A Quote by Vandana Shiva

It's not an investment if its destroying the planet. — © Vandana Shiva
It's not an investment if its destroying the planet.
I think that at some level, people recognize that growing our economy is destroying us. It's destroying us as human beings, it's destroying our planet.
We speak often of 'destroying the planet' when what we mean is destroying its habitability for humans.
If you do not have a loving concern for the environment... it will no longer sustain you - you will not be worthy of it. You will not be destroying the planet, you see. You will not be destroying the birds, or the flowers, or the grain, or the animals... they will be destroying you.
Natural events have completely destroyed this planet on numerous occasions in the past, and just like them we are a natural event destroying this planet.
We're destroying the planet, and the planet rebels.
The wind is the appalling enemy. It is mind-destroying, physically-destroying, soul-destroying.
Even if we are destroying this planet, we are playing our role perfectly.
The fossil fuel industry is destroying our planet and everything that we love.
It is not an investment if it destroys the planet
We only have this one planet; we got to figure out how to live on it without destroying it.
I think people are really looking for some way whereby we can grow our souls rather than our economy. I think that at some level, people recognize that growing our economy is destroying us. It's destroying us as human beings, it's destroying our planet. And I think there's a great human desire for solutions, for profound solutions - and that nothing simple will do it. It really requires some very great searching of our souls.
I think people are really looking for some way whereby we can grow our souls rather than our economy. I think that at some level, people recognize that growing our economy is destroying us. It's destroying us as human beings, it's destroying our planet. I think there's a great human desire for solutions, for profound solutions - and that nothing simple will do it. It really requires some very great searching of our souls.
The people who are running this planet are insane - they are literally destroying it. I don't know where they think they're gonna drink water, breathe air.
I can't really see how anybody could be particularly optimistic about the future in general because we are destroying the planet.
Here we are, arguably the most intelligent being that's ever walked planet Earth, with this extraordinary brain ... and yet we're destroying the only home we have.
We've got to keep 6 billion people happy without destroying our planet. It's the biggest challenge we've ever faced....but we're taking it on.
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