Lester R. BrownThe challenge is either to build an economy that is sustainable or to stay with our unsustainable economy until it declines. It is not a goal that can be compromised. One way or a… ▶371Life
Lester R. BrownOne way or another, the choice will be made by our generation, but it will affect life on earth for all generations to come ✨ Lester R. Brown (2013). Eco-Economy: Building a… ▶343Life
Lester R. BrownNations are in effect ceding portions of their sovereignty to the international community and beginning to create a new system of international environmental governance.335Life
Lester R. BrownSaving civilization is not a spectator sport. ✨ Lester R. Brown (2008). Plan B 3.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization (Substantially Revised), p.13, W. W. Norton & Company313Humanity
Lester R. BrownThe 20th century was the time when the world turned to use of fossil fuels and the 21st century will be the century of the renewables.325Time
Lester R. BrownSocialism failed because it couldn't tell the economic truth. Capitalism may fail because it couldn't tell the ecological truth.347Truth
Lester R. BrownIf an economy is to sustain progress, it must satisfy the basic principles of ecology. If it does not, it will decline and eventually collapse. There is no middle ground ✨ L… ▶336Reading
Lester R. BrownRising oil prices have focused the world's attention on the depletion of oil reserves. But the depletion of underground water resources from overpumping is a far more serious issu… ▶358Reflection
Lester R. BrownWe can build an economy that does not destroy its natural support systems, a global community where the basic needs of all the Earth's people are satisfied, and a world that will … ▶283HumanityThought
Lester R. BrownThe choice is ours-yours and mine. We can stay with business as usual and preside over a global bubble economy that keeps expanding until it bursts, leading to economic decline. O… ▶283Life
Lester R. BrownAmong the environmental trends undermining our future are shrinking forests, expanding deserts, falling water tables, collapsing fisheries, disappearing species, and rising temper… ▶316DeathHopeTime
Lester R. BrownIn today's integrated world economy, ... eradicating poverty may contribute as much to U.S. security as eradicating terrorism.296Sadness
Lester R. BrownWe are witnessing the beginning of one of the great tragedies of history. The United States, in a misguided effort to reduce its oil insecurity by converting grain into fuel for c… ▶241DeathPolitics
Lester R. BrownIn the Middle East, where populations are growing fast, the world is seeing the first collision between population growth and water supply at the regional level. For the first tim… ▶309HumanityTime
Lester R. BrownToday, 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. ✨ Le… ▶223HumanityPolitics
Lester R. BrownIn Mexico City, Tehran, Kolkata, Bangkok, Shanghai, and hundreds of other cities, the air is no longer safe to breathe. In some cities, the air is so polluted that breathing is eq… ▶269Humanity
Lester R. BrownSaving Greenland is both a metaphor and a precondition for saving civilization. If its ice sheet melts, sea levels will rise 23 feet. Hundreds of coastal cities will be abandoned.… ▶216HumanityThought
Lester R. BrownThe throwaway economy that has been evolving over the last half-century is an aberration, now itself headed for the junk heap of history. ✨ Lester R. Brown (2008). Plan B 3.… ▶174Humanity
Lester R. BrownOur numbers expand, but Earth's natural systems do not.185Humanity
