There is one, and only one solution, and we have almost no time to try it. We must turn all our resources to repairing the natural world, and train all our young people to help. They want to; we need to give them this last chance to create forests, soils, clean waters, clean energies, secure communities, stable regions, and to know how to do it from hands-on experience.
Interpretation
The quote emphasizes the urgent need to restore the environment and educate the youth on sustainable practices.
Bill Mollison highlights the critical urgency of addressing environmental issues by focusing all available resources on repairing our natural ecosystems. He emphasizes the importance of training young people in sustainable practices, equipping them with the skills and knowledge necessary to create a healthier planet through hands-on experience, as their enthusiasm and willingness can be pivotal in reversing environmental damage.
In practice
During a school assembly focused on environmental awareness, this quote can inspire students to get involved in ecological projects.
Permaculture is a philosophy of working with, rather than against nature; of protracted and thoughtful observation rather than protracted and thoughtless labor; and of looking at plants and animals in all their functions, rather than treating any area as a single product system
We're only truly secure when we can look out our kitchen window and see our food growing and our friends working nearby.
No aquarium, no tank in a marine land, however spacious it may be, can begin to duplicate the conditions of the sea. And no dolphin who inhabits one of those aquariums or one of those marine lands can be considered normal.
We won't have a society if we destroy the environment.
But once the ants and termites jumped the high barrier that prevents the vast variety of evolving animal groups from becoming fully social, they dominated the world.
before the gate -- my walking stick's made a river of melting snow
Not blind opposition to progress,but opposition to blind progress.
The most common form of terrorism in the U.S.A. is that carried on by bulldozers and chainsaws. It is not enough to understand the natural world; the point is to defend and preserve it. Sentiment without action is the ruin of the soul.
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