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# Sanjeev Sanyal

Sanjeev Sanyal (born 27 August 1970) is an Indian economist and popular historian.

## Quotes

* The term ‘majoritarianism’ is used in India as a convenient way to demonise Hindus without any reference to first principles.
** quoted in the inner front pages of the book "The Majoritarian Myth" by Kausik Gangopadhyay 2024, also at
* Aurobindo’s change of direction may seem inexplicable, but his writings explain his reasons. He seems to have come to the conclusion that he had already accomplished his role as India’s Mazzini by triggering the flame of nationalism. It was now a matter of time before the British were forced to leave. However, he also felt that there was a more important civilizational battle that India would have to fight, which would prove much harder than just gaining political freedom. After centuries under foreign rule, Indians had come to see their own culture from the perspective of those who had conquered them. Many members of the Indian elite had imbibed the idea that sacred texts such as the Vedas and the Upanishads were just superstition—like Aurobindo’s father, they had come to believe modernization meant Westernization. One could argue that this shows incredible foresight, as more than a century later, seven and a half decades after gaining political freedom, this remains a matter of hot debate in contemporary India. He felt that it was his duty to rediscover the true core of Indian civilization and present it to Indians and the wider world. With this in mind, Sri Aurobindo dived deep into the Rig Veda, the most ancient and revered of Hindu texts.
** Sanjeev Sanyal - Revolutionaries The Other Story of How India Won Its Freedom-HarperCollins India (2023)

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# Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick

Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick is an Australian climate scientist and expert in heatwave research. She was awarded a NSW Young Tall Poppy in 2013 and received the Dorothy Hill award in 2021. She has extensive science communication experience.

## Quotes

* Climate change doesn’t tell the whole story, as extreme rainfall can occur for a variety of reasons.
** ‘One of the most extreme disasters in colonial Australian history’: climate scientists on the floods and our future risk, Andrew King. The Conversation. Retrieved:29, November 2023.
* Realizing global aspirations for climate resilient development depends on the extent to which coastal cities and settlements close the coastal adaptation gap and take urgent action to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions.
* A large proportion of the world’s population and critical infrastructure is already concentrated along shorelines.
* Globally, we expect about a billion people will be at risk from coast-specific climate hazards under all emissions scenarios. In coming decades, the risk of coastal flooding will increase rapidly. It could be two to three orders of magnitude greater by 2100, without effective adaptation and mitigation.
** IPCC report: Coastal cities are sentinels for climate change. It’s where our focus should be as we prepare for inevitable impacts, Bruce Glavovic. March 1, 2022, The Conversation, Retrieved: 29, November 2023.
# Paul Shepard

Paul Howe Shepard, Jr. (12 June 1925 – 27 July 1996) was an American environmentalist and author best known for introducing the "Pleistocene paradigm" to deep ecology. His works have attempted to establish a normative framework in terms of evolutionary theory and developmental psychology. He offers a critique of sedentism/civilization and advocates modeling human lifestyles on those of nomadic prehistoric humans. He explores the connections between domestication, language, and cognition.

## Quotes

* Animals are among the first inhabitants of the mind's eye. They are basic to the development of speech and thought. Because of their part in the growth of consciousness, they are inseparable from the series of events in each human life, indispensable to our becoming human in the fullest sense.
** Thinking Animals: Animals and the Development of Human Intelligence (1978), University of Georgia Press, 1998, Chapter 1, p. 2.
* Longer than memory we have known that each animal has its power and place, each a skill, virtue, wisdom, innocence — a special access to the structure and flow of the world. Each surpasses ourselves in some way. Together, sacred, they help hold the cosmos together, making it a joy and beauty to behold, but above all a challenge to understand as story, drama, and sacred play.
** The Others: How Animals Made Us Human (1996), Island Press, 1997, Part V, p. 173.
# Alicia Silverstone

Alicia Silverstone (born October 4, 1976) is an American actress, producer, author, and activist.

