moving away from economic growth as the over-riding measure of…

— Caroline Lucas