"Because of the profligate nature of current industrial processes, the world thus faces three crises that threaten to cripple civilisation in the twenty-first century: the deterioration of the natural environment; the ongoing dissolution of civil societies into lawlessness, despair, and apathy: and the lack of public will needed to address human suffering and social welfare. All three problems share waste as a common cause."

     Fragment of "Natural Capitalism" by PAUL HAWKEN, AMORY LOVINS & L.HUNTER LOVINS