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Quotes About Sustainability

In addition, there are millions of people in our world who are fortunate to have the availability of almost any food they like. I cannot find any reason for those people to continue consuming survival food (bread, sugar, meat, milk, and salt).
~ Unknown
Our air, water, soil, forests, oceans, rivers, lakes, scenic beauty, wildlife habitat, minerals, that is the wealth of the country.
~ Gaylord Nelson
We need better things, not more. We should not pollute the world with meaningless, unused things when we can make and support things of rare and precious beauty.
~ Daphne Guinness
Beauty fades, but cooking is eternal.
~ Cassandra Clare
There is no beauty in the finest cloth if it makes hunger and unhappiness.
~ Mahatma Gandhi
It is our task in our time and in our generation, to hand down undiminished to those who come after us, as was handed down to us by those who went before, the natural wealth and beauty which is ours.
~ John F. Kennedy
I like to dedicate myself wholeheartedly to a cause so that I have more impact. My goal is to shed light on the beauty of the ocean and how important it is for our planet.
~ Hayden Panettiere
I am very passionate about non-toxic food and beauty and home.
~ Gwyneth Paltrow
When it comes to renewable energy, there's no reason America should settle for second best.
~ Martin Heinrich
In fact, because of their connection to the land, farmers do more to protect and preserve our environment than almost anyone else. They are some of the best environmentalists around.
~ Ike Skelton
Debating the best way to do something we shouldn't be doing in the first place is a sure way to end up in the wrong place.
~ David Suzuki
Everybody has to look at his or her own footprint and do the best they can. It's not about being perfect, it's about doing something. If we're looking for perfection, we'll never, ever get there.
~ Laurie David
The best way to help Africans today is to help them to stand on their own feet. And the best way to do that is by helping create jobs.
~ Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
Be a vegetarian. That was the best advice I ever took. It means I'm not involved in killing, that's the main thing.
~ Martin Shaw
If you just think exclusively about what would be the best tasting or the most profitable, you're just not seeing the big picture.
~ Dan Barber
The education of women is the best way to save the environment.
~ E. O. Wilson
The best diet is the one that can be sustained over the long term, combined with other healthful lifestyle behaviors.
~ Francis Collins
Environmental policy must strike a balance between the earth's best interests and our citizen's pressing needs.
~ Jim Clyburn
Business need to go beyond the interest of their companies to the communities they serve.
~ Ratan Tata
Should we really let our people starve so we can pay our debts.
~ Julius Nyerere
Do not hold grain waiting for higher prices when people are hungry.
~ Zoroaster
We cannot choose between [economic] growth and sustainability - we must have both
~ Paul Polman
The purpose of a business is to get and keep a customer. Without customers, no amount of engineering wizardry, clever financing, or operations expertise can keep a company going.
~ Theodore Levitt
There is one and only one responsibility of business: to use its resources and engage in activities designed to increase its profits so long as it stays within the rules of the game.
~ Milton Friedman