Quotes for All
I am interested in the political economy of institutional power relationships in transition. The question is one of reconstructive communities as a cultural, as well as a political, fact: how geographic communities are structured to move in the direction of the next vision, along with the question of how a larger system – given the … Read more
There are things to be afraid of – like extraordinary poverty and suffering beyond anything I’ve experienced, and climate change, despots – but there’s really nothing to be afraid of when your job is an actor and you’re at work, if you’re in a place that is safe and full of respect and love, which … Read more
Capitalism and the thirst for profit without limits of the capitalist system are destroying the planet…Climate change has placed all humankind before a great choice: to continue in the ways of capitalism and death, or to start down the path of harmony with nature and respect for life. Evo Morales
I think governments will increasingly be tempted to rely on Silicon Valley to solve problems like obesity or climate change because Silicon Valley runs the information infrastructure through which we consume information. Evgeny Morozov
We have to bridge and join our struggles and understand how we can’t fight violence against women without looking at racism, we can’t fight violence against women without looking at economic deprivation or climate change. All these struggles are interconnected. Eve Ensler
The only real good technology is no technology at all. Technology is taxation without representation, imposed by our elitist species (man) upon the rest of the natural world. Eric Pianka
What degree of proof about the human catastrophe from global climate change do we need, before we are motivated to act to prevent it? Eric Chivian
The Ocean Health Index is like the thermometer of the ocean. It will allow us to take the temperature to know what is going on at the global level, trying to integrate different impacts, including overfishing, invasive species, coastal development, and climate change. Enric Sala
Either we stand united and agree to combat climate change or we will all stumble and fall and condemn humanity to a tragic future. Enele Sopoaga
We have to establish a joint strategy on other issues, such as Iran and North Korea, but also on climate change. That’s why I think it is important to speak at length with the American president Donald Trump and show him a path forward for possible cooperation. I feel an obligation to do so. Emmanuel … Read more