Translate YOUR Website! Prevedi vaše web stranice! Quotes and Quips on Sustainable Living & Lifestyle Citati i Quips na održivi Stamb & LifestyleSUSTAINABLE WHAT? ODRŽIVOG Što?Sustainable Development is... Održivi razvoj je ... "development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs..." "razvoj koji zadovoljava potrebe sadašnjosti bez kompromitirajuće mogućnost budućih generacija kako bi se zadovoljile njihove vlastite potrebe ..." -from the World Commission On Environment and Development's report, Our Common Future (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1987) - iz svijeta komisija na okoliš i razvoj izvješće, Our Common Future (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1987) Throughout my adult life, I've always been conscious about the environment and what we should do to reduce our impact on the earth. Kroz moj život odrasle, sam uvijek bio pri svjesti o okolišu i ono što bi trebalo učiniti da se smanji utjecaj na našu zemlju. One of my motivations was the belief that you may not be able to change the world, but you can at least change your footprints on this earth. Jedan od moja motivacija je uvjerenje da ste svibanj ne biti u mogućnosti promijeniti svijet, ali možete barem promijeniti svoje footprints na ovoj zemlji. ~ Jules Dervaes, November 2004~ Path to Freedom ~ Jules Dervaes, studeni 2004 ~ put do slobode "The Conservationist's most important task, if we are to save the earth, is to educate." "Konzervator je najvažniji zadatak, ako mi se spremiti na zemlji, da se obrazuju." Peter Scott, founder chairman of World Wildlife Federation, Peter Scott, osnivač i predsjednik Svjetskog saveza Divljina, quoted in Sunday Telegraph, 6 November 1986. citirani u telegraf Nedjelja, 6 studeni 1986. "The major cause of the continued deterioration of the global environment is the unsustainable patterns of consumption and production, particularly in the industrialized countries. Developed countries must take the lead in achieving sustainable consumption." "Glavnih uzroka je i dalje pogoršavanje globalnom okružju je unsustainable obrazaca potrošnje i proizvodnje, osobito u industrijaliziranih zemalja. Razvijene zemlje moraju preuzeti vodeću ulogu u ostvarivanju održivog consumption." United Nations Agenda 21 United Nations Agenda 21 "A person with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds." "A osoba s novom idejom je zglob dok je ideja uspjeh." -- Mark Twain -- Mark Twain "Start by doing what is necessary, then what is possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible." "Počnite što je potrebno, zatim što je moguće, i odjednom ti radiš u nemoguće." - St. Francis of Assisi -- Sveti Franjo Asiški "Fires can't be made with dead embers, nor can enthusiasm be stirred by spiritless men. Enthusiasm in our daily work lightens effort and turns even labor into pleasant tasks." "Požari ne mogu biti s mrtve embers, niti može biti entuzijazam uzbune by pokunjen ljudi. Enthusiasm u našem svakodnevnom radu lightens trud pretvara čak i rada u ugodnom zadataka." ~ Stanley Baldwin ~ Stanley Baldwin "Future generation is the most important thing.” "Buduća generacija je najvažnija stvar." ~ Confucius ~ Konfucije "Treat the Earth well. It was not given to you by your parents. It was loaned to you by your children” "Počastite Zemlji. To nije dao / la svoje roditelje. To je bio loaned Vam je vaša djeca" ~ Kenyan Proverb ~ Kenijski izreka "Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced" "Život je nije problem biti naći rješenje, ali stvarnost se iskusni" ~ Kierkegaard ~ Kierkegaard Someone once said: Netko je jednom rekao: What goes around comes around. Što ide okolo dolazi oko. Work like you don't need the money. Rad kao što ne trebate novac. Love like you've never been hurt. Ljubav kao što nikada nije bio ozljeđen. Dance like nobody's watching. Ples kao niko je gledate. Sing like nobody's listening. Pjevajte kao niko na slušanje. Live like it's Heaven on Earth. Live like it's Heaven on Earth. Other Sustainable Lifestyle Resources Ostalo Održivi Lifestyle ResourcesSustainable Living Directory Održivi Stamb DirectoryThat Green Blog To Green Blog Organic Gardening Articles Organsku Vrtlarstvo Članci Compost-a-Blog Kompost-a-Blog Sustainble Organic Gardening Sustainble organsku Vrtlarstvo Sustainble Eco-Friendly Hosting Sustainble Eco-Friendly Hosting “Sustainable development is a dynamic process which enables all people to realise their potential, and to improve their quality of life, in ways which simultaneously protect and enhance the Earth's life support systems.” "Održivi razvitak je dinamičan proces koji omogućuje svim ljudima da ostvariti svoj potencijal, i za poboljšanje njihove kvalitete života, na način koji istovremeno zaštitili i unaprijedili život u Zemlji sustavi za podršku." ~ (Forum for the Future Annual Report 2000). ~ (Forum za budućnost Godišnje izvješće 2000). “Nothing is unthinkable, nothing impossible to the balanced person, provided it arises out of the needs of life and is dedicated to life's further developments.” "Ništa je nezamisliv, nije ništa nemoguće je uravnotežena osoba, pod uvjetom da proizlazi iz potrebe i život je posvećena života daljnji razvoj dogadjaja." ~ Lewis Mumford ~ Lewis Mumford “Problems cannot be solved at the same level of awareness that created them. "Problemi ne mogu biti riješena na istoj razini svijesti da ih stvorio. ” " ~ Albert Einstein ~ Albert Einstein
It is environmental illiteracy and a complete lack of forward thinking to ignore the need to halt and then reverse population growth in the context of climate change, congestion, unaffordable housing, and resource depletion - unattributable (2007) To je za zaštitu okoliša nepismenost i potpuni nedostatak naprijed misleći da zanemari potreba da se zaustavi i onda reverzni rast populacije u kontekstu klimatskih promjena, zagušenja, unaffordable stambenog i resursa osiromašeni - unattributable (2007) Any regeneration project that fails to put environmental and social benefits at its very heart is unlikely to achieve anything more than a very short–lived spasm of spurious prosperity - Jonathon Porritt (2007) Svejedno regeneraciju projektu da ne stavi za zaštitu okoliša i socijalne beneficije u svom srcu je malo vjerojatno kako bi se postigla ništa drugo nego jedna vrlo prolazan grč u neželjeno prosperitet - Jonathon Porritt (2007) Reliable and affordable energy is essential for meeting basic human needs and fueling economic growth, but many of the most difficult and dangerous environmental problems at every level of economic development arise from the harvesting, transport, processing, and conversion of energy - John Holdren, President, American Association for the Advancement of Science (February 2007) Pouzdane i pristupačne energija je bitno za sastanak osnovnih ljudskih potreba i fueling gospodarski rast, ali mnogi od najtežih i opasne ekološke probleme na svakoj razini gospodarskog razvoja proizlaze iz berbu, transport, obradu i pretvorba energije - John Holdren, President , Američka udruga za unapređivanje znanosti (veljača 2007) Delaying action to address climate change will increase the environmental and societal consequences as well as the costs. Delaying akcije na adresu klimatske promjene će se povećati za zaštitu okoliša i društvenim posljedicama, kao i troškove. The longer we wait to tackle climate change, the harder and more expensive the task will be - American Association for the Advancement of Science public statement 18 February 2007 U više smo pričekati kako bi se borila protiv klimatskih promjena, teže i skuplje zadatak će biti - Američka udruga za unapređivanje znanosti javnih izjava 18 Veljača 2007 In addition to rapidly reducing greenhouse gas emissions, it is essential that we develop strategies to adapt to ongoing changes and make communities more resilient to future changes - American Association for the Advancement of Science public statement 18 February 2007 Pored brzo smanjenje emisije plinova, je neophodno da razviju strategije prilagodbe na promjene u tijeku i učiniti zajednica više elastičan da budućnost promjene - Američka udruga za unapređivanje znanosti javnih izjava 18 Veljača 2007 The growing torrent of information presents a clear message: we are already experiencing global climate change. U rastućoj torrent informacija predstavlja jasnu poruku: mi smo već pojavljuje globalnih klimatskih promjena. It is time to muster the political will for concerted action. Vrijeme je za pregled političku volju za koordiniranog djelovanja. Stronger leadership at all levels is needed. Jačanje rukovodstva na svim razinama je potrebno. The time is now. Trenutno vrijeme je sada. We must rise to the challenge. Mi moramo ustati na izazov. We owe this to future generations - American