“Since stepping down as laboratory director in 1999, I have devoted an increasing fraction of my time to international issues. I am involved with energy, environment, and sustainability issues, particularly as they involve new energy sources free of greenhouse gases.” EnergyIssuesEnvironmentSourceInvolvedDirectorsInternationalMy TimeSustainabilityDevotedLaboratoryFractionsGreenhousesGreenhouse GasesEnergy SourcesNew Energy Author:Burton Richter
“As citizen-activists the world over merge, they can become an irresistible force to create peace and protect the planet. From here will come a new movement to abolish nuclear weapons and all weapons of mass destruction. From here will come the demand for sustainable communities, for new systems of energy, transportation and commerce. From here comes the future rushing in on us. How does one acquire the capacity for active citizenship? The opportunities exist every day...Active citizenship begins with an envisioning of the desired outcome and a conscious application of spiritual principles.” WorldDoeSpiritualOpportunityEnergyForceCommunityPrinciplesMovementPlanetsCitizensProtectDemandWeaponsMassConsciousCapacityDestructionActiveNuclearOutcomesAcquireActivistApplicationSustainabilityNuclear WeaponsCommerceCitizenshipIrresistibleTransportationWeapons Of Mass DestructionMass DestructionRushingAbolishEnvisioningRushing InIrresistible ForceActive Citizenship Author:Dennis Kucinich
“Ending poverty and ensuring sustainability are the defining challenges of our time. Energy is central to both of them.” EnergyChallengesPovertyOur TimeSustainabilityDefiningEnding Poverty Author:Jim Yong Kim
“Quite frankly, there is no answer to climate change without substantially, dramatically, increasing the amount of renewable energy in the global energy system.” EnergyAnswersAmountClimateEnvironmentalClimate ChangeGlobal WarmingSustainabilityRenewable Energy Author:Christiana Figueres
“Japan is already a leader in energy efficiency, and it has a wealth of innovative technologies. We must put this expertise to use creating a model for growth and sustainability that we can share with the world.” WorldUseEnergyGrowthWealthLeaderTechnologyShareCreatingModelsJapanSustainabilityEfficiencyInnovativeExpertiseEnergy Efficiency Author:Yoshihiko Noda
“Everything we think about regarding sustainability - from energy to agriculture to manufacturing to population - has a water footprint. Almost all of the water on Earth is salt water, and the remaining freshwater supplies are split between agricultural use and human use - as well as maintaining the existing natural environment.” ThinkingHumansWellsUseEarthEnergyWaterNaturalEnvironmentPopulationSustainabilitySaltSplitsAgricultureMaintainingManufacturingSuppliesFootprintNatural EnvironmentSalt Water Author:Jamais Cascio
“The gradual depletion of the ozone layer and the related "greenhouse effect" has now reached crisis proportions as a consequence of industrial growth, massive urban concentrations and vastly increased energy needs. Industrial waste, the burning of fossil fuels, unrestricted deforestation, the use of certain types of herbicides, coolants and propellants: all of these are known to harm the atmosphere and environment.” NeedsUseCertainEnergyGrowthKnownEnvironmentEffectsTypeWasteConsequenceCrisisEnvironmentalHarmBurningAtmosphereRelatedProportionFuelConcentrationMassiveSustainabilityLayersUrbanFossilsFossil FuelGreenhousesDeforestationOzoneOzone LayerHerbicides Author:Pope John Paul II
“Real security, in other words, is inseparable from issues of energy policy; education; public health; preservation of soils, forests, and waters; and broadly based, sustainable prosperity.” RealEnergyWaterIssuesSecurityPolicyEnvironmentalProsperityForestsSoilSustainabilityPreservationInseparablePublic HealthEnergy Policy Author:David W. Orr
“Ours is certainly not an old culture. Yet in recent decades we've used more energy, destroyed more soil, created more pathogenicity (temporarily stopped some too, for sure), mutated more bacteria, and dumped more toxicity on the planet than all the cultures before us-combined. I love the United States, but I am not blind to the wrongs. I have no desire to live anywhere else, but that doesn't mean I think everything we're doing should be done or can be maintained.” ThinkingShouldMeanStatesDoneUsedDesireCultureEnergyUnitedUnited StatesPlanetsBlindEnvironmentalDecadesDestroyedSoilSustainabilityToxicityBacteriaDumpedDesire To LiveOld Culture Author:Joel Salatin
“People of conscience in our leadership in Washington have been scared off by the right and the fossil fuel lobbies. They won't even use the term "sustainability" or "climate change" in an energy bill, which is ludicrous on its face. It completely ignores the elephant in the room that we're all dealing with. The average American doesn't even believe climate change is real, they think it's all a hoax.” PeopleThinkingBelieveHas BeensRealUseFacesEnergyTermRoomsConscienceBillsClimateClimate ChangeAverageScaredFuelSustainabilityElephantsFossilsFossil FuelHoaxesElephant In The Room Author:James Cameron