Mayer Hillman quotes

Mayer Hillman is a renowned British social scientist and environmentalist known for his pioneering work on sustainable development and urban planning. With a career spanning over five decades, Hillman has been a leading voice in advocating for policies that prioritize the environment and public health. As a prolific author and researcher, his work has influenced countless policymakers and individuals worldwide. Learn more about Mayer Hillman and his impactful contributions to the field of sustainability.

We’ve removed children from danger rather than removing danger from children.

- Mayer Hillman

We’ve got to stop burning fossil fuels. So many aspects of life depend on fossil fuels, except for music and love and education and happiness. These things, which hardly use fossil fuels, are what we must focus on.

- Mayer Hillman

Our continuing uneconomic growth makes us complicit in a process that is triggering an ecological catastrophe for our children and generations beyond them. They will justifiably sit in judgment on our failure to have prevented its devastating consequences knowing that we chose to look the other way.

- Mayer Hillman