Mankind has probably done more damage to the Earth in the 20th century than in all of previous human history.
“Mankind has probably done more damage to the Earth in the 20th century than in all of previous human history.”
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Mankind has probably done more damage to the Earth in the 20th century than in all of previous human history.
“Mankind has probably done more damage to the Earth in the 20th century than in all of previous human history.”
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“Mankind has probably done more damage to the Earth in the 20th century than in all of previous human history.”
“We must plant the sea and herd its animals using the sea as farmers instead of hunters. That is what civilization is all about - farming replacing hunting.”
“I am not a scientist. I am, rather, an impresario of scientists.”
“If we go on the way we have, the fault is our greed and if we are not willing to change, we will disappear from the face of the globe, to be replaced by the insect.”
“However fragmented the world, however intense the national rivalries, it is an inexorable fact that we become more interdependent every day.”
“We forget that the water cycle and the life cycle are one.”
“Take a course in good water and air; and in the eternal youth of Nature you may renew your own. Go quietly, alone; no harm will befall you.”
“We won't have a society if we destroy the environment.”
“I'm very concerned for the future of the earth and its amazing creatures. We've got to be careful and make sure we don't foul our own nest.”
“I don't own designer clothes, or a sports car, or a huge house, but I am seeing the world, experiencing amazing things, and I have become an environmental campaigner.”
“The cheapest natural gas in the world is in the United States.”
“There is this notion that is quite popular in the environmental scene that every little bit helps, or 'Think global, act local.' I disagree with that. I think you have to start with how big the solution needs to be to solve the problem and then reason backward from there.”