Famous quotes by Environmentalists

Small: The latest scientific assessment has almost doubled the predicted rate of warming if no changes are made
Donella Meadows
"The latest scientific assessment has almost doubled the predicted rate of warming if no changes are made"
Donella Meadows, Environmentalist
Small: The grand jurys job is not to weigh the evidence from both sides it is only to decide whether there is enough
Donella Meadows
"The grand jury's job is not to weigh the evidence from both sides; it is only to decide whether there is enough evidence on one side to bring a person to trial"
Donella Meadows, Environmentalist
Small: The European nations take climate change very seriously
Donella Meadows
"The European nations take climate change very seriously"
Donella Meadows, Environmentalist
Small: The climate continues to deteriorate
Donella Meadows
"The climate continues to deteriorate"
Donella Meadows, Environmentalist
Small: Scientists worldwide agree that the reduction needed to stabilize the climate is actually more like 80 percent
Donella Meadows
"Scientists worldwide agree that the reduction needed to stabilize the climate is actually more like 80 percent"
Donella Meadows, Environmentalist
Small: In 1994 the U.S. Court of Appeals decided in the case of Oliver North to permit the release of grand jury evid
Donella Meadows
"In 1994 the U.S. Court of Appeals decided in the case of Oliver North to permit the release of grand jury evidence, because it had already been so thoroughly leaked"
Donella Meadows, Environmentalist
Small: I spent my time trying to understand grand jury procedure - a topic about which I never before had the slighte
Donella Meadows
"I spent my time trying to understand grand jury procedure - a topic about which I never before had the slightest interest"
Donella Meadows, Environmentalist
Small: George W. cares as much about climate change as you would expect from a Texas oilman
Donella Meadows
"George W. cares as much about climate change as you would expect from a Texas oilman"
Donella Meadows, Environmentalist
Small: Everyone except the far right wing of the Republican Party realizes that oil, gas and coal burning are the mai
Donella Meadows
"Everyone except the far right wing of the Republican Party realizes that oil, gas and coal burning are the main activities that have sent the climate into bigger floods, droughts, hurricanes, and El Ninos"
Donella Meadows, Environmentalist
Small: Denmark, the Netherlands and Germany have detailed plans to cut their greenhouse emissions by 20 to 50 percent
Donella Meadows
"Denmark, the Netherlands and Germany have detailed plans to cut their greenhouse emissions by 20 to 50 percent"
Donella Meadows, Environmentalist
Small: Calculating how much carbon is absorbed by which forests and farms is a tricky task, especially when politicia
Donella Meadows
"Calculating how much carbon is absorbed by which forests and farms is a tricky task, especially when politicians do it"
Donella Meadows, Environmentalist
Small: To the lover of wilderness, Alaska is one of the most wonderful countries in the world
"To the lover of wilderness, Alaska is one of the most wonderful countries in the world"
John Muir, Environmentalist
Small: There is that in the glance of a flower which may at times control the greatest of creations braggart lords
"There is that in the glance of a flower which may at times control the greatest of creation's braggart lords"
John Muir, Environmentalist
Small: The power of imagination makes us infinite
"The power of imagination makes us infinite"
John Muir, Environmentalist
Small: The mountains are calling and I must go
"The mountains are calling and I must go"
John Muir, Environmentalist
Small: The gross heathenism of civilization has generally destroyed nature, and poetry, and all that is spiritual
"The gross heathenism of civilization has generally destroyed nature, and poetry, and all that is spiritual"
John Muir, Environmentalist
Small: The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness
"The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness"
John Muir, Environmentalist
Small: Take a course in good water and air and in the eternal youth of Nature you may renew your own. Go quietly, alo
"Take a course in good water and air; and in the eternal youth of Nature you may renew your own. Go quietly, alone; no harm will befall you"
John Muir, Environmentalist
Small: One may as well dam for water tanks the peoples cathedrals and churches, for no holier temple has ever been co
"One may as well dam for water tanks the people's cathedrals and churches, for no holier temple has ever been consecrated by the heart of man"
John Muir, Environmentalist
Small: Keep close to Natures heart... and break clear away, once in awhile, and climb a mountain or spend a week in t
"Keep close to Nature's heart... and break clear away, once in awhile, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean"
John Muir, Environmentalist
Small: In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks
"In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks"
John Muir, Environmentalist
Small: I never saw a discontented tree. They grip the ground as though they liked it, and though fast rooted they tra
"I never saw a discontented tree. They grip the ground as though they liked it, and though fast rooted they travel about as far as we do"
John Muir, Environmentalist
Small: How glorious a greeting the sun gives the mountains!
"How glorious a greeting the sun gives the mountains!"
John Muir, Environmentalist
Small: Climb the mountains and get their good tidings
"Climb the mountains and get their good tidings"
John Muir, Environmentalist
Small: A few minutes ago every tree was excited, bowing to the roaring storm, waving, swirling, tossing their branche
"A few minutes ago every tree was excited, bowing to the roaring storm, waving, swirling, tossing their branches in glorious enthusiasm like worship. But though to the outer ear these trees are now silent, their songs never cease"
John Muir, Environmentalist
Small: A knowledgeable and courageous U.S. president could help enormously in leading the worlds nations toward savin
Donella Meadows
"A knowledgeable and courageous U.S. president could help enormously in leading the world's nations toward saving the climate"
Donella Meadows, Environmentalist
Small: A grand jury hears only one side - that of the prosecutor
Donella Meadows
"A grand jury hears only one side - that of the prosecutor"
Donella Meadows, Environmentalist
Small: We shall never achieve harmony with land, any more than we shall achieve absolute justice or liberty for peopl
"We shall never achieve harmony with land, any more than we shall achieve absolute justice or liberty for people. In these higher aspirations, the important thing is not to achieve but to strive"
Aldo Leopold, Environmentalist
Small: We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a community to which we
"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"
Aldo Leopold, Environmentalist
Small: Recreational development is a job not of building roads into the lovely country, but of building receptivity i
"Recreational development is a job not of building roads into the lovely country, but of building receptivity into the still unlovely human mind"
Aldo Leopold, Environmentalist