“What has dawned on me is that focusing on the "finite planet" frame sends a message that we have gone as far as Nature can take us and therefore we need to give power to forces outside Nature.” NeedsGivingForceGonePlanetsMessagesFinite Author:Frances Moore Lappé
“We hear, "Oh, we need to patent GMOs and develop new strains and new chemicals because Nature can't provide what we need." I have to debate people all the time who say that Nature can't provide enough.” PeopleNeedsEnoughDebateChemicalsStrainPatentsGmos Author:Frances Moore Lappé
“Humans need to feel effective - to feel that we can "make a dent," as he puts it. So the art of living is to find expressions appropriate to our own uniqueness in which we can experience effectiveness.” NeedsFeelsHumansArtExpressionAppropriateUniquenessEffectivenessArt Of Living Author:Frances Moore Lappé
“What is different and exciting is how much we have learned. We learned we were right that we don't need the chemical model of agriculture. We know so much more about the life of soil now and we understand how plants synergistically work together with microbes and animals to create healthy conditions.” KnowsNeedsDifferentTogetherAnimalConditionsHealthyModelsExcitingPlantSoilWorking TogetherChemicalsAgricultureMicrobes Author:Frances Moore Lappé
“What we need to get right is not focusing on the fear associated with quantity - not enough, scarcity, and lack - and moving instead to a worldview that explores quality and connectedness.” NeedsEnoughMovingQualityQuantityWorldviewScarcityConnectedness Author:Frances Moore Lappé
“The real cause of hunger is the powerlessness of the poor to gain access to the resources they need to feed themselves.” NeedsRealCausesPoorGainsResourcesHungerAccessPowerlessness 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
“I also believe that it's almost impossible for people to change alone. We need to join with others who will push us in our thinking and challenge us to do things we didn't believe ourselves capable of.” PeopleThinkingNeedsBelieveCommunityChallengesImpossibleCapable Author:Frances Moore Lappé
“Recent breakthroughs in science show we have just the capacities we need to face our planet's challenges. We're "soft-wired" for cooperation, empathy, fairness, along with a deep need to "make a dent," as social philosopher Erich Fromm put it. My hunch is that one reason depression is a global pandemic is that the dominant mental map denies so many of us expression of these deep needs and capacities.” NeedsReasonShowsFacesSocialChallengesCompassionPlanetsExpressionEmpathyCapacityPhilosopherDenyMapsCooperationFairnessDominantBreakthroughOur PlanetHunchesPandemicsFromm 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