8 Quotes & Sayings By Maurice Strong

Maurice Strong is one of the world's leading authorities on renewable energy, sustainable development, and global environmental change. He has won numerous awards for his work, including the United Nations Environmental Programme World Water Award, the Stockholm Water Prize, an honorary doctorate from the University of Bath in England, and the Prince of Asturias Award for International Cooperation. He was instrumental in establishing the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and chaired both its first and second Executive Boards. He led negotiations at the 1992 Rio Earth Summit on environmental initiatives for international development Read more

Strong is an internationally respected advocate for sustainability issues and has been described as "one of the most influential men in the world." Strong currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Governors of The Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies.

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I've developed a huge regard for Toyota for its environmental awareness, for its immense commitment to research and development in this field, and for its leadership in developing hybrids which others are now following. Maurice Strong
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After all, sustainability means running the global environment - Earth Inc. - like a corporation: with depreciation, amortization and maintenance accounts. In other words, keeping the asset whole, rather than undermining your natural capital. Maurice Strong
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A shift is necessary toward lifestyles less geared to environmental damaging consumption patterns. Maurice Strong
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I am on the board of corporations who contribute both to environmental problems and their solutions. And I am on the NGO side: the Earth Council and other organizations. Maurice Strong
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One of the things that I've always thought I would like to do is to develop an environmental index. Then people can measure their own environmental performance on an index as they do in other ways. Maurice Strong
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Ted Turner is still a leader. And he sets a great example. His ability financially has been reduced, but his influence and his example still is an important asset to the whole environmental movement. Maurice Strong
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We owe at least this much to future generations, from whom we have borrowed a fragile planet called Earth. Maurice Strong