“...our societies appear to be intent on immediate consumption rather than on investment for the future. We are piling up enormous debts and exploiting the natural environment in a manner which suggests that we have no real sense of any worthwhile future. Just as a society which believes in the future saves in the present in order to invest in the future, so a society without belief spends everything now and piles up debts for future generations to settle. "Spend now and someone else will pay later."” BelieveRealOrderBeliefNaturalPayEnvironmentGenerationsFutureInvestmentDebtEnormousSettlingOur SocietyWorthwhileConsumptionFuture GenerationNatural Environment Author:Lesslie Newbigin
“The end of nature sours all my material pleasures. The prospect of living in a genetically engineered world sickens me. And yet it is toward such a world that our belief in endless material advancement hurries us. As long as that desire drives us, here is no way to set limits.” WorldWayLongEndsDesireBeliefPleasureMaterialsFutureLimitsEndlessAdvancement Author:Bill McKibben
“You hold your future in your own hands. Never waver in this belief.” HandsBeliefFutureOur FutureYour Future Author:Sir Frederick Treves, 1st Baronet