Balance Quote by Wendell Berry

Any city has to give some thought to its ambition and brand in order to set sustainability goals.

— Ginni Rometty

That's not a utopian vision. It is a set of ideas that we think are important to discuss. Those ideas largely have to do…

— William J. Mitchell

“The all-pervading disease of the modern world is the total imbalance between city and countryside, an imbalance in terms of wealth, power, culture, attraction…

— E.F. Schumacher

A living countryside is not a luxury but a necessity for the human population; if you let conservation go hang until your pockets are…

— Simon Barnes

Building sustainable cities - and a sustainable future - will need open dialogue among all branches of national, regional and local government. And it…

— Ban Ki-moon

What's personally sustainable is globally sustainable.

— Dean Ornish

“But ideal cities are very much the product of their own ages. Designed as complete urban statements, they bear the unmistakable imprint of their…

— Anonymous

Cities should function more like ecosystems, or even metabolisms. When we build, we should be thinking about how we can integrate into the ecosystems…

— Annalee Newitz

From a business perspective, the question related to cities and sustainability is clear and compelling: can you have a healthy company in an unhealthy…

— Joel Makower

Cities are central to the shaping and delivery of national policy objectives, and in return, they are the places where social, environmental, and economic…

— Mark Walport

“Abstractionism exacerbated the problem but sustainability, if intelligently conceived, could heal the rift between garden, landscape and urban design. Absolute sustainability is not possible.…

— Tom Turner

A city is a place that can offer maximum freedom. Otherwise it’s incomplete.

— Ai Weiwei