Quotes from Ellen MacArthur

There is a massive economic opportunity out there to be taken without waiting for government legislation.

When you start you're trying to achieve staying alive and getting home. If you can do both of those, then you stand a chance of breaking the record.

I blew up a balloon and wrote on it in indelible pen, Happy Xmas everyone, luv you all xx, then threw it over the side into the Southern Ocean.

When you sail on a boat you take with you the minimum of resources. You don't waste anything. You don't leave the light on; you don't leave a computer screen on... on land we take what we want

If we could build an economy that would use things rather than use them up, we could build a future.

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