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“A reminder (Japan's earthquake and tsunami) how flimsy our sophisticated modern world really is”

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George Alagiah, born on November 22, 1955, is a British journalist with extensive experience in international news. He has served as a host for several well-known news organizations, including the BBC and CNN. more

“Positive deviance means doing the right thing for sustainability, despite being surrounded by the wrong institutional structures, the wrong processes and stubbornly uncooperative people. That is what sustainability-literate leadership means today. Surrounded by evidence of rampant unsustainability it is not possible to say 'I did not know'”

People Knows Mean Today Process Vision Future Evidence Structure Despite Right Thing Sustainability Doing The Right Thing Sustainable Development Deviance Uncooperative

Author:Sara Parkin

“When I circumnavigated the globe the outcome didn't really matter, it was about a goal I'd set myself, but sustainability is part of all our lives”

Matter Goal Vision Our Lives Future Outcomes Sustainability Globes Sustainable Development

Author:Ellen MacArthur

“Rethinking the future: It is a profound challenge, at the end of an era of cheap oil and materials to rethink and redesign how we produce and consume; to reshape how we live and work, or even to imagine the jobs that will be needed for transition”

Ends Jobs Challenges Vision Imagine Produce Materials Needed Future Profound Oil Eras Transition Sustainable Development Rethinking Redesign

Author:Ellen MacArthur

“You can make a lot of speeches, but the real thing is when you dig a hole, plant a tree, give it water, and make it survive. That's what makes the difference”

Giving Real Water Differences Vision Tree Future Speech Plant Holes Real Things Sustainable Development Plant A Tree

Author:Wangari Maathai

“As long as there is no trust and confidence that there will be justice and fairness in resource distribution, political positioning will remain more important than service”

Long Important Political Justice Vision Future Resources Fairness Distribution Sustainable Development No Trust

Author:Wangari Maathai

“If there's reason for hope, it lies in man's occasional binges of cooperation. To save our planet, we'll need that kind of heroic effort, in which all types of people join forces for the common good”

People Ifs Men Needs Kind Reason Lying Force Common Effort Vision Planets Type Future Cooperation Heroic Our Planet Occasional Common Good Sustainable Development Binge Save Our Planet

Author:George Meyer

“The future will be green, or not at all”

Vision Future Green Sustainable Development

Author:Jonathon Porritt

“The first rule of sustainability is to align with natural forces, or at least not try to defy them”

Trying Firsts Force Natural Vision Future Sustainability Sustainable Development

Author:Paul Hawken

“his planet came with a set of instructions, but we seem to have misplaced them. Important rules like don’t poison the water, soil, or air, don’t let the earth get overcrowded, and don’t touch the thermostat have been broken.”

Has Beens Important Seems Earth Water Vision Air Planets Broken Future Poison Soil Instruction Sustainable Development Misplaced

Author:Paul Hawken

“...deficit consumption is, in effect, drawing down on the capital entitlements of future generations”

Vision Generations Effects Future Drawing Consumption Deficit Future Generation Entitlement Sustainable Development

Author:Jonathon Porritt

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