Quotes by Environmental By polluting clear water with slime you will never find good drinking water. Aeschylus environmental drinking water I thought I was gonna be an attorney, so I went to Dartmouth and I was a government major and I minored in environmental policy, and I didn't do anything academically around the arts. Aisha Tyler environmental government art I think the cost of energy will come down when we make this transition to renewable energy. Al Gore environmental energy thinking We sometimes emphasize the danger in a crisis without focusing on the opportunities that are there. We should feel a great sense of urgency because it is the most dangerous crisis we have ever faced, by far. But it also provides us with opportunities to do a lot of things we ought to be doing for other reasons anyway. And to solve this crisis we can develop a shared sense of moral purpose. Al Gore environmental focus opportunity We are close to a time when all of humankind will envision a global agenda that encompasses a kind of Global Marshall Plan to address the causes of poverty and suffering and environmental destruction all over the earth. Al Gore environmental eugenics suffering What changed in the United States with Hurricane Katrina was a feeling that we have entered a period of consequences. Al Gore environmental change feelings The reality of life is that we are exposed to a multiplicity of toxic substances. Al Meyerhoff toxic environmental reality With chemicals, it's shoot first and ask questions later. Al Meyerhoff pollution environmental firsts There can be no question about whether we should or should not transform our society in the direction of sustainability. Alan AtKisson sustainability environmental society Why is Earth Day, today, also Lenin's birthday? Coincidence? Or does it signal the true intent of the national and worldwide environmental movement? Alan Caruba earth-day environmental doe The explosion of a terrorist's single nuclear device in a major metropolitan center would trigger an unparalleled humanitarian and environmental disaster. An accidental military launch of multiple warheads could result in a worldwide nuclear holocaust. Medical researchers and military analysts forebode grim consequences. Alan Cranston environmental holocaust military If the life-supporting ecosystems of the planet are to survive for future generations, the consumer society will have to dramatically curtail its use of resources - partly by shifting to high-quality, low-input durable goods and partly by seeking fulfillment through leisure, human relationships, and other nonmaterial avenues. We in the consumer society will have to live a technologically sophisticated version of the life-style currently practiced lower on the economic ladder. Alan Thein Durning environmental ecosystems style But the basic value of a sustainable society, the ecological equivalent of the Golden Rule, is simple: each generation should meet its needs without jeopardizing the prospects for future generations to meet their own needs. Alan Thein Durning environmental golden simple The greatest shortcoming of the human race is our inability to understand the exponential function. Albert Allen Bartlett environmental inability race I am glad I will not be young in a future without wilderness. Aldo Leopold wilderness environmental nature Hydrologists have demonstrated that the meanderings of a creek are a necessary part of the hydrologic functioning. The flood plain belongs to the river. The ecologist sees clearly that for similar reasons we can get along with less channel improvement on Round River. Aldo Leopold environmental rivers water One of the penalties of an ecological education is that one lives alone in a world of wounds. Aldo Leopold environmental rivers world We console ourselves with the comfortable fallacy that a single museum piece will do, ignoring the clear dictum of history that a species must be saved in many places if it is to be saved at all. Aldo Leopold environmental rivers museums In our attempt to make conservation easy, we have made it trivial. Aldo Leopold environmental easy rivers On our crowded planet there are no longer any internal affairs! Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn environmental affair planets 1234567891011»
