We got everyone's attention, but we didn't solve any environmental problems. — Denis Hayes Copy Share Image
All our environmental problems become easier to solve with fewer people and harder - and ultimately impossible to solve - with ever… — David Attenborough Copy Share Image
Overconsumption and overpopulation underlie every environmental problem we face today — Jacques Yves Cousteau Copy Share Image
The environmental problems of developing countries are not the side effects of excessive industrialisation but reflect the inadequacy of development. — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
Industrial society seems likely to be entering a period of severe stress, due in part to problems of human behavior and in… — Cyril Connolly Copy Share Image
I'm not sure what solutions we'll find to deal with all our environmental problems, but I'm sure of this: They will be… — George M. Keller Copy Share Image
We don't value food in Britain, so therefore the cheaper it is the better it is. We all eat far too much,… — Monty Don Copy Share Image
Thousands of climate scientists agree that global warming is not only the most threatening environmental problem but also one of the greatest… — Leonardo DiCaprio Copy Share Image
“the majority of our most serious environmental problems start right here, at home, and if we are to solve these problems, we… — Steven Vogel Copy Share Image
For anyone inclined to caricature environmental history as 'environmental determinism,' the contrasting histories of the Dominican Republic and Haiti provide a useful… — Jared Diamond Copy Share Image
“This is where the will to grapple with our hard and pressing environmental problems begins: in relationship to something other that you… — Susan Freinkel Copy Share Image
Journalists and activists alike have an obligation to describe environmental problems honestly and accurately, even if they fear doing so will reduce… — Michael Shellenberger Copy Share Image
“The rich and powerful are going to survive longer, but the effects are very real―and they're getting worse very quickly as more… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
If we want to address global warming, along with the other environmental problems associated with our continued rush to burn our precious… — David Suzuki Copy Share Image
There is an old belief that solving environmental problems can only be achieved by first building enough economic wealth so we can… — Johan Rockstrom Copy Share Image
The Earth faces environmental problems right now that threaten the imminent destruction of civilization and the end of the planet as a… — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
“Menaced by environmental problems, torn by struggles between the tiny coterie of wealthy Spaniards at the center and a teeming, fractious polyglot… — Charles C. Mann Copy Share Image
“Planting trees, I myself thought for a long time, was a feel-good thing, a nice but feeble response to our litany of… — Jim Robbins Copy Share Image
We must alert and organise the world's people to pressure world leaders to take specific steps to solve the two root causes… — Jacques Yves Cousteau Copy Share Image
“To save our dying earth, any government which is not environmentalist must go because on earth there are thousands of governments but… — Mehmet Murat ildan Copy Share Image
“A great paradox...red states are poorere and have more teen mothers, more divorce, worse health, more obesity, more trauma-related deaths, more low-birth-weight… — Arlie Russell Hochschild Copy Share Image
“We line up and make a lot of noise about big environmental problems like incinerators, waste dumps, acid rain, global warming and… — Joseph C. Jenkins Copy Share Image
“There are several types of comparative analysis for garnering evidence for an evolutionary adaptation: structural or behavioral resemblance in different phyletic lines… — Scott Atran Copy Share Image
“Right now in this world, a child is dying from an ailment because its family cannot afford to buy charcoal for boiling… — Gloria D. Gonsalves Copy Share Image
“In every remote corner of the world there are people like Carl Jones and Don Merton who have devoted their lives to… — Mark Carwardine Copy Share Image
And no matter how serious an environmental problem the automobile poses in today's big city, the horse was dirtier, smelled worse, killed… — Peter Drucker Copy Share Image
Technology is vital. We have to have development in new technology if we're going to solve these environmental problems without throwing humanity… — Ramez Naam Copy Share Image
Can you think of any problem, in any area of human endeavour, on any scale, from microscopic to global, whose long-term solution… — Albert Allen Bartlett Copy Share Image
“In many areas, too, people are having to deal with environmental problems and, with these, threats to their livelihood and worse. At… — Dalai Lama XIV Copy Share Image
On almost every environmental issue I care about, in fact, I've been wrong at one point or another. I used to think… — Ramez Naam Copy Share Image
I think an old style of addressing environmental problems is ebbing, but the rise of the so-called conservative, political movement in this… — Paul Hawken Copy Share Image
Overconsumption is the mother of all environmental problems. For the first time in the history of capitalism, consumption itself has become controversial. — Kalle Lasn Copy Share Image
Reliable and affordable energy is essential for meeting basic human needs and fueling economic growth, but many of the most difficult and… — John Holdren Copy Share Image
Those who fail to see that population growth and climate change are two sides of the same coin are either ignorant or… — James Lovelock Copy Share Image
“We need to stop using fossil fuels as soon as possible. Unfortunately, the two leading replacements of wind and solar have emerging… — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
Our environmental problems originate in the hubris of imagining ourselves as the central nervous system or the brain of nature. We're not… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Meat is a mighty contributor to climate change and other environmental problems. The amount of meat we're eating is one of the… — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image
All of our current environmental problems are unanticipated harmful consequences of our existing technology. There is no basis for believing that technology… — Jared Diamond Copy Share Image
Climate change is not an environmental problem. It is a civilizational problem. Climate change is not just another issue. If it is… — Ross Gelbspan Copy Share Image
The real cure for our environmental problems is to understand that our job is to salvage Mother Nature. We are facing a… — Jacques Yves Cousteau Copy Share Image
