The bulldozer and not the atomic bomb may turn out to be the most destructive invention of the 20th century. — Philip Shabecoff Copy Share Image
The word "wilderness" occurs approximately three hundred times in the Bible, and all its meanings are derogatory. — Rene Dubos Copy Share Image
We're finally going to get the bill for the Industrial Age. If the projections are right, it's going to be a big… — Jeremy Rifkin Copy Share Image
The struggle to save the global environment is in one way much more difficult than the struggle to vanquish Hitler, for this… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
Our modern industrial economy takes a mountain covered with trees, lakes, running streams and transforms it into a mountain of junk, garbage,… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
A human being is a part of the whole called by us universe; a part limited in time and space. He experiences… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
The command, 'Be fruitful and multiply', was promulgated, according to our authorities, when the population of the world consisted of two persons. — William Ralph Inge Copy Share Image
Dig a trench through a landfill and you will see layers of phone books like geographical strata or layers of cake… During… — William Rathje Copy Share Image
Tooting, howling, screeching, booming, crashing, whistling, grinding, and trilling bolster his [mankind's] ego. His anxiety subsides. His inhuman void spreads monstrously like… — Hans Arp Copy Share Image
Your grandchildren will likely find it incredible - or even sinful - that you burned up a gallon of gasoline to fetch… — Paul MacCready Copy Share Image
You go into a community and they will vote 80 percent to 20 percent in favor of a tougher Clean Air Act,… — William Ruckelshaus Copy Share Image
The exquisite sight, sound, and smell of wilderness is many times more powerful if it is earned through physical achievement, if it… — Garrett Hardin Copy Share Image
Will urban sprawl spread so far that most people lose all touch with nature? Will the day come when the only bird… — Frank N. Ikard Copy Share Image
As we watch the sun go down, evening after evening, through the smog across the poisoned waters of our native earth, we… — U Thant Copy Share Image
Living in the midst of abundance we have the greatest difficulty in seeing that the supply of natural wealth is limited and… — Wallace Carothers Copy Share Image
Our children may save us if they are taught to care properly for the planet; but if not, it may be back… — Jimmy Buffett Copy Share Image
The desire to build a risk-free society has always been a sign of decadence. It has meant that the nation has given… — Henry Fairlie Copy Share Image