Quotes About Environment

Space adaptation syndrome is certainly real.

In many people's minds, Everest has lost her crown. She has become a mountain synonymous with death, exploitation and pollution.

We are working to understand and regulate per- and polyfluoroalkyl synthetic chemicals, known as PFAS and PFOS, used to make water-repellent fabrics and non-stick products. These chemicals have been in prevalent use since the 1940s, but we need to learn more about their potential effects on human health and the environment.

Saving animals is as simple as choosing synthetic alternatives instead of real fur.

Synthetic biology can help address key challenges facing the planet and its population. Research in synthetic biology may lead to new things such as programmed cells that self-assemble at the sites of disease to repair damage.

They make really great synthetic fur - you really don't need real fur. And it's cheaper, so why spend the money?

New data suggests contamination in rivers and streams, as well as on land, is increasingly common, with most of the pollution in the form of microscopic pieces of synthetic fibers, largely from clothing.

We're still expecting capitalism to solve problems: 'Maybe if we sell enough oil, we can give some profits to an environmental agency!' Capitalism isn't a moral system.

The global climate is a complex interactive system, with all kinds of nonlinear feedback loops.

Change or be changed, right? And what we mean by that is that climate change, if we don't change course, if we don't change our political and economic system, is going to change everything about our physical world.

Learning is any change in a system that produces a more or less permanent change in its capacity for adapting to its environment.

Your belief system saturates the space around you.

The soil is not a mass of dead debris, merely resulting from the physical and chemical weathering of rocks; it is a more or less homogeneous system which has resulted from the decomposition of plant and animal remains. It is teeming with life.

When you're in the right system, right fit and you got the right structure, it's easy to see certain players blossom. That was a key for me.

Rain harvesting should be made mandatory and should be made more systematic to ensure that every drop of rain is preserved.

Of course, individual change doesn't make much difference in a holistic picture... but we need both systemic change and individual change.

We must get rid of fossil fuels by developing injection systems for automobiles, which can run on bio-fuel.

Healthy forests and wetlands stand sentry against the dangers of climate change, absorbing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and locking it away in plants, root systems and soil.

We need a NASA-like organization for ocean exploration, because we need to be exploring and protecting our life support systems here on Earth.

local eating calls for more ingenuity and self-sacrifice in some places than in others.

Listening to what motivates employees helps them to excel in what they do best, thus creating a happier, more fulfilling work environment. By

I suppose parents try to teach their children what they need to survive in their own environment.

I used to be such a militant city-ist, but more and more I've seen forests and nature and oceans, and I don't know any more if this is the awesomest way to live.

Nur so aber hatte die Menschheit – den verschiedensten Umweltbedingungen ausgesetzt – eine Chance, sich zu entfalten und trotz Katastrophen zu überleben.