We know what we have to do. And we know how to do it. If we fail to … - Lester R. Brown

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Is it better to be extremely ambitious, or rather modest? Probably the latter is safer; but I hate safety, and would rather fail gloriously than dingily succeed.

Lester R. Brown

We know what we have to do. And we know how to do it. If we fail to convert our self-destructing economy into one that is environmentally sustainable, future generations will be overwhelmed by environmental degradation and social disintegration. Simply stated, if our generation does not turn things around, our children may not have the option of doing so.

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Saving civilization is not a spectator sport.

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One way or another, the choice will be made by our generation, but it will affect life on earth for all generations to come

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Among the environmental trends undermining our future are shrinking forests, expanding deserts, falling water tables, collapsing fisheries, disappearing species, and rising temperatures. The temperature increases bring crop-withering heat waves, more-destructive storms, more-intense droughts, more forest fires, and, of course, ice melting. We are crossing natural thresholds that we cannot see and violating deadlines that we do not recognize.

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No civilization has survived the ongoing destruction of its natural support systems. Nor will ours.

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Today, more than ever, we need political leaders who can see the big picture, who understand the relationship between the economy and its environmental support systems.

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