Eric Jensen

“Voluntary simplicity is at once joyous and altruistic. Joyous because it is not permanently plagued by the hunger for “more”; altruistic because it does not encourage the disproportionate concentration of resources in the hands of a few, resources which—were they to be spread evenly—would significantly improve the lives of those deprived of basic needs.”
― Matthieu Ricard, Altruism: The Power of Compassion to Change Yourself and the World

“Our CO2 emissions, caused by such apparently innocent actions as driving to the farmer’s market or the recycling center, will affect the lives of people in the next millennium.”
― Dale Jamieson, Reason in a Dark Time: Why the Struggle Against Climate Change Failed -- and What It Means for Our Future

“The industrial economy laid claim to our bodies. The knowledge economy laid claim to our minds. Now the creative economy is laying claim to our souls. Like the farmer with the proverbial pig, we use everything except the squeal. The squeal is when we realize what’s happening to us.”
― William Deresiewicz, Making Art in the Twenty-First Century: How Writers, Musicians, and Others are Earning a Living—or Trying to—in the Digital Age

“The first policy priority is to integrate adaptation with development. The second is to protect, encourage, and increase terrestrial carbon sinks while honoring a broad range of human and environmental values. The third is to adopt full-cost energy accounting that takes into account the entire life cycle of producing and consuming a unit of energy. The fourth is to raise the price of emitting GHGs to a level that roughly reflects their costs. The fifth priority is to force technology adoption and diffusion. The sixth priority is to substantially increase research, especially in renewable energy and carbon sequestration, particularly air capture of carbon. The seventh priority is to plan for the Anthropocene.”
― Dale Jamieson, Reason in a Dark Time: Why the Struggle Against Climate Change Failed -- and What It Means for Our Future