Cameron Sinclair Quotes

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

We can make the world a better place, one butt at a time.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

At every stage of my life, I've always wanted to do good for Earth.

Real environmental change depends on us. We can't wait for our leaders. We have to focus on what our own responsibilities are and how we can make the change happen.

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

We want to use the environment to shift the way our society works.

One of the most important lessons we can glean from the environmental movement is to 'think globally and act locally.'

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

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 know they are all environmentalists. I heard a lot of my speeches recycled.

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

Being green and clean is not just an aspiration but an action.

Good environmental policy is good economic policy.

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.

If we want to address global warming, along with the other environmental problems associated with our continued rush to burn our precious fossil fuels as quickly as possible, we must learn to use our resources more wisely, kick our addiction, and quickly start turning to sources of energy that have fewer negative impacts.

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

If there is a future, it will be Green.

Sustainable development requires human ingenuity. People are the most important resource.

I have great respect for people who live out their beliefs. For example, Ed Begley Jr. is an environmentalist, but he really lives his lives, and is he very prudent in the way he lives. He's cautious. He's not like an Al Gore that flies around in a private jet and burns 20,000 gallons a day on his jet.