21st century Quote by Edward Norton

Conservation is humanity caring for the future.

— Nancy Newhall

We have to create a sustainable environment, worldwide, and we're not doing it. The best thing we can do with the rest of this…

— E. O. Wilson

There are a great many people who are in favor of conservation no matter what it means.

— William Howard Taft

I am passionate about exploring the confluence of environmental and human health. I believe that the goals of conservation must constantly revisit a stated…

— Barton Seaver

The "environmental movement" is becoming an economic movement, is joining the social justice movement, is becoming a sustainability movement. It's leaving behind the "People's…

— Edward Norton

“In the new world we are entering, protecting the diversity of life on earth is no longer simply a matter of setting aside tracts…

— Lester R. Brown

The main environmental challenge of the 21st century is poverty. When you don't know where your next meal is coming from, it's hard to…

— Bjorn Lomborg

“For a century, environmentalism has divided itself into warring camps: conservationists versus preservationists.... The struggle pits those who would meddle with nature against those…

— David Baron

We have to prove to the disinherited majority of the world that ecology and conservation will not work against their interest but will bring…

— Indira Gandhi

For conservation to succeed, we must embrace conservation models where people use their natural resources to create jobs, to grow economies, and to feed…

— David Jeremiah Barron

We must convince and empower people to adopt the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity as their guiding principle.

— Klaus Topfer

The conservation movement is a breeding ground of Communists and other subversives. We intend to clean them out, even if it means rounding up…

— John N. Mitchell