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Every day we are exposed to a barrage of information, advertisements, and stories in newspapers, on billboards and on television… information that tells us what is important in the world… advertisements that tell us about our priorities in life… and billboards that encourage us to want more. It may seem all too easy to just accept what we read and what we are told… But stop and think about what is really being said?… What are we really being sold?… What are the real messages?… Who is telling them and why are they telling them?… Who benefits from these messages?
Next, reflect on your own thoughts and perceptions… What assumptions are you making about the messages you read and hear?… How do your personal values influence these perceptions?… How has your family life, culture, gender or faith shaped the way you interpret these messages… the world?"

I agree with this quote allot as people in the world when they see a advertisement they don't see the background of the advertising they only see the smaller picture. People these days need to not just look at the smaller picture, think outside the square and think some advertisement that don't grab your attention and which you think are 'stupid' are not they are sometimes better for you in the long run than the better looking ones.

There are always competing interests in debates about sustainability and it is important to build tolerance around different interests and perspectives. However, it is also important to keep questioning and scrutinising what it is that people and institutions are actually seeking to sustain

I believe this quote is to keep an open mind about the meaning of sustainability and not just have a one definition of what you think sustainability means. There is more to it than one definition.