#environment

The idea that humans are yet intelligent enough to serve as stewards of the Earth is among the most hubristic ever. ↗

— James Lovelock

#intelligence

When I was a Republican governor, he was obviously a Democratic president, but on issue after issue after issue, President Obama was very helpful to us in education, in the environment, with the handling of the BP oil spill. ↗

— Charlie Crist

#democratic #education #environment #governor #handling

That area environmentally is a waste. You can't do anything. I don't care if the Sierra Club goes out there. It is fully polluted! You're not only going to work to clean up the environment, but also you will put people to work. ↗

— Richard M. Daley

#anything #area #care #clean #clean up

Each environment has its own signature. Sound tells a story: You make choices about what you're hearing, where to look, how you want to feel about what's going on. ↗

— Stephen Hopkins

#choices #each #environment #feel #going

Some types of environmental restoration projects are well-known; restored wetlands, for instance, or coal mine reclamation projects. Recently though, larger dam removal projects have started, a number of them in Washington state. ↗

— Matt Gonzalez

#dam #environmental #instance #larger #mine

A fascinating challenge facing today's environmental movement is how to best approach the reversal of past decisions that altered once-pristine environmental spaces for the sake of urgent man-made needs. ↗

— Matt Gonzalez

#approach #best #challenge #decisions #environmental

As you may know, some of the stereotyped behaviors exhibited by autistic children are also found in zoo animals who are raised in a barren environment. ↗

— Temple Grandin

#autistic #autistic children #barren #behaviors #children

From first to last the civilization of America has been bound up with its physical environment. ↗

— Ellsworth Huntington

#been #bound #civilization #environment #first

I'm trying to get across the message that don't be afraid of animals, they're just put on this earth to help the environment and everything like that. ↗

— Bindi Irