Quotes About Sustainability

One of the first conditions of happiness is that the link between Man and Nature shall not be broken.

I don't believe in making war with food. Food is not the enemy. Said by Claire in The 5th Horseman

The problem was that our focused, obsessive drive to conquer nature and make ourselves more comfortable had left the natural systems of the planet polluted and on the verge of collapse. We

We can live in and from the Nature and these Will accept us. Wij kunnen in en van de natuur leven en deze accepteert ons.

If we take care the Nature it will be our careful Mother.

Shelly pulled out another crate. "People back then were the original recyclers, weren't they? Wooden crates, reusable glass soda bottles. That was kind of cool. Why did we ever stop? Now we have plastic bottles littering the ocean.

Every day we make some impact on the planet. And the cumulative effect of millions of small ethical actions will truly make a difference.

Arguably, we are the most intellectual creatures that's ever walked on planet Earth. So how come, then, that this so intellectual creature is destroying its only home?

Consider the farmer who sprays his fields with insecticide to kill the bugs that are damaging his crops. He kills thousands of harmless insects as well, including some that actually do good, such as bees that pollinate the flowers and give us honey. Creatures that feed on insects, especially birds, also get sick and die. In the end, because the poisonous chemicals get widely distributed, humans may become sick, too.

Nature can win if we give her a chance.

Unfortunately, Doug, we have lost the long-term perspective, and we are suffering from an absurd and very unwise belief that there can be unlimited economic development on a planet of finite natural resources, focusing on short-term results or profits at the expense of long-term interests.

When making decisions most people ask, 'Will it help me or my family now or the next shareholders' meeting or my next election campaign?' The hallmark of wisdom is asking, 'What effects will the decision I make today have on future generations? On the health of the planet?

We're not really a very intelligent species when we destroy our home.

When a mother tree is cut down, this is likely to have an adverse effect on the development of the young, replacement seedling, and thus the regeneration of the entire forest may be compromised.

The Seed Cathedral.

First—we must alleviate poverty. If you are living in crippling poverty, you will cut down the last tree to grow food. Or fish the last fish because you're desperate to feed your family. In an urban area you will buy the cheapest food—you do not have the luxury of choosing a more ethically produced product.

Bulbophyllum echinolabium), which, until recently, was threatened by both overcollection and logging.

We must remember that we have not inherited this planet from our parents, we have borrowed it from our children. But we have not been borrowing their future, we have stolen it and we keep stealing it.

An intelligent animal would not destroy its only home—

The environment we create will determine what prevails. In other words, what we nurture and encourage wins.

One of the most important things about roots is that they hold the soil in place.

First—we must alleviate poverty.

eco-anxiety.

the people understand that protecting the forest is not just for wildlife but for their own future, and so they have become our partners in conservation