Quotes About Environment

Since when did scientific evidence become a reason to shy away from ecological action just because it wasn't popular?

I learned from my parents to revere nature. Their way of teaching my siblings and I to respect the environment was to be in it, and so we spent a great deal of time outdoors.

I'm just sick of food going in the garbage.

The environmental problems of developing countries are not the side effects of excessive industrialisation but reflect the inadequacy of development.

Economic growth and environmental protection are not at odds. They're opposite sides of the same coin if you're looking at longer-term prosperity.

The Sierra Club in the United States has now really come out for population control and reduction.

The Sierra Club is a very good and a very powerful force for conservation and, as a matter of fact, has grown faster since I left than it was growing while I was there! It must be doing something right.

From high school, you can see my Sierra Club card - I've been a member since 1979. That gives you an indication of early interest.

There are major groups, including the Sierra Club, that support efforts to deprive poor countries of energy.

My fear is that we are losing sight of how much we depend on the EPA to protect not just our environment but the people who live in it.

Some say we should not engage in activism. Instead we should leave everything to our politicians and just vote for a change instead. But what do we do when there is no political will? What do we do when the politics needed are nowhere in sight?

I think I was the first executive to ever speak at a Greenpeace business conference, in London in 2001. That didn't play well here at Ford, but I thought it was an important signal to send internally, that these were the kind of issues we needed to be grappling with.

If Republicans start losing their seats because they're climate deniers, that is a very salutary signal.

I think it is going to be great to be in a building where you can literally hear the quarterback calling signals.

I'm not interested in placing my signature on a house but would rather it be a signature of the place it's located.

The Paris Agreement is an agreement that has really such a huge, huge level of credibility and strength. Not only was it signed by more than 190 countries in record time, it has also been ratified in record time, and it has also, really, also a lot of support form the people, the public in general.

The whole world is moving to Kyoto II, but Australia is not there on the same basis because it is now seen as a delinquent country. Prime Minister Howard has led a delinquency because we signed up, and then we reneged on it. The world will be expecting that next time around as well.

I chose Interscope because I like the people there and the environment that was there. And the fact that not a lot of people get signed to Interscope.

Business has to change the way it does business, or we will make no significant changes in the way we relate to the earth.

We continue to operate in a fast-changing environment driven by so much disruption, and in this context, we see significant opportunity and demand for Accenture's highly relevant and differentiated services.

Renewable energy is very significant.

Climate change is happening, and humans are significant contributors, and that raises some really important policy questions.

I support the need for Canada to play a significant role in reducing global emissions.

I love hiking in the hills not far from my house. I'm invested in my hikes. Sometimes kids go up there and spray-paint over the signs; I've found a biodegradable paint cleaner, and I'll scrub the signs so they're nice and clean.