“I always thought we had an environmental problem, but I hadn't realized how urgent it was. James Lovelock writes that by the end of this century there will be one billion people left.”
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.
“I always thought we had an environmental problem, but I hadn't realized how urgent it was. James Lovelock writes that by the end of this century there will be one billion people left.”
“I always thought we had an environmental problem, but I hadn't realized how urgent it was. James Lovelock writes that by the end of this century there will be one billion people left.”
“The position I took at the time was that we hadn't really examined any of the potential environmental consequences of introducing genetically modified organisms.”
“Advertising is an environmental striptease for a world of abundance.”
“So to hope to be able to have peace, to be able to have justice and environmental balance, are consequences of our behavior, not just our intentions.”
“Civilization has given us enormous successes: going to the moon, technology. But then this is the civilisation that took us to debt, environmental crisis, every single crisis. We need a civilization where we say goodbye to these things.”
“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.”
“Thank God men cannot fly, and lay waste the sky as well as the earth.”
“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.”
“I am on the board of corporations who contribute both to environmental problems and their solutions. And I am on the NGO side: the Earth Council and other organizations.”
“Moreover, environmental health at the local level has become narrowly focused, very much defined around regulations and the attendant regulatory debates.”
“If people destroy something replaceable made by mankind, they are called vandals if they destroy something irreplaceable made by God, they are called developers.”
“The most meaningful engine of change, powerful enough to confront corporate power, may be not so much environmental quality, as the economic development and growth associated with the effort to improve it.”
“We need to accept the seemingly obvious fact that a toxic environment can make people sick and that no amount of medical intervention can protect us. The health care community must become a powerful political lobby for environmental policy and legislation.”
“Moral codes adjust themselves to environmental conditions.”
“Environmental quality was drastically improved while economic activity grew by the simple expedient of removing lead from gasoline - which prevented it from entering the environment.”