We're going to have to do a whole lot more, and give nature at least a chance to repair some of the damage we've done..

There is no domestic issue more important to America in the long run than the conservation and proper use of our natural resources, including fresh w….

Dr. S. Dillon Ripley, secretary of the Smithsonian Institute, believes that in 25 years, somewhere between 75 and 80 percent of all the species of li….

There is a great need for the introduction of new values in our society, where bigger is not necessarily better, where slower can be faster, and wher….

If we human beings learn to see the intricacies that bind one part of a natural system to another and then to us, we will no longer argue about the i….

The fate of the living planet is the most important issue facing mankind..

Every person has the inalienable right to a decent environment..

All economic activity is dependent upon that environment and its underlying resource base of forests, water, air, soil, and minerals. When the enviro….

...Your company...will send drugs to all the underdeveloped countries of the world, and since they do not have any standards, we will fool them all a….

Loads of chemicals and hazardous wastes have been introduced into the atmosphere that didn't even exist in 1948. The environmental condition of the p….

The bigger the population gets, the more serious the problems become... We have to address the population issue. The United Nations, with the U.S. su….

Reaching a general understanding that sustainability is the ultimate issue will finally bring us face-to-face with the political challenge of forging….

It was truly an astonishing grassroots explosion, ... The objective was to get a nationwide demonstration of concern for the environment so large tha….

Trails are relatively inexpensive. A splendid national network of all kinds of trails can be established at less cost than a few hundred miles of sup….

As far as I know, most organizations are avoiding population issues because they're politically frightened by the charge that comes from some propone….

I think the internal combustion engine will disappear from the streets of our cities in the next thirty years because transportation will be mass tra….

The ultimate test of a man's conscience may be his willingness to sacrifice something today for future generations whose words of thanks will not be ….

We must realize that we're all part of a web of life around the world. Anytime you extinguish a species, the consequences are serious..

All nations are degrading and consuming their environment to a point beyond capacity. In the past 15 years in the U.S. we have added 1300 cities with….

The issues are by some geometric number - 100 or 200 or 500 - times more complicated today than we appreciated them to be when Franklin Roosevelt was….

The wealth of the nation is its air, water, soil, forests, minerals, rivers, lakes, oceans, scenic beauty, wildlife habitats and biodiversity... that….