We may get to the point where the only way of saving the world will be for industrial civilization to collapse.
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I am convinced the prophets of doom have to be taken seriously.Maurice Strong
We must, from here on in, all go down the same path... There may not be another chance.
Maurice Strong
After all, sustainability means running the global environment - Earth Inc. - like a corporation: with depreciation, amortization and maintenance accounts. In other words, keeping the asset whole, rather than undermining your natural capital.
Maurice Strong
We in the industrialized world make a greater difference because our ecological footprint, our impact on the condition of the environment, is 40 to 50 times larger than that of people in the developing world.
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The latest scientific studies make it clear that some of the main, traditional sources of fish are in various states of depletion and are endangered.
Maurice Strong
We owe at least this much to future generations, from whom we have borrowed a fragile planet called Earth.
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