Father Told Me That If

If You Chuck Away Too Many Things, You End Up Discovering There Was Value In Them.

I Think We'd Be Very Foolish To Expect That We Can Just Import Everything From Somewhere Else And Imagine That That's Going To Last For Ever And Ever And Ever

Fast Food May Appear To Be Cheap Food And, In The Literal Sense It Often Is, But That Is Because Huge Social And Environmental Costs Are Being Excluded From The Calculations. Any Analysis Of The Real Cost Would Have To Look At Such Things As The Rise In Food-borne Illnesses, The Advent Of New Pathogens, Antibiotic Resistance From The Overuse Of Drugs In Animal Feed, Extensive Water Pollution From Intensive Agricultural Systems And Many Other Factors. These Costs Are Not Reflected In The Price Of Fast Food.

The Whole Imposing Edifice Of Modern Medicine Is Like The Celebrated Tower Of Pisa - Slightly Off Balance.

The Simple Fact Is That The World Is Not Paying For The Services The Forests Provide. At The Moment, They Are Worth More Dead Than Alive-for Soya, For Beef, For Palm Oil And For Logging, Feeding The Demand From Other Countries. ... I Think We Need To Be Clear That The Drivers Of Rainforest Destruction Do Not Originate In The Rainforest Nations, But In The More Developed Countries Which, Unwittingly Or Not, Have Caused Climate Change.