Who would have predicted a century ago that the richest civilizations in history would be made up of polluted tracts of suburban development dominate…

- Alan Thein Durning

If the life-supporting ecosystems of the planet are to survive for future generations, the consumer society will have to dramatically curtail its use…

- Alan Thein Durning

If we attempt to preserve the consumer economy indefinitely, ecological forces will dismantle it savagely. If we proceed to dismantle it gradually ou…

- Alan Thein Durning

But the basic value of a sustainable society, the ecological equivalent of the Golden Rule, is simple: each generation should meet its needs without …

- Alan Thein Durning

Economists use the word consume to mean "utilize economic goods," but the Shorter Oxford Dictionary's definition is more appropriate to ecologists: "…

- Alan Thein Durning

Dispossessed peasants slash-and-burn their way into the rain forests of Latin America, hungry nomads turn their herds out into fragile African rangel…

- Alan Thein Durning