We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children
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We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children
The old Lakota was wise. He knew that man's heart, away from nature, becomes hard; he knew that lack of respect for growing, living things soon led to lack of respect for humans too.
We are facing a tipping point of environmental crisis unprecedented in human history and our very survival is dependent on protecting nature.
We're a part of nature. As we destroy nature, we destroy ourselves. It's a selfish thing to want to protect nature.
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.
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