#conservation

This is how social change ultimately happens: enlightened values do not change behavior; the contours of self-interest are altered and new values rush into the vacuum. ↗

— William Powers

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Now, the downside to conservation is that so much is done for the public, which almost always mars the environment that one wanted to conserve. ↗

— Arne Jacobsen

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The most important environmental issue is one that is rarely mentioned, and that is the lack of a conservation ethic in our culture. ↗

— Gaylord Nelson

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The outgrowth of conservation, the inevitable result, is national efficiency. ↗

— Gifford Pinchot

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Nature abhors a hero. For one thing, he violates the law of conservation of energy. For another, how can it be the survival of the fittest when the fittest keeps putting himself in situations where he is most likely to be creamed? ↗

— Solomon Short

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Nature is not a place to visit. It is home. ↗

— Gary Snyder

#home #nature #nature

For me, nature is something you watch on the Discovery Channel, or on the evening news -- as you learn how much more of it's been savaged to make way for the Blackberry realm that is my home ↗

— Tahir Shah

#nature #home

Here is your country. Cherish these natural wonders, cherish the natural resources, cherish the history and romance as a sacred heritage, for your children and your children's children. Do not let selfish men or greedy interests skin your country of its beauty, its riches or its romance. ↗

— Theodore Roosevelt

#environment #morals #nationalism #patriotism #politics

Saving the world requires saving democracy. That requires well-informed citizens. Conservation, environment, poverty, community, education, family, health, economy- these combine to make one quest: liberty and justice for all. Whether one's special emphasis is global warming or child welfare, the cause is the same cause. And justice comes from the same place being human comes from: compassion. ↗

— Carl Safina

#ecology #environment #education

My two favourite things in life are libraries and bicycles. They both move people forward without wasting anything. The perfect day: riding a bike to the library. ↗

— Peter Golkin

#bicycles #bike #bikes #conservation #favorite