{"quotes":[{"text":"Of course, chaos can lead to failure and extinction. But so can order. Far more nations, people, and ideas die of atrophy than die from revolution. Both order and chaos are necessary ingredients for long run success - for sustainability.","author":"John Ikerd","tags":["chaos","farming","order","permaculture","revolution","sustainability"],"id":3305,"author_id":"John+Ikerd"},{"text":"Nature is inexhaustibly sustainable if we care for it. It is our universal responsibility to pass a healthy earth onto future generations.","author":"Sylvia Dolson","tags":["environment","harmony","joy","nature","peace","sustainability"],"id":11304,"author_id":"Sylvia+Dolson"},{"text":"People 'over-produce' pollution because they are not paying for the costs of dealing with it.","author":"Ha-Joon Chang","tags":["environment","green","sustainability"],"id":13498,"author_id":"Ha-Joon+Chang"},{"text":"The pressure of adversity is the most powerful sustainer of accountability. It's as though everything you do is multiplied by 50 in order to surpass those with a head-start. I was never capable of slacking when at the threshold of failure.","author":"Criss Jami","tags":["accountability","adversity","compel","drive","endure","failure","hardship","overcoming","overcoming-obstacles","pressure","rebirth","slacking","surpassing","surpassing-yourself","sustainability"],"id":20160,"author_id":"Criss+Jami"},{"text":"I live in one of the best places, bar none, to appreciate the wild natural environment. I also live in one of the most politically difficult places to work on its behalf: Alaska.","author":"Kate Troll","tags":["adventure","alaska","climate-change","denali","glacier","hope","juneau","memoir","mendenhall","sustainability"],"id":20391,"author_id":"Kate+Troll"},{"text":"Taking measures to ensure stability could assure the long-term economic growth and welfare at a global level.","author":"Miguel Reynolds Brandao","tags":["development","inequality","sustainability"],"id":25696,"author_id":"Miguel+Reynolds+Brandao"},{"text":"If we are going to start calling industrial corn sustainable, then we might as well say that petroleum is a renewable resource if you're willing to wait long enough.","author":"Catherine Friend","tags":["food","humor","sustainability"],"id":25975,"author_id":"Catherine+Friend"},{"text":"Sustainability is the key to our survival on this planet and will also determine success on all levels.","author":"Shari Arison","tags":["survival","sustainability "],"id":26744,"author_id":"Shari+Arison"},{"text":"Sustainable change, after all, depends not upon compliance with external mandates or blind adherence to regulation, but rather upon the pursuit of the greater good.","author":"Douglas B. Reeves","tags":["change","good","lead","leadership","mandate","morality","regulation","sustainability"],"id":43762,"author_id":"Douglas+B.+Reeves"},{"text":"My goal is to draw a line with some 'flavor' to it.","author":"Andy Couturier","tags":["art","community","environmentalism","green","japan","sustainability"],"id":45146,"author_id":"Andy+Couturier"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":104,"pages":11,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}