“The promise of Western capitalism of ever rising rates of pay has turned out to be the cheque that bounced” Quote by Jeremy Paxman
“Planet Earth thought it had £10. But it turns out we only had £2. Which means everyone must lose 80% of their wealth” MeanEarthTurnsLosesWealthPlanetsPlanet Earth Author:Jeremy Clarkson
“Unless we change direction, models show that the profit of the entire consumer goods sector could be wiped out by 2050.” ShowsModelsProfitConsumersGoods Author:Paul Polman
“The economic downturn is our wake-up call to slow down, consume less, help each other, & live more!” HelpingEconomicWake UpSlow DownHelping Each OtherWake Up CallDownturnEconomic Downturn Author:Phil Harding
“We need to profoundly revise all of our taxes and charges. The aim is to tax pollution - notably fossil fuels - more, and tax work less” NeedsTaxesAimFuelPollutionFossilsFossil Fuel Author:Nicolas Sarkozy
“Those who consume far more resources than they require destroy the life chances of those whose survival depends upon consuming more.” ChanceDependsSurvivalResourcesConsuming Author:George Monbiot
“Development which has no regard for whom or what it harms is not development. It is the opposite of progress, damaging the Earth's capacity to support us and the rest of its living systems.” EarthSupportProgressDevelopmentCapacityOppositesRegardHarm Author:George Monbiot
“Why is it so easy to save the banks - but so hard to save the biosphere?” HardEasyBiosphere Author:George Monbiot
“If all the ineffective ideas for solving the energy crisis were laid end to end, they would reach to the moon and back” IfsIdeasEndsEnergyMoonCrisisEnergy CrisisThe Moon And Back Author:David J. C. MacKay
“I firmly believe that the principles behind Contraction & Convergence provide the best long-term framework for a fair and equitable climate change mitigation policy” BelieveLongTermBehindsPrinciplesPolicyFairsClimateClimate ChangeLong TermFrameworkEquitableConvergenceContractions Author:Nick Clegg