Association for the Advancement of Science public statement 18 February 2007 Dugujemo to buduće generacije - Američka udruga za unapređivanje znanosti javnih izjava 18 Veljača 2007 Without environmental sustainability, economic stability and social cohesion cannot be achieved - unattributable (2007) Bez održivost okoliša, ekonomske stabilnosti i socijalne kohezije ne može biti postignut - unattributable (2007) ...we owe it to the rest of the planet to stabilise our own population. ... dugujete mi je da ostatak planeti da stabilizira vlastitog stanovništva. Producing lots of extra Brits, whether through higher birth rates or immigration, is a selfish strategy both economically and environmentally. Proizvođenje puno dodatnih Brits, bilo kroz veći rođenja stope ili imigracije, je sebičan strategiju i ekonomski i ekološki. Not only will it increase overcrowding and congestion and put huge extra strain on resources and habitats in the UK; because British consumers have such a heavy global footprint, it will intensify our impact on the Earth’s ecosystems - David Nicholson-Lord, research associate, Optimum Population Trust (2006) Ne samo da će se povećati i zagušenja i pretrpanosti staviti ogroman dodatni pritisak na resurse i staništa u Velikoj Britaniji, jer Britanski potrošači imati takve bučne globalni trag, on će pojačati naš utjecaj na ekosustava Zemlje - David Nicholson-Gospodine, znanstveni suradnik , Optimum Stanovništvo Trust (2006) Each and every one of us can make changes in the way we live our lives and become part of the solution [to climate change] - Al Gore, 45th Vice President of the United States, 'An Inconvenient Truth' (2006) Svaki od nas može učiniti promjene u način na koji živimo svoj život i postati dio rješenja [na klimatske promjene] - Al Gore, 45. Vice President, United States, 'An Inconvenient Truth' (2006) Our new technologies, combined with our numbers, have made us, collectively, a force of nature - Al Gore, 45th Vice President of the United States, 'An Inconvenient Truth' (2006) Naša nova tehnologija, u kombinaciji s našim brojevima, postavljam nam, kolektivno, i snagu prirode - Al Gore, 45. Vice President, United States, 'An Inconvenient Truth' (2006) ...the science is getting worse faster than the politics is getting better - David Miliband, Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in interview with the Guardian newspaper concerning climate change (December 2006) ... i znanosti je uzimajući gori brži od politike je uzimajući bolje - David Miliband, državni tajnik za okoliš, hranu i ruralni poslova u intervjuu za Guardian novinama o klimatskim promjenama (prosinac 2006) Essentially, by 2050 we need all activities outside agriculture to be near zero carbon emitting if we are to stop carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere growing - David Miliband, Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (personal blog, 1 November 2006) U osnovi, po 2.050 nam je potrebno sve aktivnosti izvan poljoprivrede biti blizu nule ugljika zračenje ako smo da se zaustavi razina ugljičnoga dioksida u atmosferi raste - David Miliband, državni tajnik za okoliš, hranu i ruralni poslova (osobni blog, 1 Studeni 2006 ) First, climate change is the greatest long-term threat faced by humanity. Prvo, klimatske promjene je najveći dugoročne opasnosti s kojima se suočava čovječanstvo. It could cause more human and financial suffering than the two world wars and the great depression put together. To može prouzročiti više ljudskih i financijskih pate od dva svjetska rata i velike depresije staviti zajedno. All countries will be affected, but the poorest countries will be hit hardest. Sve zemlje će biti pogođene, ali najsiromašnijih zemalja bit će hit najteže. Secondly, the costs of inaction far outweigh the costs of action - David Miliband, Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, statement to House of Commons in response to 'The Stern Review' into economics of climate change, 30 October 2006 Drugo, troškovi mirovanje do prevagnuti troškove akcija - David Miliband, državni tajnik za okoliš, hranu i ruralni poslova, izjavu da House of Commons kao odgovor na 'The Stern Review' u ekonomiju i klimatske promjene, 30 Listopad 2006 The scientific evidence is now overwhelming: climate change presents very serious global risks, and it demands an urgent global response - Sir Nicholas Stern, 'The Stern Review' on economics of climate change, October 2006 Znanstvene dokaze sada je overwhelming: klimatske promjene predstavlja vrlo ozbiljne rizike globalnog, i to zahtijeva hitno jedan globalni odgovor - Sir Nicholas Stern, 'The Stern Review' na ekonomiju i klimatske promjene, listopad 2006 Adaptation is the only means to reduce the now-unavoidable costs of climate change over the next few decades - Sir Nicholas Stern, 'The Stern Review' on economics of climate change, October 2006 Adaptacija je samo sredstvo za smanjenje sada-nezaobilazna troškova klimatskih promjena u sljedećih nekoliko desetljeća - Sir Nicholas Stern, 'The Stern Review' na ekonomiju i klimatske promjene, listopad 2006 Adaptation is a vital part of a response to the challenge of climate change - Sir Nicholas Stern, 'The Stern Review' on economics of climate change, October 2006 Adaptacija je bitan dio odgovor na izazov klimatskih promjena - Sir Nicholas Stern, 'The Stern Review' na ekonomiju i klimatske promjene, listopad 2006 Adaptation can efficiently reduce the costs of climate change while atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases are being stabilised - Sir Nicholas Stern, 'The Stern Review' on economics of climate change, October 2006 Adaptacija može efikasno smanjiti troškove klimatske promjene, a atmosferska koncentracija, staklenički plinovi se stabiliziralo - Sir Nicholas Stern, 'The Stern Review' na ekonomiju i klimatske promjene, listopad 2006 Climate change will affect the basic elements of life for people around the world – access to water, food production, health, and the environment. Klimatske promjene će se odraziti na osnovne elemente za život ljudi diljem svijeta - pristup vode, proizvodnja hrane, zdravlja i okoliša. Hundreds of millions of people could suffer hunger, water shortages and coastal flooding as the world warms - Sir Nicholas Stern, 'The Stern Review' on economics of climate change, October 2006 Stotine milijuna ljudi mogli trpjeti glad, nedostatkom vode i priobalno poplave kao svijet zagrijavanja - Sir Nicholas Stern, 'The Stern Review' na ekonomiju i klimatske promjene, listopad 2006 Greenhouse gas emissions: Ultimately, stabilisation – at whatever level – requires that annual emissions be brought down to more than 80% below current levels - Sir Nicholas Stern, 'The Stern Review' on economics of climate change, October 2006 Staklenički plin emisija: Na kraju, stabilizacija - bez obzira na razinu - godišnja emisija zahtijeva da se dovede dolje da više od 80% ispod trenutne razine - Sir Nicholas Stern, 'The Stern Review' na ekonomiju i klimatske promjene, listopad 2006 Climate change represents the greatest and widest-ranging market failure ever seen - Sir Nicholas Stern, 'The Stern Review' into economics of climate change, October 2006 Klimatskih promjena predstavlja najveći i najširi-rasponu tržišni neuspjeh ikad vidio - Sir Nicholas Stern, 'The Stern Review' u ekonomiju i klimatske promjene, listopad 2006 ...the era of cheap oil and natural gas is coming to a crashing end, with global oil production projected to peak in 2010 and North American natural gas extraction rates already in decline. ... u doba jeftine nafte i zemnog plina dolazi na kraju pad sustava, s globalnom oil production projicirane na vrhu u 2010 i Sjeverne Amerike prirodni plin ekstrakcija stope već u nazadak. These events will have enormous implications for America’s petroleum-dependent food system - Richard Heinberg, lecture to the EF Schumacher Society, Massachusetts, 28 October 2006 Ti događaji će imati ogromne implikacije za America's petroleum ovisna o hrani sustav - Richard Heinberg, predavanje na EF Schumacher društvo, Massachusetts, 28 Listopad 2006 Britain has squandered its windfall of natural resources from North Sea oil and gas. Britanija je squandered svojim windfall prirodnih resursa iz Sjevernog mora nafte i plina. Instead of prudently investing the ‘unearned income’ from nature, to build a safe, clean and green energy supply for the nation, we face unnecessary shortages. Umjesto prudently ulaganja 'nezaslužen prihoda' iz prirode, izgraditi sigurno, čisto i zeleno opskrba energijom za narod, mi lice nepotrebno je nedostajalo. But there is still a chance to put the proceeds from liquidating our fossil fuel assets to better and more appropriate use. No, još uvijek postoji šansa da se stavi na dohodak od liquidating