“For that reason the simple test of the slogan 'Consume Less' as a basis for social action on the environment would be to tell it to the blacks in the ghetto. The message will not be very well received for there are many people in this country who consume less than is needed to sustain a decent life.” PeopleWellsCountryReasonWould BeActionSocialSimpleEnvironmentNeededMessagesTestsBasesDecentSlogansGhettoAffluenceSocial ActionDecent Life Author:Barry Commoner
“It reflects a prevailing myth that production technology is no more amenable to human judgment or social interests than the laws of thermodynamics, atomic structure or biological inheritance.” HumansLawSocialInterestTechnologyJudgmentStructureProductionsMythInheritancePrevailingThermodynamicsAmenableAtomic Structure Author:Barry Commoner
“After all, despite the economic advantage to firms that employed child labor, it was in the social interest, as a national policy, to abolish it - removing that advantage for all firms.” ChildrenSocialInterestEconomicPolicyAdvantageLaborDespiteFirmEmployedAbolishChild LaborSocial PolicyChild Labour Author:Barry Commoner
“My entry into the environmental arena was through the issue that so dramatically - and destructively - demonstrates the link between science and social action: nuclear weapons.” ActionSocialIssuesWeaponsEnvironmentalNuclearLinksNuclear WeaponsArenaEntrySocial Action Author:Barry Commoner