## Quotes

* I really wanted to go on Broadway but I was like - do I want to leave my dogs, my house and my friends for nine months? But then I thought, "Wait a second. If this wasn't being offered to me and I heard there was an audition I'd be desperate to have the job." When you're offered things, it makes it so much easier to be indecisive. And it's silly because you can pass on some really amazing things.
** Interview with Barbara Ellen: The Observer, Sunday 29 February 2004
* When I was little, every birthday was big — you just couldn't wait to get older. But a lot of great things happened around 30. From 28 to now has been a time of incredible change and growth, deepening and ripening, good stuff. It's been hard too, because when you're going through that stuff you have to go down into the mud. They've been really interesting years.
** Alicia Silverstone Interview on Her Age & Health - Redbook, Oct 2009
* When I went vegetarian at age eleven, it was a remarkably easy transition. A boy at my school was attempting to kill creatures in the pond. When I tried to stop him, he said, “You eat animals,” like that meant I had no right to try and save something that could end up on my plate later. The hypocrisy of my actions became crystal clear in that moment. I decided, no more meat. … When I first started working for two organizations supporting anti-factory farming, vegan outreach and humane education, my choice to go vegan became that much clearer. I realized veganism is the only diet that can change the world. … You can expect a healthier body, and the feeling of pride that goes hand-in-hand with living according to your values. That’s something that many people aspire to, but few people achieve.
** "How to Transition from Vegetarianism to Veganism", in The Kind Life (9 April 2013)
# Hilda Solis

Hilda Lucia Solis (born 20 October 1957) is an American politician and a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors for the 1st district. Solis previously served as the 25th United States Secretary of Labor from 2009 to 2013, as part of the administration of President Barack Obama. She is a member of the Democratic Party and served in the United States House of Representatives from 2001 to 2009, representing the 31st and 32nd congressional districts of California that include East Los Angeles and the San Gabriel Valley.

## Quotes

* Justice is not available to all equally; it is something that many of us must struggle to achieve. As an elected official, I know that fighting for what is just is not always popular but it is necessary; that is the real challenge that public servants face and it is where courage counts the most. Without courage, our action or inaction results in suffering of the few and injustice for all.
** Immigrant's daughter Solis to lead Labor Dept (December 19, 2008)

## Quotes about Solis

* When she has to reach agreement she will … And if she doesn't have to reach agreement she won't.
** Jim Brulte, former Republican leader in the California Senate. Immigrant's daughter Solis to lead Labor Dept (December 19, 2008).

## External links

* Biography at the United States Department of Labor
# Alex Steffen

Alex Steffen (born 1968) is an American writer, editor, public speaker and futurist most noted for his bright green ideas.

## Quotes

* Kids born today will see us navigate past the first greatest test of humanity, which is: can we actually be smart enough to live on a planet without destroying it?
** Quoted in ABC show Earth 2100 Earth 2100 (2 June 2009)..
* Any future which is not beautiful is unacceptable.
* No future can be beautiful which involves an economy that violates the rights of future generations, that degrades fundamental planetary systems in any way, or that fails to offer every human being a basic share of safety, dignity and happiness.
* The future starts now.
** http://www.designindaba.com/twodotzero#comment-122.
* Cynicism is often seen as a rebellious attitude in western popular culture, but in reality, our cynicism advances the desires of the powerful: cynicism is obedience.
** Go bright green | Review | Guardian Unlimited Books.
* We can freely acknowledge the tremendous struggle ahead of us, and yet choose to remain decidedly optimistic, and to work from a fundamental belief in the possibilities of the future. … Every time we explain how a better future might be built, we redraw the boundaries of the possible.
** WorldChanging: The Politics of Optimism.
* We have to develop a model of prosperity that 4.5 billion more people can share and we don't know how to do it.
** Quote of the Day: Alex Steffen on Prosperity.
* To be young and aware is to suspect that, in the end, the debate about climate action isn’t about substance, but about rich old men trying to squeeze every last dollar, euro, and yen from their investments in outdated industries. It is to agree with the environmentalist Paul Hawken that we have an economy that steals the future, sells it in the present, and calls it GDP. It is to begin to see your elders as cannibals with golf clubs.
** The GOOD Guide to COP15: The Fire this Time: Copenhagen and the War for the Future (18 November 2009).
* Our goal should be to cool the planet in ways that reinforce and restore the resilience of its natural systems.
* My other car is a bright green city.
** Name of essay.
* The answer to the problem of the American car is not under its hood. ...The best car-related innovation we have is not to improve the car but to eliminate the need to drive it everywhere we go.
** http://www.businessweek.com/innovate/content/feb2008/id20080211_959496.htm
# Accordion

