“I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And I will not let what I cannot do interfere with what I can do.”
Edward Everett Hale
“Saving our planet, lifting people out of poverty, advancing economic growth… these are one and the same fight. We must connect the dots between climate change, water scarcity, energy shortages, global health, food security and women’s empowerment. Solutions to one problem must be solutions for all.”
Ban Ki-moon
“If you don’t ask the right questions, you don’t get the right answers.”
Edward Hodnett
“Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.”
Albert Einstein
“Economic growth without investment in human development is unsustainable – and unethical.”
Amartya Sen
“It’s surely our responsibility to do everything within our power to create a planet that provides a home not just for us, but for all life on Earth.”
David Attenborough
“The greatest threat to our planet is the belief that someone else will save it.”
Robert Swan, Author
“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.”
Albert Einstein, Physicist
“We are living on this planet as if we had another one to go to.”
Terry Swearingen, Nurse
“What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.”
Dr Jane Goodall, Scientist & Activist
“What we are doing to the forests of the world is but a mirror reflection of what we are doing to ourselves and to one another.”
Mahatma Gandhi
“Look after the land and the land will look after you, destroy the land and it will destroy you.”
Aboriginal Proverb
“You have to hold yourself accountable for your actions, and that’s how we’re going to protect the Earth.”
Julia Butterfly Hill
“The natural environment sustains the life of all beings universally.”
Dalai Lama
“Until man duplicates a blade of grass, nature can laugh at his so called scientific knowledge.”
Thomas Edison
“There is a great need for the introduction of new values in our society, where bigger is not necessarily better, where slower can be faster, and where less can be more.”
Gaylord Nelson
“Do your little bit of good where you are; it’s those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.”
Archbishop Desmond Tutu
“Often, sustainability is discussed only in the context of energy. Energy sustainability is essential – but the word has a much broader meaning. It means long-term thinking about how we manage our businesses, invest in social spending, and plan for the future. This requires vision and leadership, and it requires citizen engagement.”
Joe Kaeser
“The world is changed by your example, not by your opinion.”
Paulo Coelho
