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Keeping people on side is a precondition of making any progress on sustainability issues


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Peace, non-violence, human rights and the environment - if only everybody saw these as the seamless whole that they are

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The future will be green, or not at all. This truth lies at the heart of humankind's most pressing challenge: to learn to live in harmony with the Earth on a genuinely sustainable basis.

The future will be green, or not at all. This truth lies at the heart of humankind's most pressing challenge: to learn to live in harmony with the Earth on a genuinely sustainable basis.



The future will be green, or not at all

The future will be green, or not at all



If something is sustainable, it means we can go on doing it indefinitely. If it isn't, we can't

If something is sustainable, it means we can go on doing it indefinitely. If it isn't, we can't



Any regeneration project that fails to put environmental and social benefits at its very heart is unlikely to achieve anything more than a very short-lived spasm of spurious prosperity

Any regeneration project that fails to put environmental and social benefits at its very heart is unlikely to achieve anything more than a very short-lived spasm of spurious prosperity



We're never going to scare people into living more sustainably! We have to be able to demonstrate just how dynamic and aspirational such a world could be

We're never going to scare people into living more sustainably! We have to be able to demonstrate just how dynamic and aspirational such a world could be



Climate change is not an environmental issue, but much more to do with security and economics

Climate change is not an environmental issue, but much more to do with security and economics



I am unapologetic about asking people to connect up their own responsibility for their total environmental footprint and how they decide to procreate and how many children they think are appropriate.

I am unapologetic about asking people to connect up their own responsibility for their total environmental footprint and how they decide to procreate and how many children they think are appropriate.



We are now running out of time, and the question now is not what is happening to the climate, but how bad will it be before the world starts doing enough?

We are now running out of time, and the question now is not what is happening to the climate, but how bad will it be before the world starts doing enough?



Humankind's greatest priority is to reintegrate with the natural world.

Humankind's greatest priority is to reintegrate with the natural world.





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I do want more. I am not content with being happy. I was not made for it. It is not my destiny. My destiny is the opposite.



There are people that are to champion the campaign and advocacy against the cycle of ungodliness and injustice in every nation.

There are people that are to champion the campaign and advocacy against the cycle of ungodliness and injustice in every nation.



But this kiss? It's ruined me. This is the type of kiss I never knew existed. It's like falling and flying, all in the same moment.

But this kiss? It's ruined me. This is the type of kiss I never knew existed. It's like falling and flying, all in the same moment.




But you talk to most filmmakers and it is six, seven, eight years trying to get things off the ground. It is incredible really.

But you talk to most filmmakers and it is six, seven, eight years trying to get things off the ground. It is incredible really.



Nevertheless, the mode, the justification, and all the games involved in this war were dishonest.

Nevertheless, the mode, the justification, and all the games involved in this war were dishonest.



Laughter can relieve tension, soothe the pain of disappointment, and strengthen the spirit for the formidable tasks that always lie ahead.

Laughter can relieve tension, soothe the pain of disappointment, and strengthen the spirit for the formidable tasks that always lie ahead.



I always anticipated difficulties in order to avoid scenes.

I always anticipated difficulties in order to avoid scenes.



One point of difference between Hinduism and other religions is that in Hinduism we pass from truth to truth-from a lower truth to a higher truth-and never from error to truth.

One point of difference between Hinduism and other religions is that in Hinduism we pass from truth to truth-from a lower truth to a higher truth-and never from error to truth.



Dishonesty is the raw material not of quacks only, but also in great part dupes.

Dishonesty is the raw material not of quacks only, but also in great part dupes.




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