These folk are hewers of trees and hunters of beasts…

These folk are hewers of trees and hunters of beasts; therefore we are their unfriends, and if they will not depart we shall afflict…

— J. R. R. Tolkien

“I have come to the conclusion that imperialism and exploitation are forms of cannibalism and, in fact, are precisely those forms of cannibalism which…

— Anonymous

“The reckless application of technology, harnessed to greed, degrades and destroys the ecosystems in which the energies of the elements are maintained in exquisite…

— Ralph Metzner

What's happening to movie critics is no different from what has been meted out to book, dance, theater, and fine-arts reviewers and reporters in…

— James Wolcott

...probably the single-most concrete and substantive thing an American, young American, could do to lower our carbon footprint is not turning off the lights…

— Andrew Revkin

One problem is that we are heavily dependent upon fossil fuels. And that's where the greenhouse gases come from, by and large, some deforestation,…

— Richard Harris

If price spikes don't change eating habits, perhaps the combination of deforestation, pollution, climate change, starvation, heart disease and animal cruelty will gradually encourage…

— Mark Bittman

Trees are worth more alive than dead

— Prince

You hear headlines from time to time about the Amazon rainforest disappearing at a greater or lesser rate… The real story is that over…

— Patrick Symmes

The commitment to put an end to illegal deforestation and develop sustainable alternatives for commodities like palm oil and soy, for example, is an…

— Paul Polman

There are so many causes. Gun control, climate change, deforestation, animal welfare, human welfare, education. Working on the big issues is noble and great,…

— Moby

Forests ... are in fact the world's air-conditioning system-the very lungs of the planet-and help to store the largest body of freshwater on the…

— Prince Charles

Trees face many difficulties, what with deforestation and pollution, but that didn't stop me from wanting to be one - to just stop feeling…

— Emma Gonzalez

Once the forest has been removed and the swamp starts being drained, that organic matter begins to oxidise and give off continuing emissions. It's…

— Frances Ford Seymour

When you look at the consequences of climate change, at rainforest deforestation, at antibiotic resistance, these are not necessarily political issues, but rather issues…

— Moby