“This is the first generation to know that the choices we're making have ultimate consequences. It's a time when you either choose life or you choose death ... Going along with the current order means that you're choosing death.” KnowsFirstsMeanOrderChoicesGenerationsHealthConsequenceUltimateCurrentsYou ChooseChoose Life Author:Frances Moore Lappé
“Every choice we make can be a celebration of the world we want.” WorldWantChoicesCelebration Author:Frances Moore Lappé
“Making conscious choices about what we eat, based on what the earth can sustain and what our bodies need, can help remind us that our whole society must begin to balance sustainable production with human need.” NeedsHumansWholeHelpingBodyEarthChoicesSocietyBalanceConsciousProductionsSustainabilityHuman Needs Author:Frances Moore Lappé
“What an extraordinary time to be alive. We're the first people on our planet to have real choice: we can continue killing each other, wiping out other species, spoiling our nest. Yet on every continent a revolution in human dignity is emerging. It is re-knitting community and our ties to the earth. So we do have a choice. We can choose death; or we can choose life.” PeopleFirstsHumansRealEarthTimeChoicesCommunityAlivePlanetsRevolutionDignitySpeciesExtraordinaryKillingTiesContinentsOur PlanetEmergingNestsHuman DignityBiodiversityKnittingKilling Each OtherChoose LifeWiping Out Author:Frances Moore Lappé
“I understand, of course, that grain-fed meat is not the cause of the world hunger problem - and eating some of it doesn't directly take food out of the mouths of starving people - but it is, to me, a symbol and a symptom of the basic irrationality of a food system that's divorced from human needs. Therefore, using less meat can be an important way to take responsibility. Making conscious choices about what we eat, based on what the earth can sustain and what our bodies need, can help remind us that our whole society must begin to balance sustainable production with human need.” PeopleWorldWayNeedsHumansImportantWholeHelpingProblemBodyEarthChoicesCoursesCausesResponsibilityBalanceEatingMouthsConsciousHungerProductionsSymbolsMeatFedsVegetarianGrainSymptomsTaking ResponsibilityDivorcedStarvingVegetarianismHuman NeedsIrrationalityWorld Hunger Author:Frances Moore Lappé
“Freedom is not the capacity to do whatever we please; freedom is the capacity to make intelligent choices.” ChoicesPleaseCapacityIntelligent Author:Frances Moore Lappé
“You have increasing poverty and increasing wealth. Fine food is one way to dispense with a lot of money... It's understanding that our daily choices about food connect us to a worldwide economic system. And that economic system - not scarcity - creates worldwide hunger for millions of people.” PeopleWayChoicesUnderstandingWealthPovertyMillionsEconomicFoodFineEatingCookingHungerOne WayLots Of MoneyScarcityEconomic SystemsDaily Choices Author:Frances Moore Lappé