Tom Douglas Quotes

Everything depends on our ability to sustainably inhabit this earth, and true sustainability will require us all to change our way of thinking on how we take from the earth and how we give back.

I think and hope there are far more people aware of the need to look after our future.

Sustainability is the key to our survival on this planet and will also determine success on all levels.

President Obama has expressed his commitment to responsible stewardship of our land, water, and other natural resources. And one way of restoring the land to its natural condition is what we are doing here today - breaking pavement for the People's Garden.

The first rule of sustainability is to align with natural forces, or at least not try to defy them.

What we've proven is that you can protect the environment, use it wisely and grow the economy and that there is no conflict between the two.

I came to all the realizations about sustainability and biodiversity because I fell in love with the way food tastes. That was it. And because I was looking for that taste I feel at the doorsteps of the organic, local, sustainable farmers, dairy people and fisherman.

We must give everyone a stake in the World’s environment.

Humanity stands ... before a great problem of finding new raw materials and new sources of energy that shall never become exhausted. In the meantime we must not waste what we have, but must leave as much as possible for coming generations.

What's personally sustainable is globally sustainable.

Growing up Marley, we wanted anything we put our hands on to be beneficial to the environment and the community.

Energy conservation is a responsibility that falls on every country and individual.

Doing what's best for our kids means restoring balance, commonsense and conservation to the management of our natural resources.

Try to leave the Earth a better place than when you arrived.

Fuel conservation is a necessity, and I have to be the first person to set the example.

When I joined Ford, in the late 1970s, I felt strongly we could not forever be a huge user of natural resources without there being consequences. But I was alone in my thinking in those days.

I think the greatest challenge in environmentalism and the most rewarding challenge is trying to figure out how humans can meet their needs while protecting the environment.

Each generation takes the earth as trustees. We ought to bequeath to posterity as many forests and orchards as we have exhausted and consumed.

The Prime Minister of India, at a meeting that I co-chaired a few months ago, stated that any development that is not sustainable is not development.

This Earth is our only home. Together, we must protect and cherish it.

The world is using up its natural resources at an alarming rate, and this has caused a permanent shift in their value. We all need to adjust our behavior to this new environment. It would help if we did it quickly.

You can grow without destroying the things that you love.

The laws of nature tell us there's a finite amount of any substance on the face of the earth, and at some point, that's going to run out. And if we're smart and we have some grace and we have some willingness about our destiny, then we will take ourselves into the renewable world.

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

Conserving habitats is a wellspring for the next industrial revolution.