Accordions are members of a family of musical instruments known as free-reed aerophones which combine both a Diskant and Basso continuo voice in a single instrument through the use of a keyboard and a bellows. Professionals of the accordion are referred to as Accordionists.

## Quotes

Arranged alphabetically by author or source: A · B · C · D · E · F · G · H · I · J · K · L · M · N · O · P · Q · R · S · T · U · V · W · X · Y · Z · See also · External links
    Arranged alphabetically by author

## D

* The accordion fun? ....Sometimes. Not all the time. I find that it can be a frustrating instrument. The coordination involved is extraordinary and sometimes that coordination doesn't happen.... The use of the left hand and at the same time getting the dynamic range, the volume, is quite difficult. Other times it is fun if you're working with other musicians and you're doin' pieces that you really enjoy. It can really be fun!
** Robert Davine Accordionist Robert Davine: A Conversation With Bruce Duffie (1992), WNIB Radio, Chicago
* There are instruments known as free-bass instruments, or sometimes called the bassetti, where you have totally complete single pitches, simply like you would in the right hand, and you form your own chords. And you have a greater range in the left hand, some three to four-and-a-half octaves.
** Robert Davine Accordionist Robert Davine: A Conversation With Bruce Duffie (1992), WNIB Radio, Chicago
* Since the accordion has so many attributes that are conducive to chamber music, it is particularly suitable for this medium of expression. In essence, the accordion has all of the prerequisites essential to small ensemble involvement: sustaining power, dynamic sensitivity, articulated response, timbre, and texture variance, and compatibility of sound with string and wind instruments.
** Robert Davine "The accordion As A Chamber Instrument" Accord Magazine (1979)

## S

* Seventy-five percent of everything done throughout your life is the result of habit. Think of it! The way you walk, the way you eat, the clothes you wear, the places you go and...last, but not least, the way you play your accordion.
** John Serry Sr "Training: Reading From Piano Scores. Stumbling Cues. Avoid Time Wasters", Accordion News, 10 December 1935 , P. 21
* Being a complete instrument in itself it has no equal as an entertainment medium in the home, outdoors, or wherever people gather to enjoy good fellowship. During the past 15 years or so the accordion has risen to the top of the field as a best seller in the musical instrument market. At present, it threatens to replace the piano as the medium through which Junior or little sister are initiated to the delights and sometimes pains of a musical education.
** John Serry Sr, "What's Wrong with the Accordion", Accordion World (January 1947) p. 8 John Serry as quoted in American Music Vol. 25 No. 2 (Summer 2007) "Searching for Rockordion: the Changing Image of the Accordion in America. by Marion S. Jacobson. p. 221 on JSTOR.org

## External links

* Encyclopedic article on Accordion on Wikipedia
# Muizat Ajoke Odumosu

Muizat Ajoke Odumosu Alademerin (born 27 October 1987 in Lagos) is a Nigerian track and field athlete who specialises in the 400 metres and the 400 metres hurdles.

## Quotes

* I am very excited because this is my first appearance in the Commonwealth Games. The time I returned didn’t really matter and all I wanted was to win, which I have been able to achieve. I feel good with the way I ended the season. I am surprised at winning the gold medal but it’s late in the season and anything can happen. I would say it was my best race, my best finish to a season.
** The Ladies Are doing it In India. Nigeria News and Views, 11 October 2010
# Nicholas Stern, Baron Stern of Brentford

Nicholas Herbert Stern, Baron Stern of Brentford, Kt, FBA (born 22 April 1946) is a British economist and academic. He is chair of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the London School of Economics (LSE), and 2010 Professor of Collège de France. He previously served as Chief Economist of the World Bank between 2000 and 2003.

