“old Indian proverb, “We do not inherit the Earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children,” — Mary Christina Wood Copy Share Image
“The thing that you have to understand about nature and natural law is, there’s no mercy…. There’s only law. And if you don’t understand… — Mary Christina Wood Copy Share Image
“You can’t negotiate with a beetle. You are now dealing with natural law. And if you don’t understand natural law, you will soon.” — Mary Christina Wood Copy Share Image
“As James Gustave Speth wrote in his book A Bridge at the Edge of the World, if we continue business as usual, the world… — Mary Christina Wood Copy Share Image
“old Indian proverb, “We do not inherit the Earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children,” — Mary Christina Wood Copy Share Image
“Politics of abundance, by contrast, arise from an ethic of measured restraint.” — Mary Christina Wood Copy Share Image
“Climate crisis presents nearly unfathomable urgency because of what scientists call “tipping points” – climate tripwires, so to speak. These thresholds, caused by human… — Mary Christina Wood Copy Share Image
“Government, deriving its authority from the people as a whole, must act as a fiduciary to protect the natural resources held in trust from… — Mary Christina Wood Copy Share Image
“Scientists warn that only a narrow window of opportunity remains in which to address climate emergency and other environmental calamities before irrevocable tipping points… — Mary Christina Wood Copy Share Image
“Thomas Friedman captures the twin tasks when he says: “Avoid the unmanageable and manage the unavoidable.” — Mary Christina Wood Copy Share Image
“Often it does not matter much what the law says; the politics will circumvent it. Every devastated watershed, every new mile of sprawl, every… — Mary Christina Wood Copy Share Image
“Deserving particular mention is Julia Olson, who is coordinating the worldwide atmospheric trust litigation campaign (through Our Children’s Trust) and whose perseverance and embrace… — Mary Christina Wood Copy Share Image
“These same forces now keep the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency from taking bold action to regulate carbon dioxide pollution as our planet heats to… — Mary Christina Wood Copy Share Image
