Change Quote by Yuval Noah Harari

“The settlers of Australia, or more accurately, its conquerors, didn’t just adapt, they transformed the Australian ecosystem beyond recognition.”

— Yuval Noah Harari

Australia was once a leader in taking global warming seriously. The former PM [Kevin Rudd] called it 'greatest moral challenge of our time'. But…

— Tim Winton

When the first humans reached Australia about 45,000 years ago, they quickly drove to extinction 90% of its large animals. This was the first…

— Yuval Noah Harari

Despite widely differing perspectives and agendas, there seems to be a remarkable global consensus that has built up over a fairly short period of…

— Azim Premji

“There was one thing no one considered, however: Australia was populated by Australians. While the rest of us were trying to adapt to a…

— Mira Grant

“As with some examples we have shown earlier, these very vocal advocates seem to overlook the “genocide” of native animals perpetrated by introduced predators…

— Peter P. Marra

“...the natural world had gone badly wrong. Everything that mankind is doing on the planet had upset the delicate balance of nature. The pollution,…

— Michael Crichton

We need to act now. Otherwise the biodiversity that makes Australia so wonderfully unique is going to be lost to us forever.

— Kristy Hinze

“No Australian today is responsible for what happened on our colonial frontier. But we are responsible for not acknowledging what happened. If we do…

— Timothy Bottoms

“The universe is so arranged that the power to destroy the climate or the ecosystem of your home planet only comes when you also…

— J.Z. Colby

“Only the man’s greed and scientific development is responsible for earth’s degradation of environment and ecology.”

— Dr. Ashok Anand

“We are consequently wreaking havoc on our fellow animals and on the surrounding ecosystem,”

— Yuval Noah Harari