269 Quotes About Sustainability

For a social enterprise to make an impact in the world, it needs a solid foundation based on sustainability.

The rise of social entrepreneurship gives hope for the future.

Social entrepreneurship is about disrupting existing markets that aren’t working, and creating new ones to improve the status quo.

Animal agriculture causes more environmental damage than any other industry, but it makes no sense to hate bovines with hamburger in hand.

Grass fed meat is an environmental nightmare perpetuated by elitists who refuse to change their eating habits.

Because feeding grains to farmed animals is wasteful, only 37% of current croplands are needed if we shift to a vegan diet

To feed a vegan nation, less land is required. More than 60% of lands now in production can be returned to wilderness (or used for other needs) if we go vegan.

Thanks to animal agriculture, our water contains an abundance of manure, pesticides, antibiotics, nitrates, and arsenic.

Nonhuman primates have been crowded out of diminishing forests, hunted for food or “medicine,” kidnapped for the lucrative pet/tourist trade, and bred for science. As a result, every primate species on the planet—aside from human beings—is either endangered or threatened.