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Quotes About Sustainability

Working harder is not a sustainable solution and it's not how people meet their destiny. It's time to get more creative. Instead of choosing one thing we love over something else we love, we must ask, 'how can I do both?' And, then, we can find solutions.
~ Maynard Webb
So much business is based on the belief that we should do whatever we can within legal limits to make as much money as we can. Ben & Jerry's was based on values, and we try to operate a business that not just sells ice cream but partners with all our stakeholders - whether that's suppliers or customers - to bring about a more sustainable world.
~ Jerry Greenfield
A social entrepreneur finds market-based solutions for change. Because without a market-based solution, without a sustainable solution, you go nowhere.
~ Gayle Tzemach Lemmon
Sustainable South Bronx advocates for environmental justice through sustainable environmental and economic development projects.
~ Majora Carter
If there's a sustainable job that will create sustainable value, people will hire for it.
~ David Cunliffe
If we don't preserve the natural resources, you aren't going to have a sustainable society. This is not something for Chez Panisse and the elite of San Francisco. It's for everyone.
~ Alice Waters
I have a soft spot for cashmere - even though that is not a particularly sustainable fabric, I do invest in quality, so it is sustainable in the sense that it is not just throwaway fashion and I keep it for a long, long time.
~ Suzy Amis
It's easy to complain that pharmaceutical companies place profits over people and apparently care more about hair loss than TB. However, many in the pharmaceutical industry would be glad for the opportunity to reorient their research toward medicines that are truly needed, provided only that such research is financially sustainable.
~ Thomas Pogge
I was writing a book about sustainable energy, and a friend asked me, 'Well, how much energy do you use at home?' And I was embarrassed. I didn't actually know.
~ David J. C. MacKay
It's super important that people use their significant buying power to pull companies like Ferrari and show them there is a market for sustainable fuel. So many other car companies would take notice if Ferrari made headway on this measure.
~ Petter Stordalen
For men, it's about finding the perfect shoe or the perfect pants that will last you through the years. That's how I want to shop: sustainable, classic, great quality.
~ Lykke Li
Both the United States and the world economy have already reached - and surpassed - their sustainable physical limits. Ground water is being drawn down, soils eroded, forests cut faster than they grow, fish caught faster than they reproduce, non-renewable fossil fuels burnt without developing substitutes.
~ Donella Meadows
The Industrial Age is not sustainable. It's not sustainable in ecological terms, and it's not sustainable in human terms.
~ Peter Senge
With TOMS, I found a way to create sustainable giving and consistently help those who are in need.
~ Blake Mycoskie
Our food is safer and our diets are more diverse than ever before; production methods are becoming increasingly sustainable, clean and efficient; and we are constantly becoming better at protecting biodiversity.
~ Louise Fresco
Mackerel is sustainable and healthy.
~ Yotam Ottolenghi
Earth Day should encourage us to reflect on what we are doing to make our planet a more sustainable and livable place.
~ Scott Peters
Making sure that mothers are educated means we can lift more people out of poverty and build a more inclusive and sustainable society.
~ Peng Liyuan
To make sustainable progress in reducing extreme poverty will require improvements in both the quantity and quality of aid.
~ Peter Singer
For WordPress to be world class, it needs to have a sustainable model.
~ Matt Mullenweg
Full Circle integrates the indigenous and modern practices, bringing individuals, community and organizations together as indispensable collaborators realizing a co-creative, sustainable and fulfilling future.
~ Andrew Keegan
The best and most sustainable love story for markets is one based on a healthy and dynamic real economy that creates jobs and opportunities for many more people.
~ Mohamed El-Erian
It is only through developing and maximizing all its natural resources that a sustainable future for Africa and its people can be secured.
~ Nicky Oppenheimer
The key to building a sustainable content company is to control costs.
~ Jason Calacanis