## Quotes

* Meat is a wasteful use of water and creates a lot of greenhouse gases. It puts enormous pressure on the world’s resources. A vegetarian diet is better. … I think it’s important that people think about what they are doing and that includes what they are eating.
** Interview with The Times; as quoted in "Lord Stern: 'People should give up eating meat to halt climate change'", The Telegraph (27 October 2009).
* If we do not cut emissions, we face even more devastating consequences, as unchecked they could raise global average temperature to 4C or more above pre-industrial levels by the end of the century. The shift to such a world could cause mass migrations of hundreds of millions of people away from the worst-affected areas. That would lead to conflict and war, not peace and prosperity. … We also underestimated the potential importance of strong feedbacks, such as the thawing of the permafrost to release methane, a powerful greenhouse gas, as well as tipping points beyond which some changes in the climate may become effectively irreversible.
** "Flooding and storms in UK are clear signs of climate change, says Lord Stern. Author of 2006 report says recent weather is part of international pattern and demonstrates urgent need to cut carbon emissions", The Guardian (13 February 2014).
* We should remember that the last time global temperature was 5C different from today, the Earth was gripped by an ice age. So the risks are immense and can only be sensibly managed by reducing greenhouse gas emissions, which will require a new low-carbon industrial revolution.
** "Climate change is here now and it could lead to global conflict", The Guardian (14 February 2014).
# Tristram Stuart

Tristram James Avondale Stuart (born 12 March 1977) is an English author and campaigner.

## Quotes

* As the words of my book, The Bloodless Revolution, accumulated, I envisaged a parallel growth: the stack of pages they would have to be printed on, thousands of times over; every page representing a slice of forest, a belch of fumes and a squirt of toxic ink.
** "Is it right to write?", The Guardian (24 November 2006).
* Food redistribution is economically sensible, ecologically pressing, and socially responsible; it is high time food corporations woke up to it and governments started funding the organisations that facilitate it.
** "The scandal of Britain's free food", The Guardian (6 January 2007).
* Food redistribution is one of the best win-win solutions for food waste avoidance. Food companies can often save money by donating food rather than paying the £80 or so per tonne in landfill tax and disposal costs.
** "Food redistribution is a win-win solution for food waste", The Guardian (11 May 2012).
# Richard Swift

Richard Swift co-edited the New Internationalist magazine from 1984 to 2007.

## Quotes

* Privatizers avoid the use of the notion or language of the commons, relying instead on a 'frontier' metaphor so that they may paint themselves as bold pioneers. The implication is that this frontier was somehow 'empty' when in reality it was just commonly held.
** S.O.S.: Alternatives to Capitalism (2014), p. 99
# Tan Zuoren

Tan Zuoren (Chinese: 譚作人; born 15 May 1954) is a Chinese environmentalist, social activist, writer, and former editor of Literati magazine.

## Quotes

* 這個是人類歷史上的一個慘劇，而且是有大量的人為的因素造成的慘劇。天網恢恢，疏而不漏。
** This is a tragedy among human history, the result of large numbers of human errors. But the net of justice is omipresent, it never missed.
*** 譚作人：四川大地震人禍更勝於天災
* 今天，我被起訴指控的罪名，是涉嫌「煽動顛覆政權和推翻制度」。這是一項嚴重的控罪，卻與我所做過的事，沒有多少法律關係...掌權的人和執法的者並不是為了六四而把我投獄，他們另有目的。
** Today, the allegation against me is inciting subversion of state power. This is a serious allegation, but legally, it has got nothing to do with what I did, or did not do...those who are in power and the excecutioner of law, they throw me in jail not because of June Fourth, they have other motives.
*** 譚作人被禁制的最後陳述
# Irene Tarimo

Irene Aurelia Tarimo (born 1 October 1964) is a Tanzanian environmental scientist and educator. She is head of the Department of Environmental Studies at the Open University of Tanzania (OUT), where she is also a lecturer and a researcher. She previously served as OUT Director in the Lindi Region since 2007 to 2015.

