Marcel Wanders Quotes

So I'm going to go on and work on preserving the ozone layer, encouraging everyone to recycle.

We need to throw away less, recycle a lot more and turn much of the rest into energy.

Environmentalism opposes reckless innovation and makes conservation the central order of business.

There's no law of physics that says we have to be an unsustainable society - in fact, quite the opposite. The planet's ready to work with us if we're ready to think differently, but we do have to make that jump and start to do things in new ways.

It angers me when sustainability gets used as a buzz word. For 90 percent of the world, sustainability is a matter of survival.

I think today we recognize that economic activity needs to search for ways to protect the environment.

There's this very vulnerable planet of ours with finite resources. Architects and designers have, I think, a fair responsibility for conserving energy and materials, and making things durable.

I think it's important to watch out for our environment and to be careful.

You can grow without destroying the things that you love.

If we have any hope of finding ways for seven billion people to live well on planet with finite resources, we have to learn to use our resources efficiently. Plastic bags are neither efficient nor environmentally friendly.

Earth Day should encourage us to reflect on what we are doing to make our planet a more sustainable and livable place.

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

I wish my artwork could persuade millions of people to join a global conversation about sustainability.

I think the new generation is much more demanding about respect for the environment than we have ever imagined.

I'd like to continue to spread my message on conservation and make sure my dad's message - his legacy - lives on.

You'll know the green revolution has been won when the word 'green' disappears.

If there is a future, it will be Green.

The day we dispose of the idea of disposability will be a great one for the planet.

Human beings are going to be relying on natural resources for a long time.

I'm on the board of the Sierra Club Foundation and am myself a big environmentalist. But the way to make the biggest difference is to change mainstream behavior.

I think any opportunity you have to be green, whether it's in business or in everyday life, you should take it.

Designers must be increasingly sensitive to our Earth's dwindling resources. It is our responsibility.

Waste does not exist in nature because ecosystems reuse everything that grows in a never-ending cycle of efficiency and purpose.

We've seen that if we do not pollute, then the environment becomes so beautiful.

We face a simple choice. Either we go back to the days when everything was disposable and landfill dumps consumed our countryside at an increasing pace, or we recognise that we have limited resources and need to use them wisely and sustainably.