“I also, as I think most people do, have a healthy instinct that if we upset the balance of nature, we are in all probability going to suffer a reaction. With world growth, and population as it is, this reaction must increase.” PeopleIfsThinkingWorldSufferingGrowthVisionBalanceHealthyFutureIncreaseInstinctPopulationReactionsUpsetProbabilitySustainable Development Author:Tony Blair
“The three pillars of development (economic, social and environmental) must be strengthened together. But it is evident that two of the pillars - economic and social - are subsidiary to, and underpinned by, the third: a vibrant global ecology. Neither dollars nor our species will out-survive our planet. The earth can survive happily without people or profit” PeopleTwoEarthTogetherThreeSocialVisionEconomicPlanetsDevelopmentFutureThirdsDollarsSpeciesEnvironmentalProfitEcologyEvidentOur PlanetPillarsSustainable Development Author:Dave Hampton
“There can be no sustainable development without sustainable energy development” EnergyVisionDevelopmentFutureSustainable DevelopmentSustainable Energy Author:Margot Wallstrom
“We live not, in reality, on the summit of a solid earth but at the bottom of an ocean of air” RealityEarthVisionAirFutureOceanBottomSummitSustainable Development Author:Thales
“The future of life on earth depends on our ability to take action. Many individuals are doing what they can, but real success can only come if there's a change in our societies and our economics and in our politics. I've been lucky in my lifetime to see some of the greatest spectacles that the natural world has to offer. Surely we have a responsibility to leave for future generations a planet that is healthy, inhabitable by all species” IfsWorldRealActionEarthIndividualNaturalAbilityResponsibilityVisionGenerationsPlanetsDependsHealthyFutureOffersLuckyEconomicsLifetimeSpeciesOur SocietyFuture GenerationNatural WorldSustainable DevelopmentSpectaclesReal Success Author:David Attenborough
“Sustainable development is a process which enables all people to realise their potential and to improve their quality of life in ways which protect and enhance the Earth's life support systems” PeopleWayEarthProcessQualityVisionSupportDevelopmentFutureProtectRealisingQuality Of LifeSustainable DevelopmentSupport Systems Author:Sara Parkin
“We do not accept that human society should be constructed on the basis of a savage principle of the survival of the fittest” ShouldHumansAcceptingVisionPrinciplesFutureSurvivalBasesSavagesHuman SocietySustainable DevelopmentSurvival Of The Fittest Author:Thabo Mbeki
“We live on this very small and fragile planet: a world in which there is poverty and injustice is never going to be a safe and secure world” WorldVisionPovertyPlanetsFutureSafeInjusticeSecureFragileSustainable Development Author:Hilary Benn
“A global human society, characterised by islands of wealth, surrounded by a sea of poverty, is unsustainable” HumansWealthVisionPovertySeaFutureIslandsHuman SocietySustainable Development Author:Thabo Mbeki
“For the first time in human history, society has the capacity, the knowledge and the resources to eradicate poverty” FirstsHumansVisionPovertyFutureResourcesFirst TimeCapacityHuman HistorySustainable Development Author:Thabo Mbeki