## Quotes

* I knew that it was only education that was to liberate me and my family from the grips of poverty.
** Huria Newsletter ISSN 0856 - No.0003, Achieving International Recognition: OUT in the global sphere (pg. 12), (January-June 2014)
* The Lindi Region needs particular sensitization on education. The progress in all levels of education is not very encouraging when compared to other regions. That is why Open University of Tanzania intend to contribute whatever we have in rectifying this situation.
** Huria Newsletter ISSN 0856 - No.0003, Archiving International Recognition: OUT in the global sphere, Profile: Dr. Irene Tarimo - A story of hard work and perseverance (pg. 13), (January-June, 2014)
* When a woman can be empowered she can, they are very important people in our society, I call on women to enroll in large numbers in the colleges and Universities so that they can be the catalyst for development in our region.
** Speech at the Regional Event to the Farewell position of Vice Chancellor Professor Mbwette in Lindi, (21 December 2014)

## External links

* Authority control: WorldCat search
# Tessa Khan

Tessa Khan is an environmental lawyer who lives in the United Kingdom. She co-founded and is co-director of the Climate Litigation Network, which supports legal cases related to climate change mitigation and climate justice.

## Quotes

* The decision is dire but we have a plan” which includes “fighting the government and Equinor here on the streets but we are also going to fight them in court”.
** Hundreds protest in London against Rosebank oilfield approval Shropshire Star (September 23,2023)
* A legal challenge is being prepared challenge the approval.
** Hundreds protest in London against Rosebank oilfield approval Shropshire Star (September 23,2023)
* The confidence that carried me through that initial uncertainty was at least partly inspired by the women I worked with for the previous three years.
** The Climate Change Activist Feminista Journal (24.01.2020)
* In short, as critical as it is for us to speak up as individuals, our real power emerges when we act collectively.
** The Climate Change Activist Feminista Journal (24.01.2020)
# Jürgen Trittin

Jürgen Trittin (born 25 July 1954) is a German Green politician, and a former Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety in Germany.

## Quotes

* There is only one possible route of action, Greenhouse gases have to be radically reduced and it has to happen worldwide. Until now, the US has kept its eyes shut to this emergency. (Americans) make up a mere 4 percent of the population, but are responsible for close to a quarter of emissions.
** SPIEGEL ONLINE (30 August 2005).
# Jo Vallentine

Josephine Vallentine (born 30 May 1946) is an Australian peace activist and politician, a former senator for Western Australia.

## Quotes

* "I think our children and children everywhere deserve a more positive view of the future and their place in it."
* "It is easy to say that everyone is in favor of nuclear disarmament and that nobody wants nuclear war."
* "A very important concept escapes many Australians, including some politicians. It is that our country, knowingly or unknowingly, is engaged in preparations for fighting a nuclear war. There can be no mistake, no delusions and no cover-up about this very disturbing fact."
* "I think our children and children everywhere deserve a more positive view of the future and their place in it. They display such disillusionment and despair because they do not see us, their elders, and the politicians in this place, doing enough to guarantee safe custody of our fragile planet to future generations. They see most adults as being too concerned with the immediate, with the dollar, and most of us with no vision for the future."
* "It is ironic that a government which claims to be doing more for disarmament than any other government encourages the development of Roxby Downs, the largest uranium mine in the Western world."
* "We need to be rid of the addiction of militarism, which is wildly excessive, out of control, and which must be confronted or surely it will annihilate us spiritually if not physically, especially because this excess occurs at the expense of present pressing needs of human beings."
** BUDGET STATEMENT AND PAPERS 1985-86, Parliament of Australia. Retrieved: November 23 2023.