“If you cut down a forest, it doesn't matter how many sawmills you have if there are no more trees.” IfsMatterCuttingTreeForests Author:Susan George
“If the economy becomes disembodied from society it can only lead to disaster.” IfsEconomyDisaster Author:Susan George
“What you need if you want jobs are small and medium sized enterprises, local initiatives, labour intensive work, community development, service providers and the like.” IfsWantNeedsJobsCommunityDevelopmentLocalsMediumsEnterpriseLabourInitiativeProvidersCommunity DevelopmentService Providers Author:Susan George
“If we wait for the U.S. to do something, we will be waiting for a very long time. It's Europe, it's Australia, it's the other developed and middle developing countries that have got to do the job.” IfsLongCountryJobsWaitingMiddleLong TimeEuropeDevelopingAustraliaDeveloping Countries Author:Susan George
“The natural capital is not income, but we spend our natural capital as if it were revenue, as if it were going to come back next year without any problems, whereas these renewals in nature can take hundreds of years.” IfsYearsProblemNextNaturalIncomeRevenueRenewalNext Year Author:Susan George