“Global markets must be balanced by global values such as respect for human rights and international law, democracy, security and sustainable economic and environmental development.”
The planet is not something we inherit from our parents but something we borrow from our children — you will find that sentiment echoed throughout these quotes on nature, conservation, climate, and our responsibility to the world we live in.
“Economists treat economics as if it is a pure science divorced from the facts of life. The result of this false accountancy is a willful confusion under cover of which industry wreaks its havoc scot-free and ignores the environmental cost.”
“Global markets must be balanced by global values such as respect for human rights and international law, democracy, security and sustainable economic and environmental development.”
“The environmental crisis arises from a fundamental fault: our systems of production - in industry, agriculture, energy and transportation - essential as they are, make people sick and die.”
“Moreover, the practical recommendations deduced from ecological principles threaten the vested interests of commerce it is hardly surprising that the financial and political power created by these investments should be used sometimes to suppress environmental impact studies.”
“We now see numerous examples of brands working together to address issues such as environmental degradations, climate control, pollution, poverty and disease.”
“I see humanity now as one vast plant, needing for its highest fulfillment only love, the natural blessings of the great outdoors, and intelligent crossing and selection.”
“This is absolutely bizarre that we continue to subsidize highways beyond the gasoline tax, airlines, and we don't subsidize, we don't want to subsidize a national rail system that has environmental impact.”
“If China is helping its domestic industries charge an artificially low price for solar panels and other environmental goods, then China is violating international trade rules that it agreed to when it became a member of the World Trade Organization.”
“It is important to consider whether the sample size selected by the Environmental Genome Project will provide sufficient power to discover most alleles relevant to gene-environment interactions.”
“Environmental pollution is an incurable disease. It can only be prevented.”
“In every case, the environmental hazards were made known only by independent scientists, who were often bitterly opposed by the corporations responsible for the hazards.”
“I think the cost of energy will come down when we make this transition to renewable energy.”
“You cannot achieve environmental security and human development without addressing the basic issues of health and nutrition.”
“Toxins love to get you while you're young. Lead, mercury, secondhand smoke and sundry other environmental nasties do a lot more damage when tissue is immature, vulnerable and growing than when it's mature and comparatively fixed.”
“I think Captain Cousteau might be the father of the environmental movement.”
“Nature is not simply a technical or economical resource, and human beings are not mere numbers. To suggest that one can somehow align all the squabbling institutions of science, environmental management, government and diplomacy in an alliance of convenience to regulate the global climate seems to me optimistic.”