Quotes About Sustainability

We are going to seek to improve the lives of our people on an ongoing basis, and since 1994, we have done precisely that.

Marine scientists predict that by 2050 there will be no more large fish left in the ocean if we don't change our relationship with the sea.

The end of commercial fishing is predicted long before the middle of the 21st century.

My faith in the economic potential of the low carbon economy is not an untested prediction.

I prefer to eat home-made food which involves grilled chicken or steamed fish and lots of greens.

Of course, I prefer organic farming to chemical-dependent farming, but sometimes absolutist organic prescriptions go too far. I don't even rule out the possibility of genetic modification generating some benign ideas, as long as we can keep them away from monopolists such as Monsanto.

The premise is simple: One economy and one environment, and they're interdependent.

Yet since the 1950s, little has been done to prepare for our country's current or future energy needs.

It's really important to teach people how to get food, how to grow it, how to pick it, how to prepare it and what's safe to eat.

The combination of population growth and the growth in consumption is a danger that we are not prepared for and something we will need global co-operation on.

I believe if you're prepared to kill the animal, you're allowed to eat it.

If people are prepared to eat locally and seasonally, then they probably do pretty well in terms of environmental impact.

Anita Roddick was amazing. Her presence in a room was full of light, and everything she worked to achieve still resonates now.

The mature Anthropocene begins when we acquire the ability to live sustainably and become a lasting presence on this world.

It's a free society. But don't tell the world that we can feed the present population without chemical fertilizer. That's when this misinformation becomes destructive.

Civilization in its present form hasn't got long.

If the world is presented as resources to be exploited, then, more than likely, you're going to exploit the world.

Climate change is a humongous challenge but it also presents numerous economic opportunities.

I do worry about population growth and the preservation of the green belt space but I don't think these are insurmountable problems.

We will preserve the environment.

I have had the good fortune to see how my articles have directly benefited some farmers and helped build markets for their products in a way that preserves land from development. That makes me a hopeless optimist.

I can't think of any more important issue. If we get this right, we'll not only preserve our landscape for future generations we'll be able to generate I think more investment and more job opportunities in the inland and we sure as hell need those jobs.

I want to do everything I can in my own life to protect and preserve the ocean.

It's important we preserve nature and allow our future generations to experience the best of it.