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Quotes About Sustainability

Civilization's shortening attention span is mismatched with the pace of environmental problems.
~ Stewart Brand
If environmental protection efforts continue to lag behind economic growth, pollution will become even more rampant.
~ Zhou Shengxian
Nature does not pile up 1000 hogs, then hope for the best.
~ Joan Dye Gussow
The "hole in the moral ozone" is really what's behind the hole in the ozone.
~ Leonard Sweet
One of the things that Ive always thought I would like to do is to develop an environmental index. Then people can measure their own environmental performance on an index as they do in other ways.
~ Maurice Strong
Meat is a tremendous environmental challenge. It contributes enormous amounts of greenhouse gas, especially beef eating.
~ Michael Pollan
We can't just tack on environmental balance to a fundamentally imbalanced system.
~ Riane Eisler
What is urgently needed is a bold new move from a consumer economy to a conserver economy in all of the developed countries, and particularly in the United States.
~ Richard J. Foster
In a flat choice between smoke and jobs, we're for jobs... But just keep me out of trouble on environmental issues.
~ Richard M. Nixon
I think we are very environmental people. We need to be supported environmentally. Books very much have that imprint on the mind.
~ Sakyong Mipham
If we had kept the vision of interconnectedness, we would not have created the kind of environmental crisis facing the world today.
~ Satish Kumar
Environmental cleanliness begins with individual desire to be clean.
~ Lailah Gifty Akita
Environmental cleanliness begins with each individual desire to be clean.
~ Lailah Gifty Akita
One must leave an inheritance to their next generation in form of safer environment.
~ Mohith Agadi
Love water, protect it:
~ Lailah Gifty Akita
We should bring in an environmental attitude, and I think luxury should automatically be about sustainability and quality.
~ Jochen Zeitz
If every community acts collectively, the city shall be clean.
~ Lailah Gifty Akita
Keep the environment clean and the waters clear as crystal.
~ Lailah Gifty Akita
The generation that destroys the environment is not the generation that pays the price. That is the problem.
~ Wangari Maathai
Climate change is the environmental challenge of this generation, and it is imperative that we act before it's too late.
~ John Delaney
If we do not save the environment, then whatever we do in civil rights will be of no meaning, because then we will have the equality of extinction.
~ James L. Farmer, Jr.
The rate at which organizations learn may soon become the only sustainable source of competitive advantage.
~ Peter Senge
Vision is dandy, but sustainable company excellence comes from a huge stable of able managers.
~ Tom Peters
We shouldn't have stupid cars that use liquid fossil fuels. Come on, how outmoded is that? We have to get to the point where this is no longer a part of our experience.
~ Christiana Figueres