We make the world we live in and shape our own environment.

As a species, we tend to live in environments where our own artifacts dominate. The way we shape our environment and are in turn…

— Ken Liu

Environment does shape you. My environment, in a pit family, in a pit village, with nine kids in total.

— Dennis Skinner

Man shapes himself through decisions that shape his environment.

— Rene Dubos

Those of us who think about what we eat, how it's grown, those of us who care about the environmental impact of food -…

— Anna Lappe

The planetary phase of history has begun, but the future shape of global society remains profoundly uncertain. Though perhaps improbable, a shift toward a…

— Paul Raskin

Employees are given the chance to help shape their company by participating in a company-wide communications program making suggestions on waste reduction, environmental improvement,…

— Stephen Covey

The military profession, especially is the long-established great powers, is deeply pessimistic about the likelihood that people and countries will behave well under stress.…

— Gwynne Dyer

No one should voluntarily remain in an environment which prevents his development.

— Orison Swett Marden

Nuclear power as a solution to global warming is theoretically possible, but the proliferation problems and accident risks it would create would, I think,…

— Arjun Makhijani

One tragic example of the loss of forests and then water is found in Ethiopia. The amount of its forested land has decreased from…

— Al Gore

I am optimistic globally. So many scientists are working frantically on the reparation of our planet. Unfortunately there are countries who are still destroying…

— Steve Irwin

Sara Scherr and Jeff McNeely have given us a thoughtful, sensible book about a topic of great importance to the world. There is no…

— Ismail Serageldin

The government should set a goal for a clean environment but not mandate how that goal should be implemented.

— Dixie Lee Ray

It is important to allow a broad debate on energy and climate. We must urgently explore realistic ways to address the different scientific, technical…

— Lennart Bengtsson

All our efforts to defeat poverty and pursue sustainable development will be in vain if environmental degradation and natural resource depletion continue unabated.

— Kofi Annan