We are either going to have a future where women lead the way to make peace with the Earth or we are not going to have a human future at all.

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Soil, not oil, holds the future for humanity.

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Cultivating and conserving diversity is no luxury in our times: it is a survival imperative.

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We've moved from wisdom to knowledge, and now we're moving from knowledge to information, and that information is so partial – that we're creating incomplete human beings.

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That amazing power of being able to stand with total courage in the face of total power and not be afraid. That is stri shakti.

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When the forest is destroyed, when the river is dammed, when the biodiversity is stolen, when fields are waterlogged or turned saline because of economic activities, it is a question of survival for these people. So our environmental movements have been justice movements.

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It's not an investment if its destroying the planet.

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Whenever we engage in consumption or production patterns which take more than we need, we are engaging in violence.

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It is not an investment if it destroys the planet

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You are not Atlas carrying the world on your shoulder. It is good to remember that the planet is carrying you.

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