Cool Cities Quotes

“Scientists will say with conviction - and they are right - that "there are no technical or economic barriers to achieving sustainability." ... Many [market players] understand the science of climate change perfectly well; they are not deniers and don't need to be. They are not ignorant, certainly not stupid; they are simply driven by interests at odds with sustainability or climate justice. What's good for them and what's good for the planet are just not the same.”
― Benjamin R. Barber, Cool Cities: Urban Sovereignty and the Fix for Global Warming

“...defining what is important solely by what can be measured is a bad idea - like looking for lost keys not down a dark sidewalk where they were lost, but across the street under the lamppost where the light is better.”
― Benjamin R. Barber, Cool Cities: Urban Sovereignty and the Fix for Global Warming