59 Quotes About Climate-crisis

History is humankind trying to get a grip. Obviously its not easy. But it could go better if you would pay a little more attention to certain details, like for instance your planet.

The health of our environment should be a non partisan issue. If we remain divided, it will not be effectively addressed.

There was no need to burn our ships upon arrival, like the explorers of old, to ensure the crew's dedication to the mission. Instead, we'd burned our home.

The full costs of consumption beyond market prices are hard to determine and hard to see, and they are typically underestimated. The benefits of consumption, by contrast, are immediate and tangible, and they are typically overestimated, thanks in part to an enormous and enormously sophisticated marketing apparatus. This asymmetry contributes to our overconsumption.

I find it very sad that by the time corporate science realizes the value of nature, that it may be too late

I remember going on a protest when I was 14. We sat down in the city's busiest junction. We stopped all the cars until the police or some thugs dragged us away.

We spent a few hours struggling to come up with better explanations, but each suggestion was shot down almost as soon as it was made. The suggestions became wilder, eventually to the point of silliness.

The human mind can solve the problem of climate change, but the world is ruled by the mind of politicians, and this low mind always produce problems, let alone solve a problem!

Adults keep saying: "We owe it to the young people to give them hope."But I don't want your hope.I don't want you to be hopeful.I want you to panic.I want you to feel the fear I feel every day.And then I want you to act.I want you to act as you would in a crisis.I want you to act as if our house is on fire.Because it is.