Ecological Quotes
164 Ecological quotes by 121 unique authors
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Moreover, the practical recommendations deduced from ecological principles threaten the vested interests of commerce; it is hardly surprising that the financial and political power created…
— Garrett Hardin
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Finally, the ecological health of the Mississippi River and its economic importance to the many people that make their living or seek their recreation is…
— Ron Kind
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We can pay the ecological debt by changing economic models, and by giving up luxury consumption, setting aside selfishness and individualism, and thinking about the…
— Evo Morales
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Every time we consume meat, eggs or dairy foods, we contribute to ecological devastation and the wasteful misuse of resources on a global scale.
— Ingrid Newkirk
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Our personal consumer choices have ecological, social, and spiritual consequences. It is time to re-examine some of our deeply held notions that underlie our lifestyles.
— David Suzuki
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The reason why there is more pessimism about technology in Europe has to do with history, the use of databases to keep track of people…
— Evgeny Morozov
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One of the penalties of an ecological education is that one lives alone in a world of wounds. Much of the damage inflicted on land…
— Aldo Leopold
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A sense of being part of the great all-inclusive life prompts us to reflect on our own place and on how we ought to live.…
— Daisaku Ikeda
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Tell me of what plant-birthday a man takes notice, and I shall tell you a good deal about his vocation, his hobbies, his hay fever,…
— Aldo Leopold
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Our lack of community is intensely painful. A TV talk show is not community. A couple of hours in a church pew each Sabbath is…
— David James Duncan
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Having a place means that you know what a place means...what it means in a storied sense of myth, character and presence but also in…
— Gary Snyder
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One of the penalties of an ecological education is that one lives alone in a world of wounds.
— Aldo Leopold
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The re-establishment of an ecological balance depends on the ability of society to counteract the progressive materialization of values. The ecological balance cannot be re-established…
— Ivan Illich
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No, Simi. No food. (Astrid) ‘No, Simi. No food.’ You sound like akri. ‘Don’t eat that, Simi, you’ll cause an ecological disaster.’ What is an…
— Sherrilyn Kenyon
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The abuse of the Earth is the ecological crisis.
— Vandana Shiva
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And then Jack chopped down what was the world's last beanstalk, adding murder and ecological terrorism to the theft, enticement, and trespass charges already mentioned,…
— Terry Pratchett
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Few understand that procrastination is our natural defense, letting things take care of themselves and exercise their antifragility; it results from some ecological or naturalistic…
— Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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In Germany it is good if as many people as possible join initiatives and peaceful demonstrations against the rule of the financial markets. Worshipping the…
— Sigmar Gabriel
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In reality, we haven't escaped the gravity of life at all. We are still beholden to ecological laws, the same as any other life-form.
— Janine Benyus
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The real survivors are the Earth inhabitants that have lived millions of years without consuming their ecological capital, the base from which all abundance flows.
— Janine Benyus
Who Wrote These Ecological Quotes
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