342 Quotes About Environmentalism

Given humans’ tendency to see themselves as the pivots around which all creatures’ lives spun, the bewildered travelers assumed the wolves were talking to them.

Instead of modifying their beliefs, institutions, politics, and property systems to fit their environment, humans enter habitats and alter them to suit their cultures.

They saluted the last wolves. Sure, they devoured property, but they did so with enthusiasm and panache. The animals had to die, but the humans felt nostalgic about their passing.

There is nothing wrong in development, it is wrong when development happens at the cost of environment and at the cost of culture and humanity.

You know what happens when windmills collapse into the sea? A splash.

She leaned into me, and I could feel her hot breath against my ear. 'I want you to eat me,' she whispered. 'I want you to eat me like you’re an angry Alaskan grizzly and I’m Timothy Treadwell.

The present is a square. The past, accentuated and full of motif. From where we live to the technology we abide, society has regressed to a younger state. Big bright blocky colors phase out the carefully crafted lines straight. The circle is a bit further, already in nature, returning us to our lost origin.

Hey, I said we don't carry weapons, I didn't say we couldn't defend ourselves." Captain Stanley Memphis, head of alien team disguised as pint-sized critters on a quest to learn if humans are savage bastards or a benevolent tribe.

The obligation to endure gives us the right to know.