Josiah Strong Quotes

Canada's north is going to change a lot in the new few years. We have every resource imaginable up north.

If everybody switched to organic farming, we couldn't support the earth's current population - maybe half.

Man's survival, from the time of Adam and Eve until the invention of agriculture, must have been precarious because of his inability to ensure his food supply.

Economists largely confine themselves to three key factors - capital, labor and productivity - when explaining how and why a country grows.

Energy is necessary for economic growth, for a better quality of life, and for human progress.

At the present moment the people of England are only three-quarters fed, and the result of this improvement in the export of our manufactures would be, that they would be entirely fed.

As a conservative, I maintain a healthy skepticism of the theory of man-made global warming. I also believe that more people enjoying the fruits of modernity and economic development is a good thing - as long as those people arrived legally and obey the law.

It is clearly the case that programs in Europe and the United States that have increased biofuel production have contributed to the added demand for food.

It is only through developing and maximizing all its natural resources that a sustainable future for Africa and its people can be secured.

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

Every time there is an economic intensification, there is an ecological impact.

Give me the map of any country, its configuration, its climate, its waters, its winds, and the whole of its physical geography; give me its natural productions, its flora, its zoology, &c., and I pledge myself to tell you, a priori, what will be the quality of man in history:—not accidentally, but necessarily; not at any particular epoch, but in all;

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

Improving the productivity of crops is fundamental to ending extreme poverty. Sixty percent of people in sub-Saharan Africa earn their living by working the land. But given the region’s generally low agricultural productivity—yields of basic cereals are five times higher in North America—Africa remains a net importer of food. This gap between supply and demand will only grow as the number of mouths to feed increases.

The breakup of the former Soviet Union has caused its grain output to plummet, but if the new republics recover economically, they could produce vast amounts of food.

The Columbia River Basin, which spans seven states in the Pacific Northwest, is one of the largest freshwater networks in North America. For centuries, the Basin has been a catalyst for economic development through the abundance of natural resources it provides.

The world faces enormous human development and environmental challenges, from poverty and disease to food security and climate change.

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

As hundreds of millions of Chinese have improved their standard of living, this has put enormous pressure on natural resources, raw materials, and food basics, among others.

Land is a great example of how we can manage and invest in sustainable infrastructure for economic, social, and environmental gains. Its use - and misuse - is at the heart of the challenge for food, fuel, and fibre.

If agriculture goes wrong, nothing else will have a chance to go right.

Forward-thinking energy policies protect our environment and drive our economy, strengthening businesses both small and large.

I think environment is more important to us than even equipment and the studio.

Protecting the environment is just as important a priority as the economic imperatives.

It would be a mistake to believe that environmental protection and economic growth are mutually exclusive.