Wisdom in fragments

All participants in a society have a responsibility to it's social contract.

Unfair taxation cripples economic development in a manner not dissimilar to third-world economic corruption.

Governments are keen to levy brutal taxes on the very engines that create the market for goods and services; lowering their propensity to spend and invest by removing the surpluses they would normally use to do so.

highly motivated teams, who are motivated by the 'end' (the cause) rather than the 'method' (the task)

individuals throughout an organisation are usually far more passionate and committed to the organisation than in most for-profit companies

Third sector organisations have learnt, through necessity, to rally their teams around a common goal

have to persuade people to part with money for goods or services that are used by others

have to scrape by on 'zilch' or, at most, on a fraction of what is taken for granted in the for-profit world.

We could partly predict where people will come from for future events.

The group found that, on average, people living in Manhattan travel 2.5 miles most days, compared to five miles in Los Angeles. But we also found that when you look at the longest trips people make, people that live in New York go significantly further, 69 miles on a weekday compared to 29 in Los Angeles.

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Mobile phones can really revolutionize the study of human behavior.

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We can win in the struggle to avoid climate chaos, we can win in terms of economic recovery and we can win when it comes to promoting development and justice. All we need is the political will.

Environmental activist & former Executive Director of Greenpeace International

We will pay to reduce greenhouse gas emissions today, and we'll have to take an economic hit of some kind… Or, we will pay the price later in military terms. And that will involve human lives.

Environmental activist & former Executive Director of Greenpeace International

Taken together, mass migration, mass starvation and mass extinctions are what we will see if we sleep walk into a future of unmitigated climate change. These stresses will ruin economies and drive competition over dwindling resources.

Environmental activist & former Executive Director of Greenpeace International

It is difficult to imagine a graver threat; or an area of human endeavour or global ecology in which the profound consequences of runaway climate change would not be disastrous. Already, it is estimated that around 300,000 people die every year as a direct result of climate change.

Environmental activist & former Executive Director of Greenpeace International

Pakistan has sought to reassure international donors that funds to help victims of its devastating flooding will not fall into extremists' hands. The Taliban would not be allowed to take advantage of the crisis to increase its support.

Former Interior Minister of Pakistan & Security Advisor