naš fosilnoga goriva sredstva kako bi se bolje i više prikladno koristiti. Instead of oil companies profiteering from climate change and oil depletion, a windfall tax could establish an Oil Legacy Fund to pay for Britain’s urgent transition to a sustainable, decentralised energy system - Andrew Simms, policy director, New Economics Foundation (October 2006) Umjesto naftne tvrtke više od klimatskih promjena i ulja osiromašeni, windfall tax mogao uspostaviti jedan ulje Legacy fonda platiti za Britaniji je hitan prelazak na održiv, Decentralizirani energetski sustav - Andrew Simms, politika direktor, New Economics Foundation (listopad 2006) The UK needs to admit its addiction to oil, and make a tough decision to get clean. Velikoj Britaniji, treba priznati da njezina ovisnost ulje, i napraviti tvrd odluku da biste dobili čist. This is the true economics of climate change - James Leaton, oil policy officer, WWF (October 2006) Ovo je pravi ekonomije na klimatske promjene - James Leaton, ulje politika časnik, WWF (listopad 2006) Peak oil: The over-populated UK’s ability to feed and supply itself for our privileged lifestyle requires the land and resources of other nations. Peak oil: over-naseljen UK's feed i mogućnost opskrbe povlaštenih sama za naš životni stil zahtijeva zemlju i resurse drugih naroda. Against a background of depleting oil resources, this is a dangerous strategy - unattributable (2007) Protiv pozadini kratkotrajna ulje resursa, ovo je opasna strategija - unattributable (2007)Peak Oil: In the face of looming oil production shortfalls, all individuals as well as nations as a whole will have to use less oil. Peak Oil: U lice looming oil production nedostataka, svih pojedinaca, kao i naroda u cjelini će morati koristiti manje ulja. And now is the time to begin developing programs accommodating the need for less oil. A sada je vrijeme za početak u razvoju programa koji obuhvata potrebe za manje ulja. The coming shortage could provide excellent opportunities for those able to identify them and act strategically – Kjell Aleklett, Professor of Physics, Uppsala University, Sweden (2006) U narednom nedostatak mogao pružiti odličnu mogućnost za one koji su u mogućnosti da ih prepoznati i djelovati strateški - Kjell Aleklett, profesor fizike, Uppsala University, Švedska (2006) Peak Oil: There is a rude awakening in store for nations and for corporations that haven't made preparations for dealing with the situation. Peak Oil: Tu je primitivan buđenje u spremištu za narode i pravnih osoba za koje niste napravili pripreme za koja se bavi situaciju. What we are witnessing now is that virtually three-quarters of the important oil producing countries of the world are now past their peak. Što mi je svjedok sada da gotovo tri četvrtine od važna za proizvodnju nafte zemalja svijeta su sada prošlost njihova vrha. There is no argument about it whatsoever - Edward Schreyer (2005), economist and former governor-general of Canada Ne postoji argument o tome što - Edward Schreyer (2005), ekonomist i bivši guverner generalnog Kanada Peak Oil: There are many, many geologists, lifelong petroleum engineers, who are saying that we can stand on our heads if we want, and the world simply cannot produce more than 80-something million barrels a day - Edward Schreyer (2005), economist and former governor-general of Canada Peak Oil: Postoje mnogi, mnogi geolozi, cjeloživotno naftnih inženjera, koji su govoreći: "da bismo mogli stajati na naše glave ako želite, i svijet jednostavno ne mogu proizvesti više od 80 milijuna nešto bačvama dan - Edward Schreyer (2005), ekonomista i bivšeg guvernera-generala Kanada ...we have a serious problem: America is addicted to oil...The best way to break this addiction is through technology - US President George W Bush, State of the Union Address, January 2006 ... imamo ozbiljan problem: Amerika je podati se ulje ... Najbolji način za raskid ovog ovisnost je putem tehnologije - američki predsjednik George W Bush, države Unije Adresa, siječanj 2006 Economic theory was built on the experience of the Industrial Revolution, which in turn relied on a cheap and abundant flow of energy, first from coal and later from oil and gas. Ekonomska teorija sagrađena je na iskustvu i industrijska revolucija, što zauzvrat se oslonio na jeftini i bogata protok energije, prvo iz ugljena, a kasnije iz nafte i plina. Man was perceived to be master of his environment. Čovjek je razumje da se gospodara svoga okruženja. But now rising population and dwindling resources have reversed the relationship. Ali sada se diže stanovništva i dwindling resources imaju obrnuti odnos. The imminent decline in the world’s supply of oil, which currently provides 40% of traded energy, calls for a radical change the economic principles on which the World is run, with far-reaching political consequences - Colin Campbell, Association for the Study of Peak Oil and Gas (2002) The predstojeći odbili u svijetu's supply of oil, koji trenutno pruža 40% energije se trguje, pozivi za neku radikalnu promjenu ekonomske principe na kojima svijet se pokreće, s dalekosežnu političke posljedice - Colin Campbell, Društva za proučavanje of Peak Oil and Gas (2002) Humanity is living off its ecological credit card and can only do this by liquidating the planet's natural resources - Mathis Wackernagel, Global Footprint Network (2006) Čovječnosti živi izvan svojih ekoloških kreditne kartice i mogu samo učiniti liquidating planet prirodni resursi - Mathis Wackernagel, Global Footprint Network (2006) Dangerous climate change... Opasne klimatske promjene ... It's important not to be alarmist but it is very important to be alarmed - David Miliband, Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, during Radio 4 "Today Programme" interview 27 September 2006 Važno je da ne bude alarmist, ali je vrlo važno da se uznemiriše - David Miliband, državni tajnik za okoliš, hranu i ruralni poslova, tijekom Radio 4 "Danas Program" intervju 27 Rujan 2006 The moral imperative to make big changes is inescapable...that what we take for granted may not be here for our children - Al Gore, 45th Vice President of the United States, from his climate change film 'An Inconvenient Truth' (2006) Moralnog imperativa da je velika promjena inescapable ... da ono što smo uzeti zdravo za gotovo svibanj ne biti ovdje za našu djecu - Al Gore, 45. Vice President, United States, iz njegove klimatske promjene film 'An Inconvenient Truth' (2006) The era of procrastination...is coming to a close...we are entering a period of consequences - Winston Churchill (warning about the danger of appeasement - and highlighted by Al Gore, 45th Vice President of the United States in 2006, in the context of climate change) U razdoblju od odugovlačenje ... dolazi do bliskog ... mi smo ulaska u periodu od posljedica - Winston Churchill (upozorenje o opasnosti od smirenje - i označen by Al Gore, 45. Vice President, United States in 2006, u kontekstu klimatskih promjena) We must rapidly wean ourselves off our dependence on coal and fossil fuels - Richard Branson, announcing investment of all profits from Virgin transport business, estimated at $3 billion over 10 years, to be invested in fighting global warming (21 September 2006) Moramo brzo dijete sami off naše ovisnosti o ugljenu i fosilnih goriva - Richard Branson, najavljuje ulaganje svih prihoda od Djevice transportno poduzeće, procjenjuje se na 3 milijarde dolara više od 10 godina, kako bi biti uloženo u borbi protiv globalnog zagrijavanja (21 September 2006) The first law of sustainability: population growth and/or growth in the rate of consumption of resources cannot be sustained - Dr Albert Bartlett, former Professor of Physics, University of Colorado (2006) Prvi zakon o održivosti: rast broja stanovnika i / ili rast u stopu potrošnje sredstava ne može biti kontinuirana - Dr. Albert Bartlett, bivši profesor fizike, University of Colorado (2006) The greatest contraceptive one can have in the developing world is the knowledge that your children will live - Julius K Nyere, President of Tanzania 1964-1985 Najveći kontracepcijsko jedan može imati u razvoju svijeta je spoznaja da će vaša djeca živjeti - Julius K Nyere, predsjednik Tanzanija 1964-1985 Can you think of anything that can get better if we crowd more people into our cities, our towns, into our state our nation or on this earth? Možete li misliti na ništa da mogu dobiti bolje ako se gužve više ljudi u našim gradovima, naše gradove, u naše drzave naš narod ili na zemlji? - Dr Albert Bartlett, former Professor of Physics, University of Colorado (2006) -- Dr. Albert Bartlett, bivši profesor fizike, University of Colorado (2006) Reining in energy-intensive activity is the only way to avert ecological catastrophe. Reining u energetski