Maurice Strong
Maurice Strong
Maurice Frederick Strong, PC, CC, OM, FRSC, FRS, FRAICwas a Canadian oil and mineral businessman and a diplomat who served as Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionBusinessman
Date of Birth29 April 1929
CountryCanada
active explore main related
My son is the main shareholder of my company, and I help him explore some of those opportunities that are related to things I know about, such as energy and the environment. But I'm active because I can't think of anything else to do in my so-called retirement.
either save
We're either going to save Ihe world or no one will be saved.
condition developing ecological greater larger people
We in the industrialized world make a greater difference because our ecological footprint, our impact on the condition of the environment, is 40 to 50 times larger than that of people in the developing world.
environmental people performance
One of the things that I've always thought I would like to do is to develop an environmental index. Then people can measure their own environmental performance on an index as they do in other ways.
tendency
The tendency is to keep doing things the way you have done them.
believe either government necessary
I've always made it clear that I do not believe that global government is either necessary or feasible.
available buy canada hybrid soon
Soon you'll be able to buy a hybrid four-wheel drive. They are not here in Canada yet, but they soon will be and they are available in Japan.
corporate perfectly proper seek sell soul
It is perfectly proper for NGOs to seek corporate support. But it is also important that, in doing so, they not sell their soul for that support.
taken views wings
I've got used to criticisms and, naturally, I try to make sure I don't listen to the more extreme ones because most of the people who have taken their right-wing extremist view of my life are people that I've never met.
world save-the-world saved
We're either going to save the world or no one will be saved.
cells car doubt
Toyota was the first to put a commercial fuel cell powered car on the road, and I have no doubt that Toyota will continue to be in the front lines in the development of competitive fuel cell vehicles.
criticism source
I learn something from criticism because when it comes from sources you respect you always examine it and learn.
country raw-materials six-months
A citizen of an advanced industrialized nation consumes in six months the energy and raw materials that have to last the citizen of a developing country his entire lifetime.
growth population needs
The combination of population growth and the growth in consumption is a danger that we are not prepared for and something we will need global co-operation on.