Occupation: Professor Birth: March 24, 1936
Unless we are willing to encourage our children to reconnect with and appreciate the natural world, we can't expect them to help protect and care for….
If all humans disappeared today ,the earth would start improving tomorrow.If all the ants disappeared today ,the earth would start dying tomorrow..
For the sake of our health, our children and grandchildren and even our economic well-being, we must make protecting the planet our top priority..
If we pollute the air, water and soil that keep us alive and well, and destroy the biodiversity that allows natural systems to function, no amount of….
Change is never easy, and it often creates discord, but when people come together for the good of humanity and the Earth, we can accomplish great thi….
Education has failed in a very serious way to convey the most important lesson science can teach: skepticism..
How you imagine the world determines how you live in it..
We're in a giant car heading towards a brick wall and everyone's arguing over where they're going to sit..
You are what you do, not what you say..
In nature there is no such thing as waste. In nature nothing is wasted; everything is recycled..
There is a gyre of discarded floating plastic the size of the continental USA in the ocean. In it, plastic trash outweighs plankton 40 to 1..
Human use of fossil fuels is altering the chemistry of the atmosphere; oceans are polluted and depleted of fish; 80 per cent of Earth's forests are h….
If we want to move towards a low-polluting, sustainable society, we need to get consumers to think about their purchases..
We can't blame children for occupying themselves with Facebook rather than playing in the mud. Our society doesn't put a priority on connecting with ….
One of the joys of being a grandparent is getting to see the world again through the eyes of a child..
Every breath is a sacrament, an affirmation of our connection with all other living things, a renewal of our link with our ancestors and a contributi….
I see a world in the future in which we understand that all life is related to us and we treat that life with great humility and respect. I see us as….
Conventional economics is a form of brain damage. Economics is so fundamentally disconnected from the real world, it is destructive..
Debating the best way to do something we shouldn't be doing in the first place is a sure way to end up in the wrong place..
I can't imagine anything more important than air, water, soil, energy and biodiversity. These are the things that keep us alive..
The environment is so fundamental to our continued existence that it must transcend politics and become a central value of all members of society..