intenzivna aktivnost je jedini način da se spriječiti ekološku katastrofu. Businesses must accept that the future will be one of energy rationing... Tvrtke moraju prihvatiti da u budućnosti će biti jedan od energije rationing ... Think about war-time rationing in Britain... Razmislite o rat-vrijeme rationing u Velikoj Britaniji ... No one said that price and market forces should determine who should eat and who should not. Nitko je rekao da cijeni i tržišnim silama treba odrediti koji bi trebao jesti i koji ne bi trebali. It was recognised that the challenge had to be dealt with equitably, by sharing out a finite, basic commodity. Ona je priznala da je izazov je da se bavila equitably, dijeljenje iz jednog konačnih, osnovnih roba. The ration book was introduced and there were no demonstrations in Trafalgar Square. U knjizi je obrok uvodi i nije bilo demonstracija u Trafalgar Square. The same logic must apply today, for sharing out Earth's limited capacity to absorb greenhouse gases - Dr Mayer Hillman, senior fellow emeritus, Policy Studies Institute (2006) Ista logika mora primijeniti i danas, za dijeljenje iz Zemlje ograničen kapacitet za apsorbirati staklenički plinovi - Dr. Mayer Hillman, stariji kolege emeritus, Policy Studies Institute (2006) The 'Big Green Debate' has entered a very interesting stage. 'Big Green Debate' ušao je vrlo zanimljiva stage. Once there was endless controversy; now there is near unanimity. Nekad je beskrajno spor, sada se nalazi u blizini jednoglasnost. Once there was universal political indifference; now the bandwagon is abrim with politicians in catch-up mode. Nekad je univerzalna politička ravnodušnost; sada bandwagon je abrim s političarima u ulova-up način. Once the media were semi-detached: now they're really getting stuck in. And they need to be! Nakon što su mediji bili su spojene dvije obiteljske kuće: sada oni su zaista uzimajući zaglavi rezervirati I oni moraju biti! Many people are confused and disempowered, and the role of the media in getting then informed and engaged is critical - Jonathon Porritt (2006) Mnogi ljudi su zbunjeni i obespravljenih, a uloga medija u uzimajući zatim informirani i bavi se kritična - Jonathon Porritt (2006) The clearest evidence that we are living beyond environmental means is the threat of dangerous climate change. The clearest dokaz da smo izvan živoga okoliša znači da je prijetnja od opasne klimatske promjene. The scale of this threat, to human life and to the natural resources and assets on which it depends, for everything from oxygen and clean water to healthy soils and flood defence, means that this simply must be our top priority - David Miliband, Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in letter to Prime Minister Tony Blair (July 2006) Mjerilo ovu prijetnju, da ljudski život i na prirodne resurse i na imovinu koja je vezana za sve od kisika i čiste vode i tla na zdrave obrane od poplava, znači da to jednostavno mora biti naš prioritet - David Miliband, tajnik Državna za okoliš, hranu i ruralni poslova u pismu premijer Tony Blair (srpanj 2006) City organisation will have to drive our ecological efficiency as a species. Gradska organizacija će imati pogon na naše ekološke učinkovitosti kao vrsta. Put simply, cities offer the best chance we have of minimising our ecological impact. Put jednostavno, gradova ponuditi najbolje šanse imamo u našoj minimising ekološki učinak. But this means that the overriding ecological purpose must quickly become an explicit objective of urban government - Sir John Harman, Chairman, Environment Agency, supportive statement for 6th Annual Climate Change Conference: Cities Action Summit, London (July 2006) Ali, to znači da je najvazniji ekološki svrhu moraju brzo postati eksplicitni cilj urbane vlade - Sir John Harman, predsjednik, Agencija za zaštitu okoliša, podržavaju izjavu za klimatske promjene 6. Godišnja konferencija: Gradovi Action Summita, London (srpanj 2006) Consuming three planets’ worth of resources when in fact we have one is the environmental equivalent of childhood obesity – eating until you make yourself sick - David Miliband, Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs addressing the TUC conference, Brighton (12 September 2006) Trajati tri planeta 'vrijedi resursa kada zapravo imamo jedan je ekvivalent za zaštitu okoliša od djetinjstva pretilosti - jede sve dok ne budi bolestan - David Miliband, državni tajnik za okoliš, hranu i ruralni poslova rješavanju TUC konferenciji, Brighton (12 September 2006) We are living as if we had three planets’ worth of resources to live with rather than just one. Mi smo živim kao da mi je tri planeta 'vrijedi resursa živjeti s nego samo jedan. We need to cut by about two-thirds our ecological footprint. Mi moramo cut oko dvije trećine naše ekološki otisak stopala. For that we need one planet farming as well as one planet living – one planet farming which minimises the impact on the environment of food production and consumption, and which maximises its contribution to renewal of the natural environment - David Miliband, Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs addressing the Royal Agricultural Show, Stoneleigh, Warwickshire (July 2006) Za to nam treba jedan planet poljodjelstvo, kao i jedan dnevni planet - jedan planet poljodjelstvo koja smanjuje utjecaj na okoliš od proizvodnje hrane i potrošnje, a koji maximises njen doprinos za obnovu u prirodnom okruženju - David Miliband, državni tajnik za Okoliš, Hrana i ruralni poslova adresiranje Royal Agricultural Show, Stoneleigh, Warwickshire (srpanj 2006) Thirty years ago, if you said the country was living beyond its means, people would have thought about economics. Trideset godina, ako je rekao na zemlji je dnevni izvan svojih sredstava, ljudi bi mislili o ekonomika. Now, if you talk about the country, or the planet living beyond its means, you think about the environment. A, ako govorimo o zemlji, ili je planet koji žive izvan svojih sredstava, mislite o okolišu. We are taking out more than we are giving back. Mi smo se iz više nego što su davanje natrag. We are consuming energy, water, and other natural resources in a way that is leading to huge and often irreversible damage to the planet. Mi smo trajati energije, vode i drugih prirodnih resursa na način koji je vodeći na ogroman i često nepovratne štete na planeti. So too are most other developed nations. Tako je suviše su većina drugih razvijenih naroda. And so too will China and India if they follow the same path of economic development as us - David Miliband, Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs addressing the Royal Agricultural Show, Stoneleigh, Warwickshire (July 2006) I tako previše će Kina i Indija, ako oni slijede isti put kao i nas ekonomski razvoj - David Miliband, državni tajnik za okoliš, hranu i ruralni poslova adresiranje Royal Agricultural Show, Stoneleigh, Warwickshire (srpanj 2006) People (in Britain) want simpler lives, they want to downsize. Ljudi (u Velikoj Britaniji) želite da jednostavnije živote, oni žele downsize. People are becoming very bewildered by too many choices - Marian Salzman, 'trend spotter', USA (2006) Ljudi postaju vrlo bewildered by previše izbora - Marian Salzman, 'trend promatrač', SAD (2006) It’s time we admitted that there's more to life than money, and it's time we focused not just on GDP, but on GWB - general well-being – David Cameron, Conservative Party Leader, 2006 To je vrijeme smo priznali da postoji više života nego novac, i to vrijeme mi je usmjeren ne samo na BDP, ali na GWB - opće blagostanje - David Cameron, konzervativna stranka Leader, 2006 I ask citizens and governments everywhere to do their part by conserving energy and reducing the use of fossil fuels for the good of the world community. Pitam građana i vlada posvuda da odrade svoj dio po očuvati energije i smanjenje korištenja fosilnih goriva za dobro od strane svjetske zajednice. This is our duty to those who share this world with us and to those who follow us: Wherever we see a threat to our environment we must take action - Arnold Schwarzenegger, Governor of California, addressing World Environment Day conference, 1 June 2006 To je naša dužnost da oni koji dijele ovaj svijet s nama i na onima koji nas prate: Gdje smo vidjeli prijetnju našem okolišu moramo poduzeti - Arnold Schwarzenegger, guverner Kalifornije, adresiranje World Environment Day konferenciju, 1 Lipanj 2006 Gross national product measures neither the health of our children, the quality of their education, nor the joy of their play. Bruto nacionalni proizvod mjere ni zdravlje naše djece, njihove kvalitete obrazovanja, ni radost njihove igre. It measures neither the beauty of our poetry, nor the strength of our marriages. To mjere ni ljepotu naše poezije, ni