- Environmentalists
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- Nov 07, 2020
Environmental Quotes
On awareness, activism, and the politics neither can escape.
One quote points to women in Kenya walking for hours to find water and firewood as the first to feel environmental degradation, grounding the topic in daily life rather than policy debate. For related themes, see our Earth quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Environmental Issues
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- Nov 07, 2020
The potential in many environmental issues is that if you undertake corrective action without appropriate understanding of the problem, then you wind up doing more harm than good.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I align myself with almost all researchers in assuming that anything we do is a composite of whatever genetic limitations were given to us by our parents and whatever kinds of environmental opportunities are available.
- Plant
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- Nov 07, 2020
As an environmental scientist, I think our first need is to feed and shelter and nurture. That has always required the exploitation of plant life, and it always will.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not a doctor or scientist. I'm just a mom. But I do think there's a genetic predisposition, and there are environmental triggers. I feel like that combination, in my child's case, is what resulted in autism.
- Growth
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- Nov 07, 2020
Economic growth and environmental protection are not at odds. They're opposite sides of the same coin if you're looking at longer-term prosperity.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think we have grave problems. I am very much concerned about environmental questions, even though in Finnish society, we are not facing the most urgent problems.
- Nov 07, 2020
I'm sad that it's uncool or offensive to talk about environmental or human rights issues.
- Human
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- Nov 07, 2020
You cannot achieve environmental security and human development without addressing the basic issues of health and nutrition.
- Hope
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- Nov 07, 2020
So to hope to be able to have peace, to be able to have justice and environmental balance, are consequences of our behavior, not just our intentions.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I feel privileged to be a U.N. ambassador. It gives me an opportunity to use my voice to help raise awareness about important social and environmental issues.
- Health
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- Nov 07, 2020
E-waste is the fastest growing waste stream in the United States and can pose serious environmental and health problems here and around the world when not handled properly.
- Environmental Issue
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- Nov 07, 2020