Environmental quotes

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◆ He who hears the rippling of rivers in these degenerate days will not utterly despair.

- Henry David Thoreau100

◆ Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.

- Margaret Mead100

◆ If we're destroying our trees and destroying our environment and hurting animals and hurting one another and all that stuff, there's got to be a very powerful energy to fight that. I think we need more love in the world. We need more kindness, more compassion, more joy, more laughter. I definitely want to contribute to that.

- Ellen DeGeneres100

◆ If all mankind were to disappear, the world would regenerate back to the rich state of equilibrium that existed ten thousand years ago. If insects were to vanish, the environment would collapse into chaos.

- E. O. Wilson99

◆ We have no reason to think that climate change is harmful if you look at the world as a whole. Most places, in fact, are better off being warmer than being colder. And historically, the really bad times for the environment and for people have been the cold periods rather than the warm periods.

- Freeman Dyson99

◆ I think the cost of energy will come down when we make this transition to renewable energy.

- Al Gore99

◆ Birds are indicators of the environment. If they are in trouble, we know we'll soon be in trouble.

- Roger Tory Peterson99

◆ Every time I have some moment on a seashore, or in the mountains, or sometimes in a quiet forest, I think this is why the environment has to be preserved.

- Bill Bradley99

◆ Thank God men cannot fly, and lay waste the sky as well as the earth.

- Henry David Thoreau99

◆ You will die but the carbon will not; its career does not end with you. It will return to the soil, and there a plant may take it up again in time, sending it once more on a cycle of plant and animal life.

- Jacob Bronowski99

◆ You may be able to fool the voters, but not the atmosphere.

- Donella Meadows99

◆ Raising awareness on the most pressing environmental issues of our time is more important than ever.

- Leonardo DiCaprio99

◆ In Kenya women are the first victims of environmental degradation, because they are the ones who walk for hours looking for water, who fetch firewood, who provide food for their families.

- Wangari Maathai99

◆ All is connected... no one thing can change by itself.

- Paul Hawken99

◆ Harmony with land is like harmony with a friend; you cannot cherish his right hand and chop off his left.

- Aldo Leopold99