When you sail on a boat you take with you the minimum of resources. You don't waste anything. … - Ellen MacArthur

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Congressman, would you agree with this? If I'm a leader and I'm seeing and I'm watching what everybody else is watching and an attack on Mosul is imminent, I'm saying bye folks, have a good time I'm moving into a different city.

Ellen MacArthur

When you sail on a boat you take with you the minimum of resources. You don't waste anything. You don't leave the light on; you don't leave a computer screen on. . . on land we take what we want

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The linear 'Take - Make - Dispose' system, which depletes natural resources and generates waste, is deeply flawed and can be productively replaced by a restorative model in which waste does not exist as such but is only food for the next cycle

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If we could build an economy that would use things rather than use them up, we could build a future.

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When I circumnavigated the globe the outcome didn't really matter, it was about a goal I'd set myself, but sustainability is part of all our lives

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When you start you're trying to achieve staying alive and getting home. If you can do both of those, then you stand a chance of breaking the record.

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