Quotes About Sustainability

The further human society drifts away from nature, the less we understand interdependence .

Ruin is the destination toward which all men rush, each pursuing his own best interest in a society that believes in the freedom of the commons.

Investing one cent more in oil, coal and gas is investing in the death of society, and the in the death of our children.

This is our greatest challenge: learning to live in a crowded and interconnected world that is creating unprecedented pressures on human society and on the physical environment.

Your grandchildren will likely find it incredible - or even sinful - that you burned up a gallon of gasoline to fetch a pack of cigarettes!

In the state of society in which we now find ourselves, it is difficult to imagine a nation which lived solely on bread and vegetables.

Human society sustains itself by transforming nature into garbage.

Fusion will be ready when society needs it.

There is no reason, in a free society, that farmers shouldn't be allowed to raise hemp. Hemp is a good product.

Native communities are focal points for the excrement of industrial society.

It's clear that it is in the best interest of business to be part of the conservation, along with governments and civil society.

We are dependent on each other. Therefore, replenishing the soil, replenishing society and being part of one continuum - that's the new story.

Study how a society uses its land, and you can come to pretty reliable conclusions as to what its future will be.

The mantra of the National Commercial Bank is 'building a better Jamaica.' If this bank is going to be everlastingly successful, it has to take on the ailments of this society.

Only a few human beings should grow to the square mile they are commonly planted too close.

Live simply so that others may simply live.

Because we all share this planet earth, we have to learn to live in harmony and peace with each other and with nature. This is not just a dream, but a necessity.

If you lose touch with nature you lose touch with humanity.

I do feel that spiritual progress does demand at some stage that we should cease to kill our fellow creatures for the satisfaction of our bodily wants.

Vegetarianism is a way of life that we should all move toward for economic survival, physical well-being and spiritual integrity.

the conspicuous consumption of limited resources has yet to be accepted widely as a spiritual error, or even bad manners

Anything that comes from the cow, a little milk, butter, cheese, is alright for the spiritual aspirant. There is no harm to the cow, and it is of benefit to take it.

Our universe was created to perpetuate creation, it was not created to perpetuate consumption.

All of us humans have myriad other species to thank. Without them, we couldn't exist. It's that simple, and we can't afford to ignore them, anymore than I can afford to neglect my precious wife--nor the sweet mother Earth that births and holds us all. Without us, Earth will abide and endure; without her, however, we could not even be.