“It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the ones most responsive to change.”

Clarence Darrow, American Civil Liberty Lawyer

‘Developed’ countries use approximately six times as much resource per head as countries like the Ethiopia or Bangladesh. A change of direction will not be easy until basic needs are met for all. Each sector has a role to play to achieve this goal from business to government and from civil society to academia.

Sustainable development requires a rapid and radical reduction in our demands on the biosphere, achieved in parallel with an increase in the standard of living for the poor of the world. A sustainable world is said to be possible and it could be highly attractive, even in the ‘developed’ world.

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