“I believe one of the reasons we went through such a remarkable growth period was that we had this atmosphere of free discussion.” BelieveReasonI BelieveGrowthPeriodsAtmosphereDiscussionRemarkable Author:Akio Morita
“Our early 21st century civilization is in trouble. We need not go beyond the world food economy to see this. Over the last few decades we have created a food production bubble-one based on environmental trends that cannot be sustained, including overpumping aquifers, overplowing land, and overloading the atmosphere with carbon dioxide.” WorldNeedsLastsGrowthEconomyTroubleLandCenturyCivilizationEnvironmentalIncludingProductionsDecadesAtmosphereTrendsBubblesConsumptionCarbon21st CenturyCarbon DioxideFood ProductionAquifers Author:Lester R. Brown
“I would be absolutely astounded if population growth and industrialisation and all the stuff we are pumping into the atmosphere hadn't changed the climatic balance. Of course it has. There is no valid argument for denial.” IfsWould BeCoursesStuffGrowthChangedBalanceArgumentPopulationDenialAtmospherePopulation GrowthAstounded Author:David Attenborough
“For of course one is never safe when in love. Growth is demanding and may seem dangerous, for there is loss as well as gain in growth. But why go on living if one has ceased to grow? And what more demanding atmosphere for growth than love in any form, than any relationship which can call out and requires of us our most secret and deepest selves?” IfsWellsMaySelfSeemsFormCoursesGrowsGrowthLossSecretDangerousGoes OnSafeGainsAtmosphere Book:Journal of a Solitude Source: Journal of a Solitude
“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
“Growth takes place in a person by working at a deep inner level in a sustained atmosphere of silence.” PersonsGrowthLevelsSilenceAtmosphere Author:Ira Progoff
“Others are Ahead of me. I am continually Challenged. My focus is Forward. The atmosphere is Affirming. I am often out of my Comfort Zone. I wake up Excited. Failure is not my Enemy. Others are Growing. People desire Change. Growth is Modeled and Expected.” PeopleDesireGrowthEnemyFocusGrowingComfortWake UpExcitedExpectedAtmosphereZoneComfort ZoneAffirmingChange Growth Author:John C. Maxwell
“Today we find ourselves faced with the imminent end of the era of cheap oil, the prospect (beyond the recent bubble) of steadily rising commodity prices, the degradation of forests, lakes and soils, conflicts over land use, water quality, fishing rights and the momentous challenge of stabilising concentrations of carbon in the global atmosphere.” EndsUseTodayGrowthWaterChallengesQualityRightsLandConflictOilForestsErasAtmosphereRisingSoilLakesFishingConcentrationBubblesConsumptionCommodityCarbonDegradationLand UseCommodity PricesWater Quality Author:Tim Jackson