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
My kids that’s their backyard. I think when they’re adults, their memories will be mostly of spending time at beach, the exploration, the freedom that you have. You take care of your house that you live in and we make our bed and we clean our cars and we do all that stuff, but yet … Read more
The capitalist system only allows us to heap up waste. I would like to propose that the trillions of money earmarked for war should be channeled to make good the damage to the environment, to make reparations to the earth. Evo Morales
When people can see a vision and simultaneously recognize what can be done step by step in a concrete way to achieve it, they will begin to feel encouragement and enthusiasm instead of fright. Erich Fromm
When I circumnavigated the globe the outcome didn’t really matter, it was about a goal I’d set myself, but sustainability is part of all our lives Ellen MacArthur
I’m big on reworking vintage. Also, buying one great piece that lasts forever – to me, that is total sustainability. Elizabeth Rogers
Brian Walker and David Salt have written a thoughtful and powerful book to help resource users and managers put resilience thinking into practice and aim toward increasing the sustainability of our world. I urge public officials, scholars, and students in public policy programs to place this volume on their list of must-read books. It is … Read more
The \”environmental movement\” is becoming an economic movement, is joining the social justice movement, is becoming a sustainability movement. It’s leaving behind the \”People’s Needs versus Nature’s Needs\” conflict in favor of making the case for environmental health as the essential underpinning of prosperous and stable human civilization. Edward Norton
I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And I will not let what I cannot do interfere with what I can do. And by the grace of God, I will. Edward Everett Hale
I wish my artwork could persuade millions of people to join a global conversation about sustainability. Edward Burtynsky