Instead of controlling the environment for the benefit of the population, perhaps we should control the population to ensure the survival of our envi….

Bringing nature into the classroom can kindle a fascination and passion for the diversity of life on earth and can motivate a sense of responsibility….

The fact is that no species has ever had such wholesale control over everything on earth, living or dead, as we now have. That lays upon us, whether ….

The truth is: the natural world is changing. And we are totally dependent on that world. It provides our food, water and air. It is the most precious….

Anyone who believes in indefinite growth on a physically finite planet is either mad or an economist.

We can now destroy or we can cherish-the choice is ours..

What humans do over the next 50 years will determine the fate of all life on the planet..

How could I look my grandchildren in the eye and say I knew what was happening to the world and did nothing..

The question is, are we happy to suppose that our grandchildren may never be able to see an elephant except in a picture book?.

I'm not over-fond of animals. I am merely astounded by them..

People must feel that the natural world is important and valuable and beautiful and wonderful and an amazement and a pleasure..

The nature of human beings is that they'd far rather face the disaster that is happening tonight than the one that is happening tomorrow..

Being in touch with the natural world is crucial..

No one will protect what they don't care about, and no one will care about what they have never experienced..

Everyone likes birds. What wild creature is more accessible to our eyes and ears, as close to us and everyone in the world, as universal as a bird?.

I'm no longer sceptical. I no longer have any doubt at all. I think climate change is the major challenge facing the world..

I just wish the world was twice as big and half of it was still unexplored..

I don't know [why we're here]. People sometimes say to me, 'Why don't you admit that the humming bird, the butterfly, the Bird of Paradise are proof ….

There are some four million different kinds of animals and plants in the world. Four million different solutions to the problems of staying alive..

If we [humans] disappeared overnight, the world would probably be better off..

Its about cherishing the woodland at the bottom of your garden or the stream that runs through it. It affects every aspect of life..