Quotes by Environmental The environmental crisis is somber evidence of an insidious fraud hidden in the vaunted productivity and wealth of modern, technology-based society. This wealth has been gained by rapid short-term exploitation of the environmental system, but it has blindly accumulated a debt to nature-a debt so large and so pervasive that in the next generation it may, if unpaid, wipe out most of the wealth it has gained us. Barry Commoner environmental generations technology The favorite statistic is that the U.S. contains 6 to 7% of the world population but consumes more than half the world's resources and is responsible for that fraction of the total environmental pollution. But this statistic hides another vital fact: that not everyone in the U.S. is so affluent. Barry Commoner environmental affluence facts The modern assault on the environment began about 50 years ago, during and immediately after World War II. Barry Commoner environmental war years When you fully understand the situation, it is worse than you think. Barry Commoner environmental understanding thinking Perhaps the simplest example is a synthetic plastic, which unlike natural materials, is not degraded by biological decay. It therefore persists as rubbish or is burned-in both cases causing pollution. In the same way, a substance such as DDT or lead, which plays no role in the chemistry of life and interferes with the actions of substances that do, is bound to cause ecological damage if sufficiently concentrated. Barry Commoner ddt environmental play 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. Barry Commoner hazards environmental independent The environmental crisis is a signal of this approaching catastrophe. Barry Commoner signals environmental crisis In general, any productive activity which introduces substances foreign to the natural environment runs a considerable risk of polluting it. Barry Commoner environmental risk running My entry into the environmental arena was through the issue that so dramatically - and destructively - demonstrates the link between science and social action: nuclear weapons. Barry Commoner environmental issues links Finally, since human beings are uniquely capable of producing materials not found in nature, environmental degradation may be due to the resultant intrusion into an ecosystem of a substance wholly foreign to it. Barry Commoner environmental degradation ecosystems The environmental crisis is a global problem, and only global action will resolve it. Barry Commoner environmental problem action What is new is that environmentalism intensely illuminates the need to confront the corporate domain at its most powerful and guarded point - the exclusive right to govern the systems of production. Barry Commoner environmental powerful needs We are in an environmental crisis which threatens the survival of this nation, and of the world as a suitable place of human habitation. Barry Commoner earth-day environmental survival The environmental crisis is a sign that the ecosphere is now so heavily strained that its continued stability is threatened. It is a warning that we must discover the source of this suicidal drive and master it before it destroys the environment-and ourselves. Barry Commoner environmental suicidal warning I am passionate about exploring the confluence of environmental and human health. I believe that the goals of conservation must constantly revisit a stated purpose. Barton Seaver environmental goal believe I'm such an advocate for animal rights and environmental rights. Beau Garrett environmental rights animal I never held Negroes to be inherently inferior. The statement in Marriage and Morals refers to environmental conditioning. I have had it withdrawn from subsequent editions because it is clearly ambiguous. Bertrand Russell conditioning environmental moral Much guilt arises in the life of the believer from practicing the chameleon life of environmental adaptation. Beth Moore adaptation environmental guilt A primary function of art and thought is to liberate the individual from the tyranny of his culture in the environmental sense and to permit him to stand beyond it in an autonomy of perception and judgment. Beverly Sills environmental perception art I believe very strongly that corporations could and should be a major force for resolving social and environmental concerns in the twenty-first century. Bill Ford environmental twenties believe «1234567891011»