snagu naših brakovima. It is indifferent to the decency of our factories and the safety of streets alike. To je ravnodušni na pristojnost u našim tvornicama i sigurnost ulicama nalik. It does not include the beauty of our poetry or the strength of our marriages, the intelligence of our public debate or the integrity of our public officials. To ne uključuje ljepotu naše poezije ili snagu našim brakovima, inteligencija naše javnu raspravu ili cjelovitost našeg javnog dužnosnika. GNP measures neither our wit nor our courage, neither our wisdom nor our learning, neither our compassion nor our devotion to our country. GNP mjere ni naše pamet ni naše hrabrosti, ni naše ni mudrost naše učenje, ni naše sažaljenje, ni naše pobožnosti u našoj zemlji. It measures everything, in short, except that which makes life worthwhile - Senator Robert Kennedy (1968) To je sve mjere, u kratko, osim onoga što čini život valja - Senator Robert Kennedy (1968) There are jobs, money and survival in renewable energy. Postoje poslovi, novac i prezivljavanje u obnovljive energije. Our only safe future is sun power - Dave Hampton (letter to The Sun newspaper, May 2006) Naša jedina sigurna budućnost je sunce power - Dave Hampton (pismo, novinski Sun, May 2006) Our use of water in all aspects of our lives has a direct impact on the rivers and wetlands...We cannot expect our environment to provide a constantly increasing supply of water - Dr David King, Director of Water Management, Environment Agency (2006) Naša upotreba vode u svim aspektima našeg života ima izravan utjecaj na rijekama i močvarnih staništa ... Ne možemo očekivati naš okoliš pružiti u stalnom je porastu opskrbu vodom - Dr. David King, direktor vodnog gospodarstva, Agencija za zaštitu okoliša (2006) ...a population larger than that of the UK is being added to the planet each year, with the equivalent of one new city added every single day. ... jedan stanovništva veća od onoga u Velikoj Britaniji je dodao da je planet svake godine, s istovjetnim jedan novi grad dodano svakog pojedinog dana. The consequences are already clear - Earth is under mounting stress from human activities, with its climate changing and its ecosystems failing. Posljedice su već jasno - Earth je pod stresom montiranju iz ljudskih aktivnosti, s promjenom klime i njezinih ekosustava u nedostatku. But recognition that we must act urgently to preserve our natural habitat has been undermined by persistent failure to admit the multiplier effect of human numbers - www.optimumpopulation.org (2006) Ali priznanje da mi moramo hitno djelovati kako bi sačuvali naše prirodno stanište je potkopalo by persistent failure priznati da je multiplikator efekt ljudskih brojevi - www.optimumpopulation.org (2006) By the end of this century we will be living in a low carbon economy. Do kraja ovog stoljeća, mi ćemo biti živi u niskom ugljika ekonomije. We have no choice. Mi nemamo izbor. Our current reliance on fossil fuels is unsustainable; our carbon emissions are throwing the climate out of balance - UK Energy Minister, Malcolm Wicks (2006) Naša trenutna oslanjanja na fosilnih goriva je unsustainable; našim emisijama ugljika su bacanje klima iz ravnoteže - ministar Energy UK, Malcolm Wicks (2006) Fifteen per cent of the population believe the moon landing was actually staged in a movie lot in Arizona and somewhat fewer still believe the Earth is flat. Petnaest posto stanovništva vjeruju mjesec odredišne je zapravo stupili u filmu puno u Arizona i nešto manje još uvijek vjerujem u zemlji je stan. I think they all get together with the global warming deniers on a Saturday night and party - Al Gore, 45th Vice President of the United States (September 2006) Mislim da su svi dobili zajedno s globalno zagrijavanje deniers na Subota noć i party - Al Gore, 45. Vice President, United States (rujan 2006) We're putting 70 million tonnes of pollution into the atmosphere every day, trapping an enormous amount of extra heat from the sun inside the earth's atmosphere. Mi smo stavljanjem 70 milijuna tona onečišćenja u atmosferu, svaki dan, hvatanje ogroman iznos od dodatnih topline od sunca unutar Zemljine atmosfere. It's threatening to push the planet past a tipping point beyond which climate change would be difficult to stop - Al Gore, 45th Vice President of the United States (September 2006) It's prijeti push planeti prošlosti jedan tipping point izvan klimatske promjene koje će biti teško zaustaviti - Al Gore, 45. Vice President, United States (rujan 2006) Although reducing human emissions to the atmosphere is undoubtedly of critical importance, as are any and all measures to reduce the human environmental "footprint", the truth is that the contribution of each individual cannot be reduced to zero ...if we believe that the size of the human "footprint" is a serious problem (and there is much evidence for this) then a rational view would be that along with a raft of measures to reduce the footprint per person, the issue of population management must be addressed - Professor Chris Rapley, Director, British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge (BBC Green Room, 6 January 2006) Iako je smanjenje ljudskih emisija na atmosferu je nesumnjivo od kritične važnosti, kao što su bilo koje i sve mjere za smanjenje ljudskog okoliša "noge", istina je da je doprinos svakog pojedinca ne može biti svedena na nulu ... ako vjerujemo da je veličina ljudskih "noge" je ozbiljan problem (i ima mnogo dokaza za to) a zatim i racionalan pogled da bi se zajedno s nizu mjere za smanjenje noge po osobi, pitanje stanovništva upravljanje mora biti adresirana - profesor Chris Rapley, direktor, Britanski Antarktički Survey, Cambridge (BBC Green Room, 6 sječnja 2006) This has got to be bigger than any party, any business, or anyone of us. To ima da bude veća od bilo koje stranke, bilo koji posao, ili bilo tko od nas. We will create the environment of the future, either through action or inaction. Mi ćemo stvoriti okruženje u budućnosti, bilo kroz akciju ili nepokretnost. We have a choice - John Duggan, CEO, Gazeley (2006) Imamo izbor - John Duggan, CEO, Gazeley (2006) Food security: I think we’d be very foolish to expect that we can just import everything from somewhere else and imagine that that’s going to last for ever and ever and ever - HRH The Prince of Wales, BBC interview, October 2005 Prehrambena sigurnost: Mislim da bi mi se jako lud da očekujem da mi se baš sve uvoz iz negdje drugdje i zamisliti da će se posljednja u vijeke vjekova te ikad - Njegovo Kraljevsko Visočanstvo The Prince of Wales, BBC intervju, October 2005 If our economies are to flourish, if global poverty is to be banished, and if the well-being of the world's people enhanced - not just in this generation but in succeeding generations - we must make sure we take care of the natural environment and resources on which our economic activity depends - Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown addressing the Energy and Environment Ministers from 20 countries (March 2005) Ako naše gospodarstvima su na procvat, ako globalnim siromaštvom je da se banished, i ako je dobro u svijetu ljudi poboljšane - ne samo u ovom vremenu, ali u uspeva generacija - moramo pobrinite se brinemo za okoliš i prirodni resursi na koji naše gospodarske aktivnosti ovisi - Kancelarka je blagajna Gordon Brown adresiranje, energiji i okruženju ministara iz 20 zemalja (ožujak 2005) Ever more people are alert to the challenge of global poverty and global warming. Sve više ljudi se upozoriti na izazov globalnog siromaštva i globalno zagrijavanje. We know that solutions are at hand. Znamo da su rješenja pri ruci. We will not sleepwalk into catastrophe. Nećemo sleepwalk u katastrofu. We have the capacity to forsee and forestall, and I believe we will find the will to act - Jonathan Dimbleby, broadcaster (2005) Mi imamo kapacitet za forsee i preduprijediti, i mislim da ćemo naći će djelovati - Jonathan Dimbleby, emiter (2005) The western model of growth that India and China wish to emulate is intrinsically toxic. Zapadni model rasta da Indija i Kina žele takmičiti se istinski toksična. It uses huge resources - energy and materials - and generates enormous waste... Ona koristi ogromne resurse - energija i materijali - i stvara ogroman otpad ... it remains many steps behind the problems it creates. ona ostaje mnogo koraka iza njega stvara probleme. India and China have no choice but to reinvent the development trajectory - Sunita Narain, Director, Centre for Science and Environment, New Delhi (2006) Indija i Kina nemaju izbora nego reinvent razvoj putanja - Sunita Narain, direktor, Centar za znanost i zaštitu okoliša, New Delhi (2006) The choices China and India make in the next few years will lead the world either towards a future beset