Creativity Quote by Cindy Crosby

Restoration ecology is experimental science, a science of love and altruism. In its attempts to reverse the processes of ecosystem degradation it runs exactly…

— Stephanie Mills

“By what peculiar twist of perception, I wondered, had I managed to see the plowed fields and second-growth forests of southern Wisconsin—a landscape of…

— William Cronon

“If we allow the practice of restoration to become the exclusive domain of science, we will have lost its greatest promise, which is nothing…

— Robin Wall Kimmerer

“I was trying to discover examples of a living restoration, trying to go beyond discussions about correct historic colors, materials, and techniques. I looked…

— Howard Mansfield

The healing of our relationship with place begins with the preservation of the natural environment. We cannot go to the wild for renewal if…

— Starhawk

“When we dig in the soil and plant a seed, we enter into a cycle of restoration that produces wholeness in us. Our bodies…

— Jerusalem Jackson Greer

By means of trees, wildlife could be conserved, pollution decreased, and the beauty of our landscapes enhanced. This is the way, or at least…

— E. F. Schumacher

“When we change the shape of the Land, we alter the contents and contexts of our collective, familial, and personal memories. Yet, stories can…

— Ari Berk

The forest restoration campaign is a war to ameliorate nature.

— Kim Jong-un

Unlike the urban development that I see taking over and swallowing up our precious soil, when we interact with our environment in a way…

— Cory Trepanier

Without love of the land, conservation lacks meaning or purpose, for only in a deep and inherent feeling for the land can there be…

— Sigurd F. Olson

This whole effort to rebuild and stabilize a countryside is not without its disappointments and mistakes... What matter though these temporary growing pains when…

— Aldo Leopold