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Climate Change Quotes
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“We are now living in a dual reality. While we live in the twenty-first century, we seem to hold (most people very strongly) to the “way things are” as what is real. Much of our daily lives have been habituated to this twentieth century reality. We simply accept what we have known most of our lives as reality. Acceptance of something is, to some degree, acquiescence to it.”
– David Houle from “Entering the Shift Age” (2013)
“The fundamental idea of design is to make the world a better place.”
– Bruce Mau
“The Shift Age is and will be the age when humanity alters its sense in relation to our planet. This goes way beyond what we think of as the environmentalism of today. It is a much more long-term stewardship point of view. All of our previous history has been about economic growth, and use of the planet’s resources for our immediate needs. The Earth seemed to be unlimited in its space, resources and ability to absorb whatever humanity did. No longer.”
– David Houle from “Entering the Shift Age” (2013)
“The earth belongs to each generation… no generation can contract debts greater than may be paid during the course of its own existence.”
– Thomas Jefferson
“That is why people get so upset by change – it threatens their point of view or worldview.”
– David Houle, Entering the Shift Age (2013)
“Anyone who believes exponential growth can go on forever in a finite world is either a madman or an economist.”
– Kenneth Boulding (economist)
“We are not trying to save the earth — we are not trying to save the planet. We are trying to save ourselves from ourselves.”
– Tim Rumage, co-founder of This Spaceship Earth
“We stand at a new threshold, and the key questions of our day are those posed by the intersection of design and life itself.”
– Bruce Mau
“The twenty-first century will be the Earth Century. It will be during this century that humanity faces the reality of whether it wants to destroy itself and much of what exists on this magnificent planet or not. Assuming we make essential course corrections, future historians will write about the Earth Century as a turning point in human history.”
– Entering the Shift Age David Houle
“We drive into the future using only our rear view mirror.”
– Marshall McLuhan
