God has cared for these trees, saved them from drought, disease, avalanches, and a thousand tempests and floods. But he cannot save them from fools. – John Muir
If people destroy something replaceable made by mankind, they are called vandals if they destroy something irreplaceable made by God, they are called developers. – Joseph Wood Krutch
They claim this mother of ours, the Earth, for their own use, and fence their neighbors away from her, and deface her with their buildings and their refuse. – Sitting Bull
By polluting clear water with slime you will never find good drinking water. – Aeschylus
Conservation is a state of harmony between men and land. – Aldo Leopold
After all, sustainability means running the global environment – Earth Inc. – like a corporation: with depreciation, amortization and maintenance accounts. In other words, keeping the asset whole, rather than undermining your natural capital. – Maurice Strong
You will die but the carbon will not its career does not end with you. It will return to the soil, and there a plant may take it up again in time, sending it once more on a cycle of plant and animal life. – Jacob Bronowski
In a few decades, the relationship between the environment, resources and conflict may seem almost as obvious as the connection we see today between human rights, democracy and peace. – Wangari Maathai
If we gave up eating beef we would have roughly 20 to 30 times more land for food than we have now. – James Lovelock
I see humanity now as one vast plant, needing for its highest fulfillment only love, the natural blessings of the great outdoors, and intelligent crossing and selection. – Luther Burbank
People blame their environment. There is only one person to blame – and only one – themselves. – Robert Collier
Why are ecologists and environmentalists so feared and hated? This is because in part what they have to say is new to the general public, and the new is always alarming. – Garrett Hardin
I think the cost of energy will come down when we make this transition to renewable energy. – Al Gore
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. – Bill Bradley
Journey with me to a true commitment to our environment. Journey with me to the serenity of leaving to our children a planet in equilibrium. – Paul Tsongas
I think Captain Cousteau might be the father of the environmental movement. – Ted Turner
Harmony with land is like harmony with a friend you cannot cherish his right hand and chop off his left. – Aldo Leopold
The only way forward, if we are going to improve the quality of the environment, is to get everybody involved. – Richard Rogers
When we realize we can make a buck cleaning up the environment, it will be done! – Dennis Weaver
I can find God in nature, in animals, in birds and the environment. – Pat Buckley
