Occupation: Environmentalist Birth: February 8, 1946
If everyone thinks you have a good idea, you´re too late.
The most unrealistic person in the world is the cynic, not the dreamer..
Green business is not about tie-dyed T-shirts. It's about transforming the industrial system itself into one that looks at all the connections..
The bottom line is down where it belongs - at the bottom..
Intelligent policies will be largely self-regulating in the sense that the system of incentives and standards makes it absolutely ludicrous to not mo….
Being a good human being is good business..
The future belongs to those who understand that doing more with less is compassionate, prosperous, and enduring, and thus more intelligent, even comp….
What we are missing, utterly and completely, in this government is accountability..
How is it that we have created an economic system that tells us it is cheaper to destroy the earth and exhaust its people than to nurture them both? ….
We assume that everything's becoming more efficient, and in an immediate sense that's true; our lives are better in many ways. But that improvement h….
I'd rather fail at something important than succeed at something trivial..
What a great time to be born! What a great time to be alive! Because this generation gets to essentially completely change the world..
We are losing our living systems, social systems, cultural systems, governing systems, stability, and our constitutional health, and we're surrenderi….
And also, more and more businesses really want to do the right thing. They feel better about themselves, their workers feel better, and so do their c….
People are naming it the Third Wave, the Information Age, etc. but I would say those are basically technological descriptions, and this next shift is….
Only caring individuals can restore the places we inhabit. The 'simple act of planting a tree' not only restores the places we live, but makes us who….
The great thing about the dilemma we're in is that we get to re-imagine every single thing we do...There isn't a single thing that doesn't require a ….
Wrong is an addictive, repetitive story; Right is where the movement is..
The financial capital is being concentrated by corporations, institutional investors, and even our pension funds, and being reinvested in companies t….
A local company has more accountability..
Luck is earned. Luck is working so hard at your craft, service or enterprise that sooner or later you get a break..