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Famous quotes by Environmentalists

EnvironmentalistsEnvironmentalists have actually long been alerting us of the threats of climate change and the need to act to secure our world. From Greta Thunberg to David Attenborough, these inspiring figures have actually been encouraging us to make a distinction and to take duty for our activities. Here are a few of their most effective quotes, which remind us of the significance of safeguarding our environment and also the requirement to act currently.
Small: Scientific innovations continually provide us with new means of analyzing the finds
"Scientific innovations continually provide us with new means of analyzing the finds"
Richard Leakey, Environmentalist
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Small: I want you to act as if the house is on fire, because it is
Greta Thunberg
"I want you to act as if the house is on fire, because it is"
Greta Thunberg, Environmentalist
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Small: To keep every cog and wheel is the first precaution of intelligent tinkering
"To keep every cog and wheel is the first precaution of intelligent tinkering"
Aldo Leopold, Environmentalist
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Small: Glaciers are almost gone from Glacier National Park
Donella Meadows
"Glaciers are almost gone from Glacier National Park"
Donella Meadows, Environmentalist
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Small: Cats seem to go on the principle that it never does any harm to ask for what you want
Joseph Wood Krutch
"Cats seem to go on the principle that it never does any harm to ask for what you want"
Joseph Wood Krutch, Environmentalist
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Small: Good words cool more than cold water
"Good words cool more than cold water"
John Ray, Environmentalist
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Small: For fossils to thrive, certain favorable circumstances are required. First of all, of course, remnants of life
"For fossils to thrive, certain favorable circumstances are required. First of all, of course, remnants of life have to be there. These then need to be washed over with water as soon as possible, so that the bones are covered with a layer of sediment"
Richard Leakey, Environmentalist
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Small: I would hazard a guess that we have found fossilized human remains of at least a thousand different specimens
"I would hazard a guess that we have found fossilized human remains of at least a thousand different specimens in South and East Africa, more or less complete at that. I think this is where the prelude to human history was primarily played out"
Richard Leakey, Environmentalist
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Small: We think that groups of between 30 and 40 early men would have settled in an area measuring a hundred square k
"We think that groups of between 30 and 40 early men would have settled in an area measuring a hundred square kilometers"
Richard Leakey, Environmentalist
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Small: Once again I stopped listening to the news this week
Donella Meadows
"Once again I stopped listening to the news this week"
Donella Meadows, Environmentalist
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Small: Happiness is itself a kind of gratitude
Joseph Wood Krutch
"Happiness is itself a kind of gratitude"
Joseph Wood Krutch, Environmentalist
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Small: The more we pour the big machines, the fuel, the pesticides, the herbicides, the fertilizer and chemicals into
"The more we pour the big machines, the fuel, the pesticides, the herbicides, the fertilizer and chemicals into farming, the more we knock out the mechanism that made it all work in the first place"
David R. Brower, Environmentalist
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Small: I sort of kept my hand in writing and went to work for the Sierra Club in 52, walked the plank there in 69, fo
"I sort of kept my hand in writing and went to work for the Sierra Club in '52, walked the plank there in '69, founded Friends of the Earth and the League of Conservation Voters after that"
David R. Brower, Environmentalist
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Small: God has cared for these trees, saved them from drought, disease, avalanches, and a thousand tempests and flood
"God has cared for these trees, saved them from drought, disease, avalanches, and a thousand tempests and floods. But he cannot save them from fools"
John Muir, Environmentalist
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Small: Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strengt
"Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul"
John Muir, Environmentalist
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Small: Not all is doom and gloom. We are beginning to understand the natural world and are gaining a reverence for li
"Not all is doom and gloom. We are beginning to understand the natural world and are gaining a reverence for life - all life"
Roger Tory Peterson, Environmentalist
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Small: Birds are indicators of the environment. If they are in trouble, we know well soon be in trouble
"Birds are indicators of the environment. If they are in trouble, we know we'll soon be in trouble"
Roger Tory Peterson, Environmentalist
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Small: I think an old style of addressing environmental problems is ebbing, but the rise of the so-called conservativ
"I think an old style of addressing environmental problems is ebbing, but the rise of the so-called conservative, political movement in this country is not a trend towards the future but a reaction to this very broad shift that we are undergoing"
Paul Hawken, Environmentalist
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Small: Fundamentalists are panicked by the apparent disintegration of the family, the disappearance of certainty and
"Fundamentalists are panicked by the apparent disintegration of the family, the disappearance of certainty and the decay of morality. Fear leads them to ask, if we cannot trust the Bible, what can we trust?"
Garrett Hardin, Environmentalist
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Small: I, too, am convinced that our ancestors came from Africa
"I, too, am convinced that our ancestors came from Africa"
Richard Leakey, Environmentalist
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Small: Earlier, 100,000 elephants lived in Kenya and we didnt have any noteworthy problem with it. The problem that w
"Earlier, 100,000 elephants lived in Kenya and we didn't have any noteworthy problem with it. The problem that we have is not that there are now more elephants"
Richard Leakey, Environmentalist
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Small: We are concerned that, in a few years time, this place of discovery, with its wealth of human fossils, the lik
"We are concerned that, in a few years time, this place of discovery, with its wealth of human fossils, the like of which can be found nowhere else in the world, could be completely destroyed"
Richard Leakey, Environmentalist
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Small: The elephants were being slaughtered in masses. Some were even killed in the vicinity of big tourist hotels
"The elephants were being slaughtered in masses. Some were even killed in the vicinity of big tourist hotels"
Richard Leakey, Environmentalist
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Small: I cant think of any other region in the world which is such a vast source of fossils
"I can't think of any other region in the world which is such a vast source of fossils"
Richard Leakey, Environmentalist
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Small: Paleoanthropology is not a science that ends with the discovery of a bone. One has to have the original to wor
"Paleoanthropology is not a science that ends with the discovery of a bone. One has to have the original to work with. It is a life-long task"
Richard Leakey, Environmentalist
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Small: One should not forget that there are very few surviving items from this period, often just single, small bones
"One should not forget that there are very few surviving items from this period, often just single, small bones, a tooth, a sliver of the skull. Categorizing these pieces can be very difficult"
Richard Leakey, Environmentalist
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Small: Sadly, I am not able to take part in the fieldwork myself so much anymore, as both of my legs were amputated f
"Sadly, I am not able to take part in the fieldwork myself so much anymore, as both of my legs were amputated following an airplane crash twelve years ago"
Richard Leakey, Environmentalist
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Small: Along the borders to Ethiopia and Somalia, anarchy reigns, the police and military have retreated quite some d
"Along the borders to Ethiopia and Somalia, anarchy reigns, the police and military have retreated quite some distance"
Richard Leakey, Environmentalist
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Small: Whether or not all this came to pass in an East African ditch, I wouldnt like to say. Perhaps it happened in N
"Whether or not all this came to pass in an East African ditch, I wouldn't like to say. Perhaps it happened in North Africa or further west, but Africa was definitely the place"
Richard Leakey, Environmentalist
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Small: We hope to find more pieces of the puzzle which will shed light on the connection between this upright, walkin
"We hope to find more pieces of the puzzle which will shed light on the connection between this upright, walking ape, our early ancestor, and modern man"
Richard Leakey, Environmentalist
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