Environmental Quotes
1118 quotes by 683 authors
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It's about the connecting force from form to form. It's the toe bone connecting to the shoulder bone. It's the bacterial kick of life force,…
— Ali Smith
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The women of the Green Belt Movement have learned about the causes and the symptoms of environmental degradation. They have begun to appreciate that they,…
— Wangari Maathai
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We are in an environmental crisis which threatens the survival of this nation, and of the world as a suitable place of human habitation.
— Barry Commoner
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Celebrate Earth Day! A time to recognize the gains we have made. A time to create new actions to accelerate environmental progress. Protect our planet…
— Unknown Author
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We should know that only replacing the economics of competition and greed with the economics of equitable cooperation will guarantee a globalization that takes advantage…
— Robin Hahnel
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In every case, the environmental hazards were made known only by independent scientists, who were often bitterly opposed by the corporations responsible for the hazards.
— Barry Commoner
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On the environmental front there's concern about global warming and high levels of carbon dioxide, and trees take in CO2 and store carbon.
— Clive Anderson
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Much of the debate over global warming is predicated on fear, rather than science.
— James Inhofe
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There are more effective ways of tackling environmental problems including global warming, proliferation of plastics, urban sprawl, and the loss of biodiversity than by treaties,…
— Preston Manning
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It is about time that the religious and environmental faithful joined forces. No one wins when divisive politics pits the right to human life against…
— Unknown Author
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Global warming may be a 'crisis,' even 'the most pressing environmental problem of our time.' ... Indeed, it may ultimately affect nearly everyone on the…
— John Roberts
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Our environmental problems originate in the hubris of imagining ourselves as the central nervous system or the brain of nature. We're not the brain, we…
— David Foreman
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Without total freedom, every perception, every objective regard, is twisted. It is only the man who is totally free who can look and understand immediately.…
— Jiddu Krishnamurti
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If we talk about the environment, for example, we have to talk about environmental racism - about the fact that kids in South Central Los…
— Danny Glover
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The extinction of Homo Sapiens would mean survival for millions, if not billions, of Earth-dwelling species. Phasing out the human race will solve every problem…
— Ingrid Newkirk
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If ordinary people really knew that consciousness and not matter is the link that connects us with each other and the world, then their views…
— Amit Goswami
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However it is achieved, a thorough reorganisation of production, consumption and distribution will be the end result of humanity's response to the climate emergency and…
— Walden Bello
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Civilization is in no immediate danger of running out of energy or even just out of oil. But we are running out of environment-that is,…
— Unknown Author
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Surveying the available alternative energy sources for criteria such as energy density, environmental impacts, reliance on depleting raw materials, intermittency versus constancy of supply, and…
— Richard Heinberg
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We must not put pressure on people, but by providing information on the population and the environments, and appropriate contraception for everyone...doctors should help bring…
— John Guillebaud
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