Rumors of my wealth are greatly exaggerated. I have never been interested in money.

Nothing less than the fate of the planet is at stake... No place on the planet can remain an island of affluence in a sea of misery.

We're either going to save the world or no one will be saved.

A shift is necessary toward lifestyles less geared to environmental damaging consumption patterns.

If you want to maintain a sustainable supply of fish you have to farm the fish, rather than mine them. So putting your money into fishing fleets that are going to exacerbate the problem by over-fishing is not the way to preserve the underlying asset.

Also, it is interesting that developing countries, with China and India perhaps in the lead, where the future of the global environment will be decided are now on board with the case for sustainable development.

Anyone who is seriously interested in me would usually do a little more homework and realise that the extreme criticisms are almost exclusively ideologically based.