Quotes by Jonathon Porritt

Jonathon Porritt

…deficit consumption is, in effect, drawing down on the capital entitlements of future generations

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…living more sustainably means living happier, more balanced and potentially more fulfilled lives than most of us ‘choose’ to live today, whatever Jeremy Clarkson may have to say about that!

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…the core values that underpin sustainable development – interdependence, empathy, equity, personal responsibility and intergenerational justice – are the only foundation upon which any viable vision of a better world can possibly be constructed

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“The ultimate recession”: a recession caused not by failed regulation and bankers’ greed, but by very high oil prices, food and water shortages, disappearing forests, accelerating climate change, forced migration and mass civil disruption…The long and the short of it, unfortunately, is this: more politicians still believe that economic recovery depends on continuing to live beyond our means (financially and ecologically) than on learning to live within our means. And that’s why the ultimate “Perfect Storm” recession still looms on the horizon

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A combination of very rapid population growth over the last 50 years and reckless economic growth during the same time has stored up massive problems for societies the world over. No nation is immune. The scientific evidence tells us all we need to know: carry on with business-as-usual growth-at-all-costs, and we’re stuffed

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Absolutely love the new campaign from the Optimum Population Trust: do your bit for addressing climate change by having fewer children – or even no children. The lifetime CO2 emissions of a UK citizen amount to 750 tonnes (the equivalent – apparently – of 620 return flights between London and New York), so the extra 10 million by which our population will rise between now and 2074 will, over their lifetimes, emit around 7½ billion tonnes of CO2…”births averted” is probably the most single most substantial and cost-effective intervention that governments could be using

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New York

Any regeneration project that fails to put environmental and social benefits at its very heart is unlikely to achieve anything more than a very short-lived spasm of spurious prosperity

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As more and more people wake up to the fact that further growth does not necessarily bring improvements in quality of life (and often exactly the opposite), sustainability is going to become one of the key characteristics with which places want to be associated.

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Climate change is not an environmental issue, but much more to do with security and economics

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Fundamentally transforming the foundations of the economy is the biggest contribution we can make towards building a sustainable future. The current economic crisis may be painful, but it will be nothing compared with the crises we will face if we continue to grow in a way that threatens the life-support systems on which we rely

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Quotes by Jonathon Porritt

Jonathon Porritt

…deficit consumption is, in effect, drawing down on the capital entitlements of future generations

…living more sustainably means living happier, more balanced and potentially more fulfilled lives than most of us ‘choose’ to live today, whatever Jeremy Clarkson may have to say about that!

…the core values that underpin sustainable development – interdependence, empathy, equity, personal responsibility and intergenerational justice – are the only foundation upon which any viable vision of a better world can possibly be constructed

Any regeneration project that fails to put environmental and social benefits at its very heart is unlikely to achieve anything more than a very short-lived spasm of spurious prosperity

As more and more people wake up to the fact that further growth does not necessarily bring improvements in quality of life (and often exactly the opposite), sustainability is going to become one of the key characteristics with which places want to be associated.

Climate change is not an environmental issue, but much more to do with security and economics

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