Environment Quote by Ellen Swallow Richards

“The environment that people live in is the environment that they learn to live in, respond to, and perpetuate. If the environment is good, so be it. But if it is poor, so is the quality of life within it.” quote by Ellen Swallow Richards — Download Open image

“The environment that people live in is the environment that they learn to live in, respond to, and perpetuate. If the environment is good, so be it. But if it is poor, so is the quality of life within it.”

Ellen Swallow Richards

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