Sustainability Quotes

“One of the most impactful decisions is to live near work. Commuting to and from work is expensive in terms of time, energy, and the environment. A job closer to home can lead to better quality of life.”
― Scott T. Young, Sustainability: Essentials for Business

“invasive alien species, and pollution (WBCSD, 2008). The sobering fact is that despite all the technological advances, scientists have not been able to create soil or seeds or life. For this reason alone, consumption needs to be curtailed and contained.”
― Scott T. Young, Sustainability: Essentials for Business

“Global consumption has a direct linkage to the Earth's ecosystems, two thirds of which are in decline.”
― Scott T. Young, Sustainability: Essentials for Business

“According to estimates by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), three planets would be required were everyone to consume similar to the average citizen from the United Kingdom and five planets to live like the average North American (WWF,”
― Scott T. Young, Sustainability: Essentials for Business

“Consumption around the world is driven by population growth and economic development and will rise as consumers in emerging economies demand goods and services.”
― Scott T. Young, Sustainability: Essentials for Business

“While citizens of the rich countries of the world struggle with issues of obesity and rush to one fad diet after another in search of a thin figure, close to 800 million global citizens are undernourished;”
― Scott T. Young, Sustainability: Essentials for Business

“Easily the biggest player in the agriculture industry is Monsanto. Monsanto has the largest market share of the seeds and pesticides used in agriculture. Forbes Magazine named Monsanto its “Company of the Year” in 2010, with 18% growth in the years 2005 to 2009, a time of a down economy.”
― Scott T. Young, Sustainability: Essentials for Business

“attempted to trace corn from the farm to the market and pointed out that humans eat so much corn that we are almost made of corn by the corn syrup that goes into our soft drinks, the corn feed that the animals we eat consume, and all the various by-products of corn.”
― Scott T. Young, Sustainability: Essentials for Business

“Afowl of Fowl Health concerns have driven the movement of consumers from beef to chicken. If one looks closely at the poultry industry, one may find it difficult to eat any kind of meat at all.”
― Scott T. Young, Sustainability: Essentials for Business

“The 1990 U.S. Farm Bill defined sustainable agriculture as an integrated system that will do the following:”
― Scott T. Young, Sustainability: Essentials for Business

“Chiras, Reginald, and Owen (2002) noted that the average glass of drinking water has passed through eight humans before it got to you. Therefore, we better trust that our water treatment plants are doing the job.”
― Scott T. Young, Sustainability: Essentials for Business

“Learning Objectives By the end of this chapter, you will be able to do the following: Explain the problems created by plastic water bottles. Describe the major causes of water pollution. Explain the importance of conserving water. Discuss the impact water legislation acts have at the national and state level. Develop sustainable water protection and conservation strategies.”
― Scott T. Young, Sustainability: Essentials for Business

“Arguments against Global Warming Bjorn Lomborg (2001), a statistician from Sweden, challenged the prevailing arguments about global warming, questioning the following: The way in which future scenarios have been arrived at and finds that forecasts of climate change of 6 degrees by the end of the century are not plausible. I shall argue that the limitations of computer modeling, the unrealistic nature of the basic assumptions made about technological change and political value judgments have distorted the scenarios being presented to the public. (p. 259)”
― Scott T. Young, Sustainability: Essentials for Business

“What are the effects of global warming? Chiras and colleagues (2002) and Craven (2009) listed the benefits: The cost of heating might decline. The far north would become more habitable (i.e., Northern Canada, Alaska). Increased rainfall in some areas would increase the growing season for agriculture. The rate of photosynthesis would increase, benefiting the yields of rice, corn, and wheat. The list of harmful effects: Summer cooling expenses would increase. An increase in the melting of the polar ice cap would raise ocean levels. Cities highly vulnerable to such a shift include Boston, Philadelphia”
― Scott T. Young, Sustainability: Essentials for Business

“This increase is attributed to the increase in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. This increase is partly natural and partly man-made, the man-made factor being the release of CFCs into the atmosphere. Two human activities—(1) the burning of fossil fuels and (2) tropical deforestation—have had a big impact. The clearing and burning of the tropical rain forests releases approximately 25% as much carbon into the air as the burning of fossil fuels.”
― Scott T. Young, Sustainability: Essentials for Business

“The discussion on global warming begins with the evidence. From 1900 to 2000, there was a demonstrable increase in global temperature.”
― Scott T. Young, Sustainability: Essentials for Business

“Auto manufacturers produce what sells, so until customers vote with their dollars and increase the demand for alternative automobiles, we will not see any dramatic change in automakers' portfolios. Strategically,”
― Scott T. Young, Sustainability: Essentials for Business

“From 1994 to 2003, GHG emissions were reduced by 25%, despite an increase in production. However, Russia and the Ukraine's steel industry continue to use inefficient open-hearth furnaces.”
― Scott T. Young, Sustainability: Essentials for Business

“U.S. rejection of Kyoto was the perceived prohibitive costs required to meet the standards, and neither major political party endorsed its ratification.”
― Scott T. Young, Sustainability: Essentials for Business

“The United Nations established the Division for Sustainable Development, the Economic and Social Development Division for Sustainable Development. The following is an excerpt from their stated objectives: Objectives 9.11. The”
― Scott T. Young, Sustainability: Essentials for Business

“Six out of 10 Americans live in urban areas where air pollution can cause health problems (see Table 1.3).”
― Scott T. Young, Sustainability: Essentials for Business

“Air currents take pollution hundreds of miles. Pollution from Los Angeles drifts into Sequoia National Park, more than 100 miles away.”
― Scott T. Young, Sustainability: Essentials for Business