Explore popular quotes and sayings by Ted Trainer.
Last updated on November 9, 2024.
Ted (F.E.) Trainer is an Australian academic, author, and an advocate of economic degrowth, simple living, and 'conserver' lifestyles. He is a retired lecturer from the School of Social Work, University of New South Wales. He has written numerous books and articles on sustainability and is developing Pigface Point, an alternative lifestyle educational site near Sydney.
We do not have to get rid of consumer-capitalist society before we can begin to build the new way. The way to replace the old system is to ignore it to death.
To save the planet, we do not need miraculous technical breakthroughs, or vast amounts of capital. Essentially we need a radical change in our thinking and behaviour.
We must live more simply so that the poor may simply live.