“You know, in a business, you have to operate on the basis of voluntary investment by individuals in a cause. With government, there is no voluntary effort to invest capital. It's just taken and invested. And the same accountability is not at play. The same natural forces in the economy are not at play.” KnowsPlayGovernmentIndividualForceCausesNaturalEffortEconomyTakenBasesInvestmentAccountability Author:Mike Lee
“...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
“I think one of the most important investments an organization like TNC (The Nature Conservancy) can make is in helping build local capacity - supporting the growth of a global network of small community-based entities. Help people who live within critical ecosystems help themselves and their neighbors to design a better future relationship between themselves and their natural resources.” PeopleThinkingImportantHelpingGrowthCommunityNaturalDesignResourcesCapacityOrganizationInvestmentCriticalNeighborLocalsEntityNatural ResourcesEcosystemsBetter FutureSmall CommunitiesFuture Relationship Author:Edward Norton
“In I Praise My Destroyer, Diane Ackerman demonstrates once again her love for the specific language that rises from the juncture of self and the natural world, and her skillful use of that language. Whether she turns her attention to the act of eating an apricot 'the color of shame and dawn,' or to 'the omnipotence of light,' or to grief when 'All the greens of summer have blown apart,' her linking of unique images, her energetic wit and whimsy, her compassionate investment in life, always bring new pleasures and perceptions to the reader.” WorldSelfUseLightTurnsLanguageNaturalPleasureGriefAttentionColorReaderPerceptionEatingSummerUniquePraiseShameInvestmentWitDawnCompassionateNatural WorldEnergeticSkillfulDestroyersOmnipotenceWhimsyJunctureApricots Author:Pattiann Rogers
“Other powers will continue to enjoy an equal right to trade in and develop the natural resources of the occupied territory, for the economic development of which the investment of foreign capital is very desirable.” EnjoyNaturalEconomicDevelopmentEqualResourcesTradeInvestmentTerritoryDesirableNatural ResourcesEconomic Development Author:Koki Hirota