Quotes About Environment

By eating meat we share the responsibility of climate change, the destruction of our forests, and the poisoning of our air and water. The simple act of becoming a vegetarian will make a difference in the health of our planet.

There is more carbon in the atmosphere trapping heat and moisture than ever before in the 165,000 years of human history.

But I absolutely believe that architecture is a social activity that has to do with some sort of communication or places of interaction, and that to change the environment is to change behaviour.

Well, my son really loves wildlife. And everytime he draws a polar bear I want to tell him there probably won't any by the time... he's my age. That's kinda hard to deal with.

Oh leave this barren spot to me!Spare, woodman, spare the beechen tree!

Cap and trade is not an easy one for refiners, so we tried to get some moderation in the bill, and we did, but not near as much I would like.

What's near and dear to my heart is cooperative conservation.

I feel best in nature or near nature.

I remember the last time the Grateful Dead played in Seattle, at the Seattle Center. I was living there, and after the show, I was walking to work near there, and I'd never seen so much debris. There were mountains of garbage.

I really have a passion for the sea, so I think it's important that whatever I do, I want to be near the sea.

When people flirt with despair about the future, they are less likely to take the actions necessary to safeguard it, focusing instead on the short-term.

They've got to tell us what is necessary to ensure the future health of the river system.

There's no way we could take cars off the planet and not have our society fall apart. So they're a necessary evil, in that sense.

Fuel conservation is a necessity, and I have to be the first person to set the example.

After I broke my neck, I began thinking more about The Kitchen: How can we come up with some way to make real food more affordable? Food that's locally-grown, if possible, fundamentally nourishing to the body, nourishing to the planet.

Every day, we are bombarded with a multitude of toxins in the environment. We know that the negative health impacts from this constant exposure can add up.

Everybody can make a choice to be more positive. It's about who you hang around and what you choose to watch on TV. What environment you put yourself in. It's easy to get a negative internal dialogue. You have to be aware of what's playing in your mind.

If we're serious about our kids having a livable world, building fossil fuel infrastructure in 2018 is a sign of deep negligence, which is the kindest thing I can say about it.

My neighbor is now an 18-wheeler who comes by here 1,000 times a day.

The reason most of the children are having problems in any inner-city neighborhood is because they don't see enough positive role models in their own environment.

You can live an entire lifetime in Chicago and not hear a gunshot, but if you go in a certain neighborhood then you can live your whole lifetime hearing gunshots all the time.

Our most polluted neighborhoods are disproportionately home to Latinos, African Americans, and other communities of color.

I guess with a Netflix show, if you're a kid, it's all dependent on how you're raised and if you have access to it.

I'm not saying that people should stop flying. I'm just saying it needs to be easier to be climate neutral.