~ We have modified our environment so radically that we must now modify ourselves to exist in this new environment. ~
~ In an underdeveloped country, don't drink the water; in a developed country, don't breathe the air. ~
~ We generate our own environment. We get exactly what we deserve. How can we resent a life we've created ourselves? Who's to blame, who's to credit but us? Who can change it, anytime we wish, but us? ~
~ 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? ~
~ The difference between animals and humans is that animals change themselves for the environment, but humans change the environment for themselves. ~
~ Environments are not just containers, but are processes that change the content totally. ~
~ If all mankind were to disappear, the world would regenerate back to the rich state of equilibrium that existed ten thousand years ago. If insects were to vanish, the environment would collapse into chaos. ~
~ Living simply has resulted in us becoming more aware of the environment and the impact we have on it. ~
~ Our environmental problems originate in the hubris of imagining ourselves as the central nervous system or the brain of nature. We're not the brain, we are a cancer on nature. ~
~ We won't have a society if we destroy the environment. ~
~ It is horrifying that we have to fight our own government to save the environment. ~
~ This fight against drilling in the Arctic Refuge is a fight about our principles. It’s about standing up for our environment, our families and our future, and I won’t give up this fight. ~