“As far as I know, most organizations are avoiding population issues because they're politically frightened by the charge that comes from some proponents of immigration that if you oppose the immigration policy we have now, you're a racist.. There is no way in the world we can forge a sustainable society without stabilizing the population. ... There's no practical way of stabilizing the population of the U.S. without reducing the immigration rate. When do we decide we have to do something, or do we wait until things are as bad here as they are in the countries people want to leave?” PeopleIfsKnowsWorldWayWantCountryWaitingIssuesPolicyOrganizationRatePopulationPracticalsImmigrationRacistFrightenedAvoidingReducingImmigration Policy Author:Gaylord Nelson
“Reaching a general understanding that sustainability is the ultimate issue will finally bring us face-to-face with the political challenge of forging a sustainable society during the next few decades. It is a challenge we can meet if we have the leadership and the political will to do so.” IfsFacesPoliticalNextUnderstandingChallengesIssuesUltimateDecadesReachingSustainabilityFace To FacePolitical WillForging Author:Gaylord Nelson
“If we continue to address the issue of the environment where we live as though we're the only species that lives here, we'll create a disaster for ourselves” IfsIssuesEnvironmentSpeciesDisasterAddresses Author:Gaylord Nelson
“If we human beings learn to see the intricacies that bind one part of a natural system to another and then to us, we will no longer argue about the importance of wilderness protection, or over the question of saving endangered species, or how human communities must base their economic futures - not on short-term exploitation - but on long-term, sustainable development.” IfsHumansLongTermNatureCommunityNaturalHuman BeingsEconomicDevelopmentImportanceSpeciesEnvironmentalProtectionArguingSavingLong TermWildernessExploitationShort TermSustainable DevelopmentIntricacyEndangered Species Author:Gaylord Nelson
