Environmental Quote by Jacques Yves Cousteau

Overconsumption is the mother of all environmental problems. For the first time in the history of capitalism, consumption itself has become controversial.

— Kalle Lasn

“Overpopulation is by far the worst kind of pollution.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

All our environmental problems become easier to solve with fewer people and harder - and ultimately impossible to solve - with ever more people.

— David Attenborough

Overcrowding can be corrected only by inducing people not to crowd, and the environment will continue to deteriorate until polluting practices are abandoned.

— B. F. Skinner

Overpopulation in the United States will become THE single greatest issue facing Americans in the 21st century. We either solve it proactively or nature…

— Frosty Wooldridge

Our problem with limited resources is not primarily overpopulation; it is greed. Our problem with pollution is not the invention of fluorocarbons or mass…

— Winkie Pratney

Overpopulation is the problem of the third and fourth World; over-consumption is the problem of the West. The average American child this year will…

— Richard J. Foster

“overpopulation problem as one good reason we should reconsider our willy-nilly tendency to procreate. That made sense. If you want to go green, but…

— Mara Altman

People 'over-produce' pollution because they are not paying for the costs of dealing with it.

— Ha-Joon Chang

Consider the problem of over-population. Rapidly mounting human numbers are pressing ever more heavily on natural resources. What is to be done?... The annual…

— Aldous Huxley

We’re turning everything on the planet into food for humans so we’re cutting down the rainforests, displacing all of the animals, and we’re doing…

— Morgan Freeman

The human overpopulation issue is the topic I see as the most vital to solve if our children and grandchildren are to have a…

— Alexandra Paul