Narendra Modi Quotes

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.

My next goal is for Shenzhen to become the model of environmentally-friendly and sustainable development.

Right now, we're trying to make sure that what we produce is as good for the environment as possible or, at least, helps clean up another problem.

With the Green New Deal, Seoul is taking big steps to transition to a net-zero emissions economy in 2050.

We tend to put the environment last because we think the first thing we have to do is eliminate poverty. But you can't reduce poverty in a vacuum. You are doing it in an environment.

If it can’t be reduced, reused, repaired, rebuilt, refurbished, refinished, resold, recycled or composted, then it should be restricted, redesigned or removed from production.

The film industry needs to confront the physical footprint of the way films get made.

Starbucks goes to a great effort, and pays twice as much for its coffee as its competitors do, and is very careful to help coffee producers in developing countries grow coffee without pesticides and in ways that preserve forest structure.

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.

Unfortunately, some in Washington remain tied to the dogma that responsible energy development cannot be achieved without taking a wrecking ball to 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'm a strong proponent of green tech for anyone who can afford it, having spent the last 40 years working toward achieving a smaller and smaller eco-impact for myself.

We need to be both conscious and competent to design products that emulate nature's life cycles, making sure that they endure and are either recycled or absorbed.

I don't want anything that I buy to have done any harm to anyone or anything.

Once shoppers become empowered, we will facilitate industries thinking in completely new terms; for example, making products that are totally biodegradable.

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

If there is a future, it will be Green.

You can pregrow a village with no consequence on the land. In fact, with a positive carbon contribution.

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

We have to find alternative ways of producing our raw materials without asking nature to do it for us.

We try to make earth-friendly decisions whenever we can, as it's part of our brand DNA.

I love to use technology to help people have better lives and to reduce our impact on the planet.

With increasing fervor since the 1980s, sustainability has been the watchword of scientists, environmental activists, and indeed all those concerned about the complex, fragile systems on the sphere we inhabit. It has shaped debates about business, design, and our lifestyles.

As sustainability becomes more and more of a concern, we're going to see more plastics.

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