#conservation

The university's business is the conservation of useless knowledge; and what the university itself apparently fails to see is that this enterprise is not only noble but indispensable as well, that society can not exist unless it goes on. ↗

— Albert J. Nock

#business #conservation #enterprise #exist #fails

Conservation means the wise use of the earth and its resources for the lasting good of men. ↗

— Gifford Pinchot

#earth #good #lasting #means #men

If we can get kids talking about conservation and doing it, they can have a great influence on their parents by lecturing them and pointing the finger. ↗

— Kevin Richardson

#conservation #doing #finger #get #great

True conservation provides for wise use by the general public. The American people do not want our resources preserved for the exclusive use of the wealthy. These land and water resources belong to the people, and people of all income levels should have easy access to them. ↗

— George D. Aiken

#american #american people #belong #conservation #easy

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

#club #conservation #earth #founded #friends

But we must take other steps, such as increasing conservation, developing an ethanol industry, and increasing CAFE standards if we are to make our country safer by cutting our reliance on foreign oil. ↗

— Jim Costa

#conservation #country #cutting #developing #ethanol

So, my tactic with conservation of apex predators is to get people excited and take them to where they live. ↗

— Steve Irwin

#conservation #excited #get #live #people

We have increased conservation spending, enacted legislation that enables us to clean up and redevelop abandoned brownfields sites across the country, and implemented new clean water standards that will protect us from arsenic. ↗

— Sue Kelly

#across #arsenic #clean #clean up #clean water

In addition, the oil royalties the Federal Government does not collect from big oil will starve the Land and Water Conservation Fund of critical financial resources. ↗

— Ron Kind

#big #big oil #collect #conservation #critical

A hypocrite is the kind of politician who would cut down a redwood tree, then mount the stump and make a speech for conservation. ↗

— Adlai E. Stevenson

#cut #down #hypocrite #kind #make