Quotes about Environmental

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has."

"Sooner or later, we will have to recognise that the Earth has rights, too, to live without pollution. What mankind must know is that human beings cannot live without Mother Earth, but the planet can live without humans."

"We don't have to sacrifice a strong economy for a healthy environment."

"The future will either be green or not at all."

"We learned that economic growth and environmental protection can and should go hand in hand."

"Conservation is a state of harmony between men and land."

"Environmental pollution is an incurable disease. It can only be prevented."

"I can find God in nature, in animals, in birds and the environment."

"Keep close to Nature's heart... and break clear away, once in awhile, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean."

"We could have saved the Earth but we were too damned cheap."

"Climate change is happening, humans are causing it, and I think this is perhaps the most serious environmental issue facing us."

"The most important thing about global warming is this. Whether humans are responsible for the bulk of climate change is going to be left to the scientists, but it's all of our responsibility to leave this planet in better shape for the future generations than we found it."

"The environment is everything that isn't me."

"Plans to protect air and water, wilderness and wildlife are in fact plans to protect man."

"We won't have a society if we destroy the environment."

"When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe."

"We have enslaved the rest of the animal creation, and have treated our distant cousins in fur and feathers so badly that beyond doubt, if they were able to formulate a religion, they would depict the Devil in human form."

"If you can't be in awe of Mother Nature, there's something wrong with you."

"We are using resources as if we had two planets, not one. There can be no 'plan B' because there is no 'planet B.' -Ban Ki"

"We're running the most dangerous experiment in history right now, which is to see how much carbon dioxide the atmosphere... can handle before there is an environmental catastrophe."

"Destroying rainforest for economic gain is like burning a Renaissance painting to cook a meal."

"Raising awareness on the most pressing environmental issues of our time is more important than ever."

"Energy conservation is the foundation of energy independence."

"Every time I have some moment on a seashore, or in the mountains, or sometimes in a quiet forest, I think this is why the environment has to be preserved."

"Natural gas is a better transportation fuel than gasoline, so if that's the case, it's cheaper, it's cleaner and it's a domestic resource."

"We are aware only of the empty space in the forest, which only yesterday was filled with trees."

"Every creature is better alive than dead, men and moose and pine trees, and he who understands it aright will rather preserve its life than destroy it."

"When all the world appears to be in a tumult, and nature itself is feeling the assault of climate change, the seasons retain their essential rhythm. Yes, fall gives us a premonition of winter, but then, winter, will be forced to relent, once again, to the new beginnings of soft greens, longer light, and the sweet air of spring."

"Climate change is a terrible problem, and it absolutely needs to be solved. It deserves to be a huge priority."

"All is connected... no one thing can change by itself."

"I think the environment should be put in the category of our national security. Defense of our resources is just as important as defense abroad. Otherwise what is there to defend?"

"Thank God men cannot fly, and lay waste the sky as well as the earth."

"The hydrogen powered car, with its high fuel mileage and zero emission rate, is just one example of the products under development that will help increase our energy independence."