Hilary Benn Quotes

This whole idea that we address environmental issues by not doing stuff just doesn't work.

We can have technology, prosperity, nice homes and cars, but at the same time we must be conscious of what we are dumping into the water, the air and our food.

Unless we keep this planet healthy, everything else is for naught.

Raising awareness on the most pressing environmental issues of our time is more important than ever.

A healthy environment is essential to a livable Oregon and a strong economy.

Environmental activism against the resource industry is widespread all over the world, but at the same time we have to realise that these are basic materials on which civilisation depends. We need to tap natural resources in a sustainable manner.

If you look at the state of our planet, the next generations won't be around if we consider sustainability as a gimmick.

I, Maggie, personally cannot tell you that you're going to save the planet. But what I do know is that we can draw a line to an issue that can conserve what we already have and what's left in a way that we can actually breathe the air, drink the water, actually grow things in soil - that matters in a real, practical way.

We need to promote development that does not destroy our environment.

We must preserve our planet and grow our economy simultaneously. We cannot become more prosperous without the living systems upon which our prosperity depends.

I think its time to change and balance the environment and growth. If we don't do that, we're going to suffer a hard landing one day very soon.

We don't have to sacrifice a strong economy for a healthy environment.

We can make a concerted effort to stop poisoning the planet: that would be a good way of appeasing the gods.

In the long term the economy and the environment are the same thing. If it is unenvironmental it is uneconomical. That is a rule of nature.

Conservation must become before recreation.

Every time we try to do something to improve the environment someone predicts that it will ruin the economy.

Conservation is not without a cost.

The current challenge facing the environmental authorities is how to properly deal with the environmental problems caused by economic development.

I've long believed the environmental issue is an economic issue and a political issue. The three are entwined. You can't build prosperity on any basis other than a long-term basis, and you can't do that if you don't have a healthy environment.

As we look to the future, we cannot improve our living standards while simultaneously degrading the natural environment around us.

We cannot sustain long-term growth in our economies if we do not protect and preserve our environment.

I believe the green movement is gaining momentum because people are becoming more educated about the real importance of living green.

Our ecological emergency demands proactive choices, not reactive sideswipes.

We only have one earth. Let's take care of it.

We are now heading down a centuries-long path toward increasing the productivity of our natural capital - the resource systems upon which we depend to live - instead of our human capital.