If the economy becomes disembodied from society it can only lead to disaster.

The Sierra Club in the United States has now really come out for population control and reduction.

There is no degree of human suffering which in and of itself is going to bring about change. Only organisation can change things.

The World Development Movement, to take just one example, is doing good work. Some political parties are, too.

If we wait for the U.S. to do something, we will be waiting for a very long time. It's Europe, it's Australia, it's the other developed and middle developing countries that have got to do the job.

Much of what is called investment is actually nothing more than mergers and acquisitions, and of course mergers and acquisitions are generally accompanied by downsizing.

I used to work a lot on food issues and every time somebody predicted that production would be inadequate they got egg on their face a year or two later.