"These things are happening in large measure because……" — Bill McKibben
"These things are happening in large measure because of us. We in this country burn 25 percent of the world's fossil fuel, create 25 percent of the world's carbon dioxide. It is us - it is the affluent lifestyles that we lead that overwhelmingly contribute to this problem. And to call it a problem is to understate what it really is. Which is a crime. Crime against the poorest and most marginalized people on this planet. We've never figured out, though God knows we've tried, a more effective way to destroy their lives."
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61 Quotes by Bill McKibben
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The seasons don't matter to most of us anymore except as spectacles. In my county and in many places around…
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Until it's understood to involve justice for those in poverty, a future for generations yet unborn, and a commitment to…
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Community is as endangered by surplus as it is by deficit. If there is too much money floating around it…
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The world hasn't ended, but the world as we know it has-even if we don't quite know it yet.
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There's no happy ending where we prevent climate change any more. Now the question is, is it going to be…
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Irene's got a middle name, and it's Global Warming.
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Remember...this year has already seen more billion-dollar weather-related disasters than any year in US history. Last year was the warmest…
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Global warming is no longer a philosophical threat, no longer a future threat, no longer a threat at all. It's…
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We've been given a warning by science, and a wake-up call by nature; it is up to us now to…
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We're not at the point of trying to stop global warming; it's too late for that. We're trying to keep…
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The real negotiation is between humans on the one hand and chemistry and physics on the other. And chemistry and…
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According to new research emerging from many quarters that our continued devotion to growth above all is, on balance, making…
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More Affluent Quotes
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One thing lots of Christians do have in common is that they can't help coming across as smug. This winds…
— Jo Brand
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Anecdote: Greatness Means Leading the Way. No stream is large and copious of itself, but becomes great by receiving and…
— Friedrich Nietzsche
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I would rather be rich affluent and greedy and go to hell when I die, than live in poverty on…
— Al Capone
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A way has to be found to enable everyone to benefit from the fruits of the earth, and not simply…
— Pope Francis
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...no matter how complex or affluent, human societies are nothing but subsystems of the biosphere, the Earth's thin veneer of…
— Vaclav Smil
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More and more Americans feel threatened by runaway technology, by large-scale organization, by overcrowding. More and more Americans are appalled…
— John W. Gardner
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Current lifestyles and consumption patterns of the affluent middle class - involving high meat intake, use of fossil fuels, appliances,…
— Maurice Strong
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It's amazing how people can get so excited about a rocket to the moon and not give a damn about…
— Cesar Chavez
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With breathtaking rapidity, we are destroying all that was lovely to look at and turning America into a prison house…
— Eric Sevareid
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I represent an affluent district, but when I worked to form my county's first battered-women's shelter, some nights there were…
— Unknown Author
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From the clayey soil of northern Wyoming is mined bentonite, which is used as filler in candy, gum, and lipstick.…
— Gretel Ehrlich
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In a world where nearly one billion people live near the edge of physical survival the relevance of intentional simplicity…
— Duane Elgin
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