“Thoreau the “Patron Saint of Swamps” because he enjoyed being in them and writing about them said, “my temple is the swamp…… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Through luminous and erudite readings of the texts, Hasana Sharp shows us how profound and radical is Spinoza's conception of nature and… — Michael Hardt Copy Share Image
The ecology of the valley was complex beyond our understanding, and it began to die as we went on manipulating it in… — William Kittredge Copy Share Image
The careful scholarship of the dedicated amateur mycophile R. Gordon Wasson reads like an exciting scientific detective story. Moreover, his willingness to… — Weston La Barre Copy Share Image
For the Amahuaca, the Koyukon, the Apache, and the diverse Aboriginal peoples of Australia - as for numerous other indigenous peoples -… — David Abram Copy Share Image
“Only within the 20th Century has biological thought been focused on ecology, or the relation of the living creature to its environment.… — Rachel Carson Copy Share Image
“Many conscientious environmentalists are repelled by the word "abundance," automatically associating it with irresponsible consumerism and plundering of Earth's resources. In the… — Jeane Manning Copy Share Image
“If [the loss of fertility of the soil and the loss of soil as a renewable resource] does happen, we are familiar… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
“The animal does not rebel against its own kind. Consider animals: how just they are, how well-behaved, how they keep to the… — Carl Jung Copy Share Image
“The investigation described in the subsequent pages bears close relation to three sciences. It was approached by the author from the standpoint… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Naysayers at their polite best chided the rewilders for romanticizing the past; at their sniping worst, for tempting a 'Jurassic Park' disaster.… — William Stolzenburg Copy Share Image
Forests precede civilizations and deserts follow them. — François-René de Chateaubriand Copy Share Image
We shall be reduced to gnaw the very crust of the earth for nutriment. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
The fate of the living planet is the most important issue facing mankind. — Gaylord Nelson Copy Share Image
The Truly Healthy environment is not merely safe but stimulating. — William H. Stewart Copy Share Image
It's a morbid observation, but if every one on earth just stopped breathing for an hour, the greenhouse effect would no longer… — Jerry Adler Copy Share Image
We need to renegotiate our contract with nature. Ecology is a unifying force that can diminish intolerance and expand our empathy towards… — Gregory Colbert Copy Share Image
I feel more confident than ever that the power to save the planet rests with the individual consumer. — Denis Hayes Copy Share Image
“The world as first seen by the child becomes his lifelong standard of excellence, mindless of the fact he is admiring the… — William Stolzenburg Copy Share Image
Ecology, like genetics, is not about equilibrium states. It is about change, change and change. Nothing stays the same forever. — Matt Ridley Copy Share Image
Everything is connected to everything else. Everything must go somewhere. Nature knows best. There is no such thing as a free lunch. — Barry Commoner Copy Share Image
Permaculture creates a cultivated ecology, which is designed to produce more human and animal food than is generally found in nature. — Bill Mollison Copy Share Image
Reality cannot be found except in One single source, because of the interconnection of all things with one another. — Gottfried Leibniz Copy Share Image
When one of a culture's guiding credos is that "all men are created equal," any person who, say, becomes an expert on,… — Sarah Vowell Copy Share Image
The human person is in danger: this is certain, the human person is in danger today, here is the urgency of human… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
“The race is now on between the technoscientific and scientific forces that are destroying the living environment and those that can be… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I am a profound pessimist both about life and about human relations and about politics and ecology. Humans are inadequate and stupid… — A. S. Byatt Copy Share Image
The territorial body has been polluted by roads, elevators, etc. Similarly, our animal body starts being polluted. Ecology no longer deals with… — Paul Virilio Copy Share Image
Ecology more important than saving animals from slavery??? Humans suffer the raping of the earth but animals suffer DOUBLY: the raping of… — Adela Popescu Copy Share Image
The testimony of DMT, for me, is that there is a nearby dimension, teeming with intelligences, that from one of the more… — Terence McKenna Copy Share Image
If there are favourable habitats and favorable forms of association for animalsand plants, as ecology demonstrates, why not for men? If each… — Lewis Mumford Copy Share Image
Acknowledging the physical realities of our planet does not mean a dismal future of endless sacrifice. In fact, acknowledging these realities is… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
When I was very young, biology, the diversity of life, was one of my main interests. I know there's this image people… — Leonardo DiCaprio Copy Share Image
Once you've said to yourself, "But I'm not using my physics in my house," or "I'm not using my ecology in my… — Bill Mollison Copy Share Image
My travels through physics really are the same urges that make me travel through ecology. They are not really different, except that… — Vandana Shiva Copy Share Image
Most of us have become Ecozombies, desensitized, environmental deadheads. On average, society conditions us to spend over 95% of our time and… — Michael J Cohen Copy Share Image
Cities should function more like ecosystems, or even metabolisms. When we build, we should be thinking about how we can integrate into… — Annalee Newitz Copy Share Image
The mode of clearing and planting is to fell the trees, and burn once what will burn, then cut them up into… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image