Quotes About Sustainability

Like all major transitions in human history, the shift from a linear to a circular economy will be a tumultuous one. It will feature heroes and pioneers, naysayers and obstacles, and moments of victory and doubt. If we persevere, however, we will put our economy back on a path of growth and sustainability.

When I'm off the clock, I usually play video games - or do something nature-y so I can contribute to Mother Nature.

The world has not yet reached the point which, in my view, is an essential condition for the survival of our human species: access by all the peoples to the material resources of this planet.

When it comes to climate and energy, Gates is a radical consumerist. In his view, energy consumption is good - it just needs to be clean energy.

My own view is that every company requires a long-term view.

Instead of buying into the global agenda, which is using food as just industrial stuff, we would say we view food as biological, a living thing, that belongs in smaller communities.

Shrimp farms are a scourge on the earth, frankly, from an environmental point of view. They pour huge amounts of pollutants into the ocean. They also pollute their next-door neighbors.

I have a view that if you build something that's good, and you keep making it better, it lasts.

When sustainability is viewed as being a matter of survival for your business, I believe you can create massive change.

And although I appreciated their kindness more than they would ever know, it's a fact that friends last longer the less you use them.

Doesn't matter. She'll sleep as long as you drive." "Do environmentalists know about this?

We didn't have fancy dresses and scooter toys on the porch and stuffed teddy bears and Crayolas and little china tea sets there. All we had was the river, but the river fed us and carried us and set us free.

How can we speak about sustainability without speaking about the Sustainer?

By "developing" the planet, we have been reducing Earth to a new type of barrenness.

All true wealth is biological.

Socialism, when the last word is said, is merely a new economic and political system whereby more men can get food to eat.

When we live in cities at a fast pace, it is almost impossible not to get disconnected from the natural world. Food is one of the few things in our daily life that can help us strengthen that bond. Maybe we need to remind ourselves that coconut comes from a tree, not from little blue bags in the supermarket.

Profit at the expense of no one.

This is an industry to not only look at, but become a part of for the future, right now in the present. It can create wealth, amplify health and help to save, sustain and grow economies while reducing our footprint. With the farm bill making it legal, again; it's time to return to hemp.

Han enseñado a la gente a necesitar demasiadas fruslerías. Me temo que el noventa y cinco por ciento de la población de Europa occidental aceptaría la destrucción del planeta a cien años vista si ése fuera el precio de poder seguir teniendo lavadora.

There should be some kind of rule against needing to kill anything more than once.

Mort drove one of those little hybrid cars that, when not running on gasoline, was fueled by idealism.

Visionary companies pursue a cluster of objectives, of which making money is only one—and not necessarily the primary one.

Enduring great companies don't exist merely to deliver returns to shareholders. Indeed, in a truly great company, profits and cash flow become like blood and water to a healthy body: They are absolutely essential for life, but they are not the very point of life.