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We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children. – Native American Proverb

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When the soil disappears, the soul disappears. – Terri Guillemets

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Dig a trench through a landfill and you will see layers of phone books like geographical strata or layers of cake…. During a recent landfill dig in Phoenix, I found newspapers dating from 1952 that looked so fresh you might read one over breakfast. – William Rathje, The Economist, 8 September 1990

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Civilization… wrecks the planet from seafloor to stratosphere. – Richard Bach

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How can the spirit of the earth like the white man?… Everywhere the white man has touched it, it is sore. – Anonymous Wintu Woman

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