- Parents
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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
- Health
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- Nov 07, 2020
The world has been experiencing a whole pattern of auto-destruction, whether in environmental disasters like Chernobyl or health disasters like AIDS.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Here on Earth, we've found organisms that thrive in environmental conditions we would have once thought uninhabitable. The presence of these extremophiles suggests that life could potentially take hold on worlds other than our own.
- Management
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- Nov 07, 2020
I never thought I would hear Labour and Scottish Nationalist ministers in both Westminster and Holyrood publicly recognise the environmental benefits of good grouse moor management.
- Ignore
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- Nov 07, 2020
We ignore slow environmental changes unless they are crisis-driven, such as hurricanes in Florida.
- Environmental Issues
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- Nov 07, 2020
This whole idea that we address environmental issues by not doing stuff just doesn't work.
- Hell
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- Nov 07, 2020
That's the big mistake the environmental movement made - 'We'll scare the hell out of you, and you'll become an activist'.
- Health
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- Nov 07, 2020
I realised the animal agriculture industry is actually awful and tragic and I can't bear to be a part of that. The environmental impact of the agriculture industry, the health impact on us, there's all the reasons.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you look at the history of other movements, whether Civil Rights or environmental rights, these are all decades-long undertakings.
- Early Childhood
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- Nov 07, 2020
Congress created tax-exempt 501(c)(4)s to operate exclusively for social welfare purposes like early childhood education, environmental protection, and veteran's assistance. However, an IRS regulation allows 501(c)(4)s to operate primarily for the promotion of social welfare.
- Dead
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- Nov 07, 2020
In addition to contributing to erosion, pollution, food poisoning, and the dead zone, corn requires huge amounts of fossil fuel - it takes a half gallon of fossil fuel to produce a bushel of corn.
- Education
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- Nov 07, 2020
During my travels in Iraq, Israel, Gaza, Brazil, Indonesia, Japan, Europe and all over the United States, I have seen and heard the voices of people who want change. They want the stabilization of the economy, education and healthcare for all, renewable energy and an environmental vision with an eye on generations to come.
- Climate
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- Nov 07, 2020