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Man is a complex being: he makes deserts bloom - and lakes die. -

Man is a complex being: he makes deserts bloom – and lakes die. – Gil Stern

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Both optimists and pessimists contribute to our society. The optimist invents the airplane and the pessimist the parachute. – Gil Stern

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We have to walk in a way that we only print peace and serenity on the Earth. Walk as if you are kissing the Earth with your feet. – Thích Nhất Hạnh

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We shall continue to have a worsening ecologic crisis until we reject the Christian axiom that nature has no reason for existence save to serve man. – Lynn White, Jr., "The Historical Roots of Our Ecologic Crisis," 1967

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We are on the precipice of climate system tipping points beyond which there is no redemption. – James Hansen

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We have met the enemy and he is us. – Walt Kelly, Pogo, April 1970

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