Quotes on Eco Friendly

Man is a complex being: he makes deserts bloom - and lakes die.

The supreme reality of our time is the vulnerability of our planet.

It is horrifying that we have to fight our own government to save the environment.

Forests are the lungs of our land.

It's important for celebrities, environmentalists and world leaders to continue to increase education and eco-awareness through the forums provided to them naturally by virtue of being famous. Take inspiration from these words of wisdom from a Nazi-era teenager and concentration camp victim: "how wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world."

The global environment crisis is, as we say in Tennessee, real as rain, and I cannot stand the thought of leaving my children with a degraded earth and a diminished future.

When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.

I think we need more love in the world. We need more kindness, more compassion, more joy, more laughter. I definitely want to contribute to that.

If we want to move towards a low-polluting, sustainable society, we need to get consumers to think about their purchases.

We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with love and respect.

The use of solar energy has not been opened up because the oil industry does not own the sun.

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 heard.

Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together. All things connect.

To cherish what remains of the Earth and to foster its renewal is our only legitimate hope of survival.

You go into a community and they will vote 80 percent to 20 percent in favor of a tougher Clean Air Act, but if you ask them to devote 20 minutes a year to having their car emissions inspected, they will vote 80 to 20 against it. We are a long way in this country from taking individual responsibility for the environmental problem.

Man must feel the earth to know himself and recognize his values. God made life simple. It is man who complicates it.

There is a sufficiency in the world for man's need but not for man's greed.