Quotes About Environment

The high seas - in other words, the oceans beyond the 200-mile national limits - are a lawless realm.

I've been a pain in the rear for the Republican Party, and if I were to continue to be involved in the Democratic Party, I will continue to be a pain in the rear on campaign finance, health care, the environment. I'm not interested in party loyalty issues.

There is no reason why EPA's role should ebb and flow based on a particular administration or a particular administrator.

The saddest fact of climate change - and the chief reason we should be concerned about finding a proper response - is that the countries it will hit hardest are already among the poorest and most long-suffering.

Well, I think it's clear that the climate is changing. I think reasonable people can differ about how much and how rapidly. But I think it's clear that it's changing and it's clear that humans are a contributing factor.

You're really creative when you're in an environment that you don't know how to handle. So collaborating was like that for me. I think that was one of the reasons why I knew I was gonna get a challenging reaction.

But the main thing is to give people permission to feel it and to put grief at the heart of what Extinction Rebellion's about.

We had a 25-step process coming up with the name Extinction Rebellion.

I believe with all my heart that bold, public investments in care for people, communities, and the environment can anchor the rebirth of our country and secure our future.

The way a play is seen is completely dependent on the circumstances and the world in which it is received.

In my view, the best gift is one that benefits both the receiver and the planet.

The cells of an organism are nodes in a richly interwoven communications network, transmitting and receiving, coding and decoding. Evolution itself embodies an ongoing exchange of information between organism and environment.

I am delighted to see that the issue of coral reefs is receiving the attention it deserves.

Forms in nature are a byproduct of a reciprocal action between a given material and the conditions of the environment. But in architecture, the process is the direct opposite: First you decide on the form, and then you think how to build it in reality.

My family recycles paper and bottles, but I reckon a proper wormery for the garden compost would be the way to go.

The Government needs to recognise that we live on a planet with finite resources - and start measuring our progress as a society by the quality of our lives, not the expansion of our GDP.

It's important to recognise that humans are not the measure of all things... The Earth is the measure of all things.

I am one of those from the green movement who recognises the low carbon benefits of nuclear generation.

There is a growing recognition of the importance of really bringing pollution under control.

I hope that in future Congresses there will reemerge a recognition that climate change is a reality, that our policies to meet our energy needs must also deal responsibly with environmental issues, including the damage caused by greenhouse gas emissions.

Fish recognize a bad leader.

All of us, more than we recognize, are products of the thinking around us. And much of this thinking is little, not big.

I think today we recognize that economic activity needs to search for ways to protect the environment.

Whether things turn out for the better depends on what we do. We ought not spend our time masterminding the future, but recognize our marching orders: to do the best we can for history and the planet.