#systems

I also believe that Hurricane Katrina did reveal a weakness in our energy supply systems, highlighting the reliance this country has on the gulf coast for our energy resources. ↗

— Steve Buyer

#believe #coast #country #did #energy

Few scientists acquainted with the chemistry of biological systems at the molecular level can avoid being inspired. ↗

— Donald Cram

#avoid #being #biological #chemistry #few

As the GAO report recognizes, the long-term health of our forests relies on additional fuel reduction options and funding to reduce the risks that catastrophic fire poses to our nation's ecosystems, communities and federal budgetary resources. ↗

— Greg Walden

#budgetary #catastrophic #communities #ecosystems #federal

Rapid population growth and technological innovation, combined with our lack of understanding about how the natural systems of which we are a part work, have created a mess. ↗

— David Suzuki

#art work #combined #created #growth #how

We cannot expect that all nations will adopt like systems, for conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth. ↗

— John F. Kennedy

#all nations #cannot #conformity #enemy #expect

In the 1950s, I proposed the survivor method of determining the efficient sizes of enterprises, and worked on delivered price systems, vertical integration, and similar topics. ↗

— George Stigler

#determining #efficient #enterprises #i #integration

Because countries often have differing political and economic systems, agreements are needed to protect those invested in trade. ↗

— David Suzuki

#because #countries #differing #economic #invested

If we pollute the air, water and soil that keep us alive and well, and destroy the biodiversity that allows natural systems to function, no amount of money will save us. ↗

— David Suzuki

#alive #allows #amount #biodiversity #destroy

The damage that climate change is causing and that will get worse if we fail to act goes beyond the hundreds of thousands of lives, homes and businesses lost, ecosystems destroyed, species driven to extinction, infrastructure smashed and people inconvenienced. ↗

— David Suzuki

#beyond #businesses #causing #change #climate

It is of first-class importance that our answer to the Riddle of the Sphinx should be in step with how we conduct our civilisation, and this should in turn be in step with the actual workings of living systems. ↗

— Gregory Bateson

#answer #civilisation #conduct #first-class #how