by growing ecological and political instability - or down a development path based on efficient technologies and better stewardship of resources - Worldwatch Institute 'State of the World 2006' report Izbori Kina i Indija čine u narednih nekoliko godina će voditi svijet ili prema budućnosti sprječavati by uzgoj ekološki i političke nestabilnosti - ili niz stazu razvoj temelji se na efikasnom tehnologije i bolje upravljanju resursima - Worldwatch Instituta 'State of the World 2006 'Izvješće ...living more sustainably means living happier, more balanced and potentially more fulfilled lives than most of us 'choose' to live today, whatever Jeremy Clarkson may have to say about that! ... živim više sustainably znači dnevni happier, više uravnotežen i potencijalno više ispuni živi od većine nas' odaberite 'da žive i danas, bez obzira Jeremy Clarkson svibanj imati za reći o tome! - Jonathon Porritt (2005) -- Jonathon Porritt (2005) ...the core values that underpin sustainable development - interdependence, empathy, equity, personal responsibility and intergenerational justice - are the only foundation upon which any viable vision of a better world can possibly be constructed - "Capitalism - as if the world matters" by Jonathon Porritt (2005) ... na temeljne vrijednosti koje poduprijeti održivi razvoj - međuovisnost, suosjećanje, pravednost, osobne odgovornosti i međugeneracijske pravde - su samo temelj na kojem bilo koji izvediv viziju boljeg svijeta eventualno mogu biti konstruirane - "Kapitalizam - kao da je svijet stvari" by Jonathon Porritt (2005) ...as more and more people wake up to the fact that further growth does not necessarily bring improvements in quality of life (and often exactly the opposite), sustainability is going to become one of the key characteristics with which places want to be associated - Jonathon Porritt (November 2005) ... kao sve više i više ljudi probuditi se na činjenicu da daljnji rast ne mora nužno donijeti poboljšanje kvalitete života (i često se upravo suprotno), održivost će postati jedan od ključnih obilježja s mjesta koja želite biti povezan -- Jonathon Porritt (studeni 2005) It is a stark and arresting fact that, since the middle of the 20th century, humankind has consumed more natural resources than in all previous human history - Margaret Beckett, launching the UK Sustainable Development Strategy (March 2005) To je potpuno zaustavljanje i činjenica da je, od sredine 20 stoljeća, čovječanstvo je konzumirati više prirodnih resursa, nego u svim prethodnim ljudske povijesti - Margaret Beckett, pokreće Velikoj Britaniji održivi razvoj strategija (ožujak 2005) We know for sure that human activity is influencing the global environment, even if we don't know by how much. Znamo sigurno da je ljudskih aktivnosti utječu na globalnom okruženju, čak i ako ne znamo po koliko. We might still get away with it: the sceptics could be right, and the majority of the world's scientists wrong. Mi možda još uvijek dobiti daleko s njim: sceptics mogao biti pravo, i većina svjetskih znanstvenika u krivu. It would be a lucky break. To bi bio sretan break. But how lucky do you feel? Ali kako sretan ti osjećati? - New Scientist 'Climate Change: Menace or myth?' -- New Znanstvenik 'klimatske promjene: Menace ili mit? " (vol 185 2486, 12 February 2005) (vol. 185 2486, 12 Veljača 2005) I am I plus my surroundings and if I do not preserve the latter I do not preserve myself - Spanish philosopher Jose Ortega y Gasset (1883 - 1955) Ja sam plus moje okoline i ako ja ne čuvaju potonjem ja ne čuvaju sebe - španjolski filozof Jose Ortega y Gasset (1883 - 1955) Humans merely share the Earth. Ljudi samo dijele na Zemlji. We can only protect the land, not own it - Chief Seattle Možemo samo zaštititi zemlju, a ne njen vlasnik - Chief Seattle The difference between animals and humans is that animals change themselves for the environment, but humans change the environment for themselves - Ayn Rand Razlika između životinja i ljudi je da životinja promijeni sebe za okoliš, ali ljudi promijeniti okruženje za sebe - Ayn Rand Our house is burning and we look elsewhere. Naša kuća je gori i mi izgledaju na nekom drugom mjestu. Nature, mutilated and over-exploited, can no longer reconstitute itself and we refuse to admit it. Priroda, mutilated i nad-izrabljivane, ne može se više reconstitute sama i mi odbijaju priznati je. Humanity is suffering. Čovječnosti je patnje. It is suffering from poor development, in the North as in the South, and we are indifferent. To je patnja iz siromašnih razvoj, u Sjevernoj kao u South, i mi smo ravnodušnim. The Earth and humanity are in peril and we are all responsible. Zemlju i čovječanstvo su u opasnost i svi smo odgovorni. It is time now to open our eyes - Jacques Chirac, French President, addressing World Summit on Sustainable Development, Johannesburg, August 2002 Vrijeme je sada da otvorimo oči - Jacques Chirac, francuski predsjednik, adresiranje Svjetski samit o održivom razvoju, Johannesburg, kolovoz 2002 All of life is interrelated. Sve u životu je interrelated. We are all caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied to a single garment of destiny. Svi smo uhvaćeni u jednoj inescapable mreža mutuality, vezan za jednu haljinu od sudbine. Whatever affects one directly affects all indirectly - Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1969) Whatever utječe na jednom izravno utječe na sve posredno - Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1969) The scarcest resource is not oil, metals, clean air, capital, labour, or technology. The scarcest resurs nije ulja, metali, čisti zrak, kapitala, radne snage, ili tehnologija. It is our willingness to listen to each other and learn from each other and to seek the truth rather than seek to be right - Donella Meadows, environmental scientist, teacher and writer (1941-2001) To je naša spremnost da slušaju jedni druge i naučiti jedni od drugih i tražiti istinu, nego traže da se pravo - Donella livada, zaštitu okoliša znanstvenik, učitelj i književnik (1941-2001) Sustainability is here to stay or we may not be - Niall Fitzgerald, UK CEO, Unilever Održivost je ovdje da Vam boravak ili svibanj ne biti - Niall Fitzgerald, UK CEO, Unilever How are we going to stop defining ourselves by how much stuff we consume? Kako su mi ide na stop definiranje sebe po tome koliko smo stvari konzumirati? - Ben Tuxworth, Forum for the Future (2004) -- Ben Tuxworth, Forum za budućnost (2004) Climate change: the greatest challenge to face man - HRH The Prince of Wales, BBC interview, October 2005 Klimatskim promjenama: najveći izazov u lice čovjeka - Njegovo Kraljevsko Visočanstvo The Prince of Wales, BBC intervju, October 2005 Climate change: It's here. Klimatske promjene: To je ovdje. If we don't react, war, pestilence and famine will follow close behind - RK Pachauri, Chairman, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (2005) Ako ne reaguje, rat, kuga i glad će slijediti iza zatvoriti - RK Pachauri, predsjedatelj, Međuvladina panel o promjeni klime (2005) Climate change: We have never faced a more critical time on our planet - Dr Richard Leakey, Paleoanthropologist and wildlife conservationist, addressing the annual "at Bristol" patrons' dinner, 8 February 2005 Klimatskim promjenama: Imamo nikada lice više kritičnih vremena na našem planetu - Dr. Richard Leakey, Paleoanthropologist biljni i životinjski svijet i konzervator, adresiranje godišnji "at Bristol" pokrovitelja "večera, 8 veljača 2005 We need to develop the new green industrial revolution that develops the new technologies that can confront and overcome the challenge of climate change; and that above all can show us not that we can avoid changing our behaviour but we can change it in a way that is environmentally sustainable - Tony Blair, addressing event marking the 10th anniversary of His Royal Highness' Business and the Environment Programme, London, 14 September 2004 Mi moramo razvijati nove zelene industrijska revolucija koja se razvijaju nove tehnologije koje se mogu suprotstaviti i savladaju izazov klimatskih promjena, i da je iznad svih nas ne može pokazati da može izbjeći promjenom našeg ponašanja, ali možemo promijeniti na način koji je ekološki održivu - Tony Blair, adresiranje događaj obilježavanja 10 godišnjice Royal Njegova visost 'i Business Environment Programme, London, 14 Rujan 2004 What is now plain is that the emission of greenhouse gases, associated with industrialisation and strong economic growth from a world population that has increased sixfold in 200 years, is causing global warming at a rate that began as significant, has become alarming and is simply unsustainable in the long-term. Što je sada plain je da su emisije stakleničkih plinova, povezane s industrijalizacija i