The Pacific coral reef, as a kind of oasis in a desert, can stand as an object lesson for man who must now learn that mutualism between autotrophic a…

- Eugene Odum

Cooperation for mutual benefit, a survival strategy very common in natural systems, is one that humanity needs to emulate.

- Eugene Odum

We are able to breathe, drink, and eat in comfort because millions of organisms and hundreds of processes are operating to maintain a liveable enviro…

- Eugene Odum

When the study of the household (ecology) and the management of the household (economics) can be merged, and when ethics can be extended to include e…

- Eugene Odum

The fate of the soil system depends on society's willingness to intervene in the market place, and to forego some of the short-term benefits that acc…

- Eugene Odum