Quotes About Sustainability

There are no miracles in agricultural production.

The consumption and production of energy is a major component of the global economy.

People forget that a huge proportion of our jobs still depend on agricultural production in Australia so of course there are exports. That's easily overlooked.

It is extremely important to me that the social and environmental issues associated with the production of fashion clothing are addressed.

Fuel conservation is as important as fuel production.

Production chains, how consumers can drive change: all these things may seem at odds with fashion, but arguably, they're not.

There's a big difference between industrializing production of tractors and industrializing production of food. We like technology, but we really like technology that allows us to do better what nature does itself.

The Second Green Revolution, as the world's population grows to over 9 billion by 2050, is the new revolution we have to have to lift food production by another 75 percent.

No limits whatever are placed to the productions of the earth; they may increase forever.

As an industry, the film industry is better than most. It's not perfect - I wish every company would carbon-offset their productions - but it's better than one would expect.

I want Britain to lead the world in food and farming and to do that we need enough productive agricultural land.

After the Green Revolution, I came up with the concept of the Evergreen Revolution. In this we will see increase in farm productivity but without ecological harm.

It's critically important for Europe to have a different way to think about the role of agriculture in society and the economy here.

Right now my favorite book is 'Omnivores Dilemma.'

People in Canada are starting to see all of the dimensions of the Green Party.

I am disappointed because nobody is talking about food and agriculture. They're talking about the diets of children, but they're talking about Band-Aids. We're not seeing a vision.

European fisheries are a disaster. The American fisheries are well-kept.

I feel most people are so disconnected from their food - I try to not be one of those people.

A lot of people are still suffering from water-borne diseases... We want to create something where we can make life better for everyone.

It should be that every child, when they leave school, can do ten meals, because when they leave home, they've got to be able to eat healthily. Blow the science of it and everything else. They've just got to be able to know what's good for them, how to buy it, and how to make a few dishes that they enjoy and don't cost too much.

If everything is disposable or recyclable, how does that make us feel about ourselves and each other?

Fashion to me has become very disposable; I wanted to get back to craft, to clothes that could last.

I hope I am the antithesis of disposable fashion.

The day we dispose of the idea of disposability will be a great one for the planet.