Inertia is a powerful force in human and political affairs.

We owe at least this much to future generations, from whom we have borrowed a fragile planet called Earth.

Occupy World Street is a masterpiece which deserves to get wide circulation and commitment by world leaders.

Inertia is a powerful force in human and political affairs.

What if a small group of world leaders were to conclude that the principal risk to the Earth comes from the actions of the rich countries?... In order to save the planet, the group decides: Isn't the only hope for the planet that the industrialized civilizations collapse? Isn't it our responsibility to bring that about?

What pleases me most is that sustainable development is on almost everybody's agenda now.

A citizen of an advanced industrialized nation consumes in six months the energy and raw materials that have to last the citizen of a developing country his entire lifetime.