Environment Quotes

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We save paradise by an intense education program where you get people that you can trust to talk sanely about the environment and hope that… — Arthur Boyd
Where timber vegetation is ruthlessly destroyed, aridity and its sequence sterility will prevail and the hotter the climate, the more to be dreaded. — Ferdinand von Mueller
Forests, beyond offering us their plainly utilitarian wealth, have to perform vast physiological functions in the great economy of nature, by contributing predominantly in the… — Ferdinand von Mueller
Let us regard the forests as an inheritance, given to us by nature, not to be despoiled or devastated, but to be wisely used, reverently… — Ferdinand von Mueller
My dad taught me from my youngest childhood memories through these connections with Aboriginal and tribal people that you must always protect people's sacred status,… — Bindi Irwin
Wilderness has become one of the world's fastest disappearing resources, and it is non-renewable. Yet unlike oil, gold or woodchips, it is essential to the… — Bob Brown
So far as we know, Earth is the only planet which supports life, and it is the only planet on which we can survive. Our… — Bob Brown
Whereas our common past, out of Africa, saw a global diaspora of humankind, our common future depends on a global coming together and consensus, resulting… — Bob Brown
We are all born bonded to nature; that's why we put depictions of flowers and forests, rather than bulldozers or log piles, on our walls. — Bob Brown
The reality is that if we in this rich, lucky quarter of the planet cannot make a stand for the 30 million other species we… — Bob Brown
As the world becomes more environmentally aware, I believe that we must as individuals recognize the magnificence of our natural world, and feel a sense… — Bob Irwin
In the long term, it will be the human race that must take responsibility for the development of sustainable life-styles and economies that are not… — David de Kretser
Our human responsibility for animal rights, plant rights, and the rights of the earth to its health and wholeness is self-evident. Whatever our beliefs about… — Densey Clyne
I liked the South-West straightaway - the beautiful scenery, the way the mountains slope down to the sea. And the wildness of it all. — Unknown Author
There has come a time when we can no longer remain silent but must speak up for our country which is being sold, abused, mined,… — Di Morrissey
Look closely at nature. Every species is a masterpiece, exquisitely adapted to the particular environment in which it has survived. Who are we to destroy… — E. O. Wilson
We are the curators of life on earth. We hold it in the palm of our hand. — Helen Caldicott
We must start understanding other cultures, such as the Aboriginal culture. They have a harmony with the Earth and from that harmony has grown a… — Ian Cohen
The whole environment out there is a living, breathing almost conscious being that is saying something to us human beings. The forests can't act but… — Ian Cohen
I think we are part of the earth. The concept of the rainforest being the womb of life is something I believe in...the value system… — Ian Cohen

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