I used to think the top global environmental problems were biodiversity loss, ecosystem collapse and climate change. I thought with 30 years of good science we could address those problems, but I was wrong.

The top environmental problems are selfishness, greed and apathy – and to deal with these we need a spiritual and cultural transformation and we scientists don’t know how to do that.”

– Gus Speth

“Any fool can know. The point is to understand.”
― Albert Einstein.

“Life is short. That’s all there is to say. Get what you can from the present—thoughtfully, justly.” - Marcus Aurelius

“Do your little bit of good where you are;
it’s those little bits of good put together
that overwhelm the world.”
– Desmond Tutu

“If you hit a wrong note, it’s the next note that you play that determines if it’s good or bad.” –Miles Davis