Birth: November 14, 1948
The less people know about what is really going on, the easier it is to wield power and authority..
I learned the way a monkey learns - by watching its parents..
One of the main reasons for the conflict in Syria, and the terrorism that it's spawned, is climate change and drought..
I miss my grandmother every day. I miss her vitality, her interest in the lives of others, her courage and determination, her perceptive wisdom, her ….
When people are uncertain about what is right and what is wrong, and anxious about being considered old-fashioned, it seems to be worse than folly th….
It is baffling, I must say, that in our modern world we have such blind trust in science and technology that we all accept what science tells us abou….
Fast food may appear to be cheap food and, in the literal sense it often is, but that is because huge social and environmental costs are being exclud….
Some recent occurrences such as the BSE disaster and even perhaps - dare I mention it - the present severe weather conditions in our country are, I h….
It is now 14 years since I first suggested that organic farming might have some benefits and ought to be taken seriously. I shall never forget the ve….
The demand for organic food is growing at a remarkable rate. Consumers have made it clear that they want organic produce and every sector of the food….
The price of apparently cheap food is costing nothing less than the Earth!.
Scientists themselves readily admit that they do not fully understand the consequences of our many-faceted assault upon the interwoven fabric of atmo….
To avert disaster, we have not only to teach men to make things but to teach them to have complete moral control over what they make..
I sometimes wonder if two thirds of the globe is covered in red carpet..
The world's forests need to be seen for what they are - giant global utilities, providing essential public services to humanity on a vast scale. They….
Father told me that if I ever met a lady in a dress like yours, I must look her straight in the eyes..
Hong Kong has created one of the most successful societies on Earth..
It is vitally important that we can continue to say, with absolute conviction, that organic farming delivers the highest quality, best-tasting food, ….
Personally, I have been very impressed by the slow food movement. It is about celebrating the culture of food, of sharing the extraordinary knowledge….
I think it's something that dawns on you with the most ghastly, inexorable sense. I didn't suddenly wake up in my pram one day and say 'Yippee, I - '….
The simple fact is that the world is not paying for the services the forests provide. At the moment, they are worth more dead than alive-for soya, fo….