"Only around 2% of the earth's surface is…" — Susan George

"Only around 2% of the earth's surface is cultivatable land."

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37 Quotes by Susan George

Susan George has 37 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

How do we get democracy at the international level? That's our problem. and it's essentially the same problem people faced…
I used to work a lot on food issues and every time somebody predicted that production would be inadequate they…
We have the most crude accounting tools. It's tragic because our accounts and our national arithmetic doesn't tell us the…
The Sierra Club in the United States has now really come out for population control and reduction.
The World Development Movement, to take just one example, is doing good work. Some political parties are, too.
There is no degree of human suffering which in and of itself is going to bring about change. Only organisation…
We're trying to run a 21st century society and economy with 19th century Darwinian, competitive, crude ideas.
As the rich consume more and more, they are clearly not going to want to downgrade their own status.
Much of what is called investment is actually nothing more than mergers and acquisitions, and of course mergers and acquisitions…
What you need if you want jobs are small and medium sized enterprises, local initiatives, labour intensive work, community development,…
Redistribution of wealth would require enormous amounts of investment. The only time an elite has accepted this has been during…
The World Bank is now the biggest culprit in the debt crisis.

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More Earth Quotes

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The earth is the very quintessence of the human condition. — Hannah Arendt
It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth. I put up my thumb and… — Neil Armstrong
Here men from the planet Earth first set foot upon the Moon. July 1969 AD. We came in peace for… — Neil Armstrong
I put up my thumb and it blotted out the planet Earth. — Neil Armstrong
It's a brilliant surface in that sunlight. The horizon seems quite close to you because the curvature is so much… — Neil Armstrong
I'd never heard of the 'Lord of the Rings', actually. So I went to the bookstore and there it was,… — Sean Astin
Science and fiction both begin with similar questions: What if? Why? How does it all work? But they focus on… — Margaret Atwood
We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are here for I don't know. — Wystan Hugh Auden
God had one son on earth without sin, but never one without suffering. — Saint Augustine
What springs from earth dissolves to earth again, and heaven-born things fly to their native seat. — Marcus Aurelius
Here is the test to find whether your mission on Earth is finished: if you're alive, it isn't. — Richard Bach
Carbon dioxide is natural. It is not harmful. It is part of Earth's life cycle. — Michele Bachmann

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