355 Quotes About Ecology

Because of human pollution and overpopulation, the birth of a human being, like the death of a tree, is, to planet earth, a tragedy.

Wer glaubt, es sei gesund, sein Stück Kuchen von einer bunten Papierserviette zu essen, der irrt. Rohstoff- und Energieverbrauch, Transport, Lagerung, Entsorgung, Chemikalieneinsatz und Kosten stehen in keinem Verhältnis zu dem gewonnenen Nutzen.

I don’t want us to be the species that ruins it for the rest. What we do not consume we poison. Sometimes we do both. Perhaps that is how we shall end, by consuming the poisons we have created.

On the land an oak will growOn a bough an owl may standFrom lasting cloud a rain will fallUpon the earth to water seed.Each to each returns its needTo act upon the other's callNo locking ring may stay the handNor halt the seasons as they flow.- Little Song

Humanity cannot keep expanding in numbers and relentless destruction and still expect everything to be ‘ok’. We moved far beyond ‘ok’ a very long time ago, the world is in crisis because of us. To believe otherwise is dangerous and delusional. In this finite world we have only two choices - to change ourselves to fit within it or die out.

The system, to a large extent, causes its own behavior! An outside event may may unleash that behavior, but the same outside event applied to a different system is likely to produce a different result.

The landscapes where beavers can do the most good aren’t always ready for them. Environmental need and political opportunity don’t necessarily overlap, especially in the American West - witness the wolf, at once ecological hero and agricultural villain.

The story of our human lineage is continually enlarged, almost daily, by discoveries from physical anthropology, archeology, and genetics.

Knowing nature is part of knowing God. Faith directs us to the invisible God, but leads us back from God to the entire visible world.