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It is a stark and arresting fact that, since the middle of the 20th century, humankind has consumed more natural resources than in all previous human history

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Margaret Beckett
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: January 15
British Politician
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Dame Margaret Mary Beckett
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Many unsustainable behaviours are locked-in and made 'normal', not just by the way that we produce and consume, but by the absence of easy alternatives
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You have to make your choice and live with your choice.
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Achieving climate security must be the core of foreign policy. All of us have to pick up the pace.
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My own passion for caravan holidays has been occasionally commented on by the media. It is certainly something that I am proud of.
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Humankind has the science and technology to destroy itself or to provide prosperity for all. But while science offers us these opportunities, science will not make that choice for us. Only the moral power of a world acting as a community can
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I don't join or leave things lightly.
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