Sunita Narain

"The circular economy is not new - it is how nature has always worked."

"Plastics are a symbol of our throwaway culture - and the planet is paying the price."

"We need less stuff and more life - this is the path to real happiness."

"Environmental activism is not radical - the current path of destruction is radical."

"The richest nations owe a climate debt to the poorest nations."

"Our children will judge us not by what we said about the environment, but by what we did."

"Pesticides are not progress; they are a slow poisoning of our bodies and our planet."

"The solution starts with recognizing that we have a problem - and we do."

"Every penny spent on fossil fuels is a penny stolen from our future."

"We cannot recycle our way out of this crisis - we must reduce consumption."

"The Earth does not need saving; it will survive. We are saving ourselves."

"Water wars are coming unless we learn to share water equitably."

"Development without environmental protection is like building a house on quicksand."

"We must listen to the voices of those most affected by environmental destruction."

"The best environmental technology is prevention, not cure."

"Inequality and environmental destruction are two sides of the same coin."

"We have created a world where corporations are more powerful than governments - this must change."

"The environment is not a sector of the economy - the economy is a sector of the environment."

"We need to measure progress by how well we care for the most vulnerable among us."

"Technology can help, but it cannot solve a crisis born of greed and inequality."

"The air we breathe, the water we drink, the soil we farm - these are being poisoned for profit."

"We have the power to choose a different path, but only if we act now."

"Environmental protection and poverty alleviation are not competing goals - they are one goal."

"The real cost of cheap goods is hidden in destroyed ecosystems and exploited workers."

"We need to move from a linear economy to a circular one, from cradle to grave to cradle to cradle."

"The most important environmental decision is not what light bulb we use, but what world we want to live in."

"Biodiversity is not a luxury - it is the insurance policy for human survival."

"We are not separate from nature - we are nature becoming conscious of itself."

"The conservation movement must become a justice movement or it will fail."

"Every environmental regulation that is removed is a victory for greed over survival."