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Cities all over the world are getting bigger as more and more peop

Cities all over the world are getting bigger as more and more people move from rural to urban sites, but that has created enormous problems with respect to environmental pollution and the general quality of life. – Alan Dundes

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I have a great advantage over many of my colleagues inasmuch as my students bring with them to class their own personal knowledge of national, regional, religious, ethnic, occupational, and family folklore traditions. – Alan Dundes

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Knowledge
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In the light of our culture, these are not unreasonable questions and tactics, but if once again, we try to see the lens through which we look, we can see that there is far too great an emphasis placed on the future. – Alan Dundes

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Future
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Future orientation is combined with a notion and expectation of progress, and nothing is impossible. – Alan Dundes

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At every turn, when humanity is asked the question, Do you want temporary economic gain or long-term environmental loss, which one do you prefer, we invariably choose the money. – Ethan Hawke

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You cannot achieve environmental security and human development without addressing the basic issues of health and nutrition. – Gro Harlem Brundtland

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Keep close to Natures heart… and break clear away, once in awhile, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean. – John Muir

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Furthermore, both Pennsylvania and New Jersey Departments of Environmental Protection have evaluated the sediment to be dredged and also found it to be not toxic. – Robert Brady

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