#environmental

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He who hears the rippling of rivers in these degenerate days will not utterly despair.


Henry David Thoreau


#environmental #henry-david-thoreau #love #nature #science

If human beings were to treat one another's personal property the way they treat the natural environment, we would view that behavior as anti-social and illegal.


Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew


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We risk losing what nature is if we couch its value in human terms.


Richard Black


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It should be noted, as with so many legends and popularly accepted truths created out of political motivation: There, in fact, is no evidence that the hundreds of murders historically attributed to the werewolves of Gévaudan were actually caused by wolves. As with all witchhunts, the endless battle against ignorance requires one to always keep an open mind and sharp wits when considering such rumors - especially the rumors we choose to enjoy.


Zeena Schreck


#animal-liberation #animal-rights #animal-stories #beatdom #environmentalism

What obligation is more binding than to protect the cherished, to defend whoever or whatever cannot defend itself, and to nurture in turn that which has given nourishment? I’m reminded of words written by John Seed, an Australian environmentalist. When he began considering these questions, he believed, “I am protecting the rain forest.” But as his thought evolved, he realized, “I am part of the rain forest protecting myself.


Richard Nelson


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Modern materialists and religious extremists alike lack the spiritual animistic reverence for non-human beings that every culture once understood as a given.


Zeena Schreck


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Darwinists are right to say that selection favours the organisms that leave alive the most progeny, but vigorous growth takes place within a constrained space where feedback from the environment allows the emergence of natural self-regulation.


James Lovelock


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Even the most ardent environmentalist doesn't really want to stop pollution. If he thinks about it, and doesn't just talk about it, he wants to have the right amount of pollution. We can't really afford to eliminate it - not without abandoning all the benefits of technology that we not only enjoy but on which we depend.


Milton Friedman


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It is horrifying that we have to fight our own government to save the environment.


Ansel Adams


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