Capable Quote by Barry Commoner

Food and the way we grow it and produce it are a major cause of environmental degradation.

— Anonymous

Perhaps the simplest example is a synthetic plastic, which unlike natural materials, is not degraded by biological decay. It therefore persists as rubbish or…

— Barry Commoner

In general, any productive activity which introduces substances foreign to the natural environment runs a considerable risk of polluting it.

— Barry Commoner

There's degradation of the environment. But the real issue is the degradation of one's inner environment.

— Frederick Lenz

As we gain satisfaction from artificial substitutes for nature we forget that there is no known substitute for Nature, the real thing and its…

— Michael J Cohen

If you look into the way that materials are used in an ecological system you'll notice that you'll find that there is no waste.…

— Ken Yeang

“Over a large range of cases, environmental problems arise from our entirely reasonable habit of taking the benefits of our activities, while passing on…

— Roger Scruton

Along with the possibility of extinction of mankind by nuclear war, the central problem of our age has therefore become the contamination of man's…

— Rachel Carson

It needs to connect with the earth. Things that are processed and reprocessed lose their substance.

— Alexander McQueen

Environmental degradation is one of the biggest challenges we have. I think a question that we're not asking ourselves is: 'Isn't humanity committing suicide…

— Pope Francis

The goods of creation belong to humanity as a whole. Yet the current pace of environmental exploitation is seriously endangering the supply of certain…

— Pope Benedict XVI

Humans are selfish, and because of our innate selfishness, I'm very confident that we can overcome any amount of environmental destruction.

— Liu Cixin