jaki gospodarski rast od svjetskog stanovnistva da je porasla šesterostruk u 200 godina, uzrokuje globalno zagrijavanje po stopi koja je započela kao značajna, je postala alarmantna i jednostavno unsustainable u dugoročne. And by long-term I do not mean centuries ahead. I dugoročno ne znači stoljeća ispred. I mean within the lifetime of my children certainly; and possibly within my own. Mislim unutar vijek moja djeca sigurno; i moguće unutar moje vlastite. And by unsustainable, I do not mean a phenomenon causing problems of adjustment. I tako unsustainable, ne znači jedan fenomen je uzrok problema prilagodbe. I mean a challenge so far-reaching in its impact and irreversible in its destructive power, that it alters radically human existence - Tony Blair, addressing event marking the 10th anniversary of His Royal Highness' Business and the Environment Programme, London, 14 September 2004 Mislim izazov tako dalekosežnu u njezin utjecaj i nepovratni u svoje destruktivne moci, da se radikalno mijenja ljudskog postojanja - Tony Blair, adresiranje događaj obilježavanja 10 godišnjice Royal Njegova visost 'i Business Environment Programme, London, 14 Rujan 2004 If what the science tells us about climate change is correct, then unabated it will result in catastrophic consequences for our world - Tony Blair, addressing event marking the 10th anniversary of His Royal Highness' Business and the Environment Programme, London, 14 September 2004 Ako je ono što nam kaže znanost o klimatskim promjenama je ispravan, onda unabated to će rezultirati katastrofalnim posljedicama za naš svijet - Tony Blair, adresiranje događaj obilježavanja 10 godišnjice Royal Njegova visost 'i Business Environment Programme, London, 14 Rujan 2004 Climate change is probably the greatest long-term challenge facing the human race - Tony Blair, Prime Minister’s Foreword to the 2006 UK Climate Change Programme Klimatske promjene je vjerojatno najveći dugoročni izazov okrenut ljudske rase - Tony Blair, Prime Minister's Predgovor do 2006 Velika Britanija klimatske promjene Program I also, as I think most people do, have a healthy instinct that if we upset the balance of nature, we are in all probability going to suffer a reaction. With world growth, and population as it is, this reaction must increase - Tony Blair, addressing event marking the 10th anniversary of His Royal Highness' Business and the Environment Programme, London, 14 September 2004 In 1966 Rolf Edberg wrote "This is mankind's home", "in the narrow borderland between the deathly heat beneath our feet and the coldness of space above us". He describes the fragility of our existence in poetic terms: "the atmospheric layer is so thin that it cannot be represented on any globe with even the finest brushstroke. At its thickest, it is only a few fractions of a millionth of the Earth's radius. This thin layer is what makes the difference between our planet and the sterile landscape of the moon." After reading that, one does feel the need to take better care of this fragile layer. - opening remark in speech "Towards a Low Carbon Economy" by Margot Wallstrom, European Commissioner responsible for the Environment, at European Business Summit, March 2004 The three pillars of development (economic, social and environmental) must be strengthened together. But it is evident that two of the pillars - economic and social - are subsidiary to, and underpinned by, the third: a vibrant global ecology. Neither dollars nor our species will out-survive our planet. The earth can survive happily without people or profit - Dave Hampton (letter to the Financial Times, November 2004) There can be no sustainable development without sustainable energy development - Margot Wallstrom, European Union Environmental Commissioner (2004) Climate change is not an environmental problem. It is a civilizational problem. Climate change is not just another issue. If it is not addressed in very short order, it will swamp every other issue facing us today - Ross Gelbspan, author 'The Heat is on - The Climate Crisis' Climate change will not be effectively managed until individuals and communities recognise that their behaviour can make a difference - The Royal Society, Climate Change: what we know and what we need to know (2002) Climate change is the biggest issue for us to face this century. It's manmade. The science is done. It's complete. It's a matter of political understanding - Sir David King, UK Government's Chief Scientist, giving evidence to House of Lords select committee (March 2004) Climate change: I say the debate is over. We know the science, we see the threat and we know that the time for action is now - Arnold Schwarzenegger, Governor of California, speaking on World Environment Day in San Francisco, 5 June 2005 The problem of climate change means we must look to carbon-free technologies to meet our energy needs - Sir David King, UK Government's Chief Scientist, writing in the New Scientist (April 2004) We live not, in reality, on the summit of a solid earth but at the bottom of an ocean of air - Thales of Miletus (c.625 - 545 BC) Sustainable development: Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs - "Our Common Future" World Commission on Environment and Development report, 1987, chaired by Mrs Gro Harlem Brundtland Sustainable development is the peace policy of the future - Professor Dr Klaus Topfer, UNEP Executive Director (2004) I have no doubt that the fundamental problem the planet faces is the enormous increase in the human population - Sir David Attenborough We cannot confront the massive challenges of poverty, hunger, disease and environmental destruction unless we address issues of population and reproductive health - Thoraya Ahmed Obaid, Executive Director, UN Population Fund (2004) The future of life on earth depends on our ability to take action. Many individuals are doing what they can, but real success can only come if there's a change in our societies and our economics and in our politics. I've been lucky in my lifetime to see some of the greatest spectacles that the natural world has to offer. Surely we have a responsibility to leave for future generations a planet that is healthy, inhabitable by all species - Sir David Attenborough The human population can no longer be allowed to grow in the same old uncontrollable way. If we do not take charge of our population size, then nature will do it for us and it is the poor people of the world who will suffer most - Sir David Attenborough (2003) Imagine...The UK's population on its way to a target of 30 million by 2130. Wide open landscapes - think of France...Housing freed up at affordable prices. Britain's lost countryside gradually being restored. Restored wildlife and relieved pressure on fish stocks. Widespread organic farming and local food sourcing. An end to age discrimination in employment. Uncongested roads and more space for public transport projects. Nuclear and fossil fuel-driven power stations cut by more than half. Half the UK's energy needs met from renewable sources. Greenhouse gas emissions reduced to sustainable levels. Less stress, perhaps. More space, silence and starlit skies - www.optimumpopulation.org (2003) Sustainable development: Improving the quality of life within the carrying capacity of supporting ecosystems - UN Environment Programme/WWF/World Conservation Union Report "Caring for the Earth", 1991 Sustainable development is a process which enables all people to realise their potential and to improve their quality of life in ways which protect and enhance the Earth's life support systems - Sarah Parkin, Forum for the Future We do not accept that human society should be constructed on the basis of a savage principle of the survival of the fittest - Thabo Mbeki, President, S.Africa opening World Summit on Sustainable Development, Johannesburg, August 2002 Environmental awareness is something total. One cannot live for half the day concerned with the environment and the other half ignoring or destroying it - Suryo Prawiroatmodja, Indonesian environmental educator The machine world functions without soul or conscience, blindly willing to destroy the planetary ecosystem on which it depends. Every Monday morning nearly every person in the Western world wakes up and sets about living in ways that contribute to this destruction. Our livelihoods often depend on it. And even though we know what we are doing we are stymied about what to do instead - Margot Caines We live on this very small and fragile planet: a world in which there is poverty and injustice is never going to be a safe and secure world - Hilary Benn, UK International Development Secretary, 2004 A global human society, characterised by islands of wealth, surrounded by a sea of poverty, is