James E. Lovelock

“mistakes subject to so discerning and public a post‐mortem as weather forecasters.”

— James E. Lovelock

“I find it sad, but all too human, that there are vast bureaucracies concerned about nuclear waste, huge organizations devoted to decommissioning…

— James E. Lovelock

“To expect sustainable development or a trust in business as usual to be viable policies is like expecting a lung cancer victim…

— James E. Lovelock

“I call Gaia a physiological system because it appears to have the unconscious goal of regulating the climate and the chemistry at…

— James E. Lovelock

“Unfortunately, we are a species with schizoid tendencies, and like an old lady who has to share her house with a growing…

— James E. Lovelock

“We are no more qualified to be the stewards or developers of the Earth than are goats to be gardeners.”

— James E. Lovelock

“inheritance to see other living things as mainly something to eat, and we care more about our national tribe than anything else.…

— James E. Lovelock

“the IPCC now spoke comfortably of consensus and endorsed those mysterious concepts of sustainability and energy that renewed itself. We even thought…

— James E. Lovelock