“Our economy is at war with many forms of life on earth, including human life. What the climate needs to avoid collapse is a contraction of humanity's use of resources; what our economic model demands to avoid collapse is unfettered expansion. Only one of these sets of rules can be changed, and it's not the laws of nature” NeedsHumansWarUseEarthFormLawHumanityEconomyEconomicChangedDemandModelsResourcesClimateIncludingHuman LifeCollapseExpansionLaws Of NatureContractionsEconomic Models Book:This Changes Everything: Capitalism Vs. The Climate Source: This Changes Everything: Capitalism Vs. The Climate
“The current model is global suicide. We need a revolution. Revolutionary thinking. Revolutionary action. Natural resources are becoming more and more scarce.” ThinkingNeedsActionNaturalBusinessRevolutionBecomingModelsResourcesSuicideClimateCurrentsRevolutionaryScarceBecoming MoreNatural Resources Author:Ban Ki-moon
“For conservation to succeed, we must embrace conservation models where people use their natural resources to create jobs, to grow economies, and to feed their people while protecting wildlife and Africa's iconic species.” PeopleUseJobsGrowsNaturalEconomySucceedModelsResourcesEmbraceSpeciesConservationWildlifeNatural ResourcesIconic Author:David Jeremiah Barron
“I see myself, in terms of the question of capitalism, as I would support democratic socialism over a capitalist system, because any approach... or participatory economics, which is another great model that people like Michael Albert are putting out there... any system that encourages us to think about interdependency, and to be able to use the world's resources in a wiser way, for the good of the whole, would be better for the world than capitalism.” PeopleThinkingWorldWayWholeUseWould BeAbleTermSupportApproachModelsCapitalismResourcesEconomicsDemocraticSocialismCapitalistWiserDemocratic Socialism Author:Bell Hooks
“The utility model of computing - computing resources delivered over the network in much the same way that electricity or telephone service reaches our homes and offices today - makes more sense than ever.” WayHomeTodayOfficeModelsResourcesElectricityTelephonesUtilityComputing Author:Scott McNealy