unsustainable - Thabo Mbeki, President, S.Africa opening World Summit on Sustainable Development, Johannesburg, August 2002 It's extremely difficult to get people to live sustainably. Often they are just concerned with trying to live - Callum Rankine, WWF, quoted in the 'New Scientist' concerning relationship between fast-growing populations with local resources (November 2004) For the first time in human history, society has the capacity, the knowledge and the resources to eradicate poverty - Thabo Mbeki, President, S.Africa opening World Summit on Sustainable Development, Johannesburg, August 2002 The challenge now is to mobilise governments, businesses and citizens to shift their focus away from the unrestrained accumulation of goods, and toward finding ways to ensure a better life for all - Worldwatch Institute "State of the World 2004" report We all have an interest, and a duty to future generations, to ensure that the benefits of mobility that we now take for granted, do not place an intolerable burden on our environment - Elliot Morley, Minister of State for Environment and Climate Change, addressing International Environmentally Friendly Vehicles Conference, Birmingham, 10 November 2005 From factory-farmed chicken to old-growth lumber to gas-guzzling cars, many of the things we buy support destructive industries. But businesses, governments, and concerned citizens can harness this same purchasing power to build markets for less-hazardous products, including fair-traded foods, green power, and fuel-cell vehicles - Worldwatch Institute "State of the World 2004" report Agriculture is perhaps the most inherently sustainable of all human activities, using natural fertility of the land, sunlight, water and human labour to produce the basic necessities for survival - Mark Overton (1999) Poverty eradication, changing consumption and production patterns, and protecting and managing the natural resource base for economic and social development are overarching objectives of, and essential requirements for sustainable development - from "The Johannesburg Declaration on Sustainable Development" (World Summit on Sustainable Development), September 2002 Current trends in consumption will swamp any gains technology does provide unless there are radical changes in the way we consume resources - Barbara Young, Environment Agency Chief Executive (2003) Connecting issues to the everyday lives of ordinary people is the only sustainable strategy - source not known We do not have a freehold on the earth, only a full repairing lease - Margaret Thatcher, 1988 Do we have to wait until a disaster overwhelms us before we make the radical changes necessary to protect our world for future generations? That is the vital challenge of sustainable development. If we act now there is much that can be saved which will otherwise disappear forever - John Gummer Our life as consumers seems light years away from that of our grandparents. But you don't change human nature. Optimism, for me, is the belief that we can spread the opportunity for everyone to be fully human. Sustainability, like music, is an impulse to make sense of the world around us. It is core to our humanity. If you only like one composer, or think all the best music has already been written, you have reason for pessimism. If not, it is within us to have good reason for hope - Ed Mayo, Chief Executive, National Consumer Council (2005) Sustainable development: Holding our world in trust for our children - Michael Meacher, 1998 Sustainable development: You have to put back. It's like anything in life - if you just keep taking then eventually there will be nothing left - Garry Greenland (organic supplier) Sustainable development: Meeting present needs without compromising the stock of natural resources remaining for future generations. In terms of buildings, it implies resource efficiency, minimum energy use, flexibility and long life - Richard Rogers, Architect Sustainable development: Development that our grandchildren would thank us for - source not known Sustainable development: Growth without cheating our children - source not known Sustainable development: Enjoying the Earth’s resources without jeopardising the welfare of future generations - James Jones, Bishop of Liverpool (2003) If something is sustainable, it means we can go on doing it indefinitely. If it isn't, we can't - Jonathon Porritt Sustainability is a set of conditions and trends in a given system that can continue indefinitely - Alan AtKisson, President, AtKisson Inc. (2004) We must not allow our pursuit of wealth-generation in the short term to mutilate or destroy our natural environment, for not only can this undermine the important cultural and aesthetic contribution that the environment makes to our lives, but it can imperil the very survival of countless people - Neil Chalmers, The Natural History Museum (foreword to "Key Issues in Sustainable Development and Learning - A Critical Review", 2004) To free us to live within our planet's budget, we all need "one-planet" buildings. Let's live on this planet as if we intend to stay here - various (letter to 'The Independent' newspaper, August 2003) They say we have to consider our legacy for the next generation, but surely we want them to have all our advantages too? I believe there has to be a happy lifestyle medium somewhere between hair shirt hippy and toxic Texan - Tamasin Cave, Editor, Ergo We need a new environmental consciousness on a global basis. To do this, we need to educate people - Mikhail Gorbachev When future generations judge those who came before them on environmental issues, they may conclude “they didn’t know”: let us not go down in history as the generations who knew, but didn’t care - Mikhail Gorbachev (2002) History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives - Abba Eban The nation behaves well if it treats the natural resources as assets which it must turn over to the next generation increased, and not impaired in value - Theodore Roosevelt If we are so selfish that we live unsustainable lifestyles, when will we learn that a sustainable lifestyle also serves self interest - anonymous Living in the UK as if we had three planet Earths to support us is not just unsustainable, it is also shortsighted - anonymous (2003) Plans to protect air and water, wilderness and wildlife are in fact plans to protect man - Stuart Udall The whole world is our dining room, but be careful: it is also our garbage can - Ashleigh Brilliant When my parents were growing up the world's population was under three billion. During my children's lifetime, it is likely to exceed nine billion. You don't need to be an expert to realise that sustainable development is going to become the greatest challenge we face this century - Tony Blair, March 2001 Make the wrong choices now and future generations will live with a changed climate, depleted resources and without the green space and biodiversity that contribute both to our standard of living and our quality of life - Tony Blair, March 2005 Surely we have the wit and will to develop economically without despoiling the very environment we depend upon - Tony Blair, 2 October 2001 Real progress cannot be measured by money alone. We must ensure that economic growth contributes to our quality of life, rather than degrading it - Tony Blair, Foreword to 'A Better Quality of Life' (1999) Whatever the short term clashes between protecting the environment and eradicating poverty, medium term and long term it is clear. Unless we grow sustainably, at some point we face catastrophe - Tony Blair, speech in Maputo, Mozambique, September 2002 We have a situation where we are rich really as a world overall, and yet we have the capacity to destroy ourselves, either through nuclear weapons or through environmental degradation, and we allow the life chances of hundreds of millions of people to be destroyed because we haven't found the will to tackle it - Tony Blair, speech in Maputo, Mozambique, September 2002 We know the problems.... and we know the solution; sustainable development. The issue is the political will - Tony Blair, speech in Maputo, Mozambique, September 2002 Humankind has the science and technology to destroy itself or to provide prosperity for all. But while science offers us these opportunities, science will not make that choice for us. Only the moral power of a world acting as a community can - Margaret Beckett, speech 'Global problems: global solutions' , Washington, December 2001 Many unsustainable behaviours are locked-in and made 'normal', not just by the way that we produce and consume, but by the absence of easy alternatives - Margaret Beckett, speech "Doing things differently" to Environment Agency Annual Conference, October 2004 If |