Quotes About Sustainability

Let every head of household see to it that he has on hand enough food and clothing and, where possible, fuel also for at least a year ahead.

Our heavily meat-centered culture is at the very heart of our waste of the earth's productivity.

People are hungry in these communities. They don't know how they are going to get food.

In 2008, a year of supposed 'food crisis', we grew enough food to feed 11 billion people. Most of it was not eaten by humans as food, however.

By the time you are 88 years old, you "have consumed 300 tons of food, air and water."

Shake the hand that feeds you.

Many things made me become a vegetarian, among them the higher food yield as a solution to world hunger.

A country like America has twice as much food on its shop shelves and in its restaurants than is actually required to feed the American people.

Always acknowledge your position in the food chain... They eat because you grow the food.

Thou shouldst eat to live; not live to eat.

According to the 'food waste pyramid', ensuring that food is eaten by people is the top priority. Failing that, the next best thing is to feed it to farm animals.

Preparing food is not just about yourself and others. It is about everything!

Now, more than ever, we need to connect the dots between climate, poverty, energy, food and water. These issues cannot be addressed in isolation.

In general, I try to eat food without added hormones and pesticides, but I'm not so strict that I won't have a Big Mac once in a while.

Without sound conservation and management measures, fisheries will quickly become depleted and a basic component of global food security will be lost.

Gram for gram, spirulina could be the most nutritious and well-rounded food on the planet, which stores almost indefinitely.

The more people there are, the more food we need, the more space we occupy, the more resources and consumer goods we wish to have and the more development has to take place

It's clear that agriculture, done right, is the best means the world has today to simultaneously tackle food security, poverty and environmental degradation.

Cooking and shopping for food brings rhythm and meaning to our lives.

Unlike curing cancer or heart disease, we already know how to beat hunger: food.

All wholesome food is caught without a net or trap.

The class of citizens who provide at once their own food and their own raiment, may be viewed as the most truly independent and happy.

I do not knowingly kill any living thing - including insects or rodents - and I thank my food for sustaining me.

South Korea's economy is still difficult. I will create a country where nobody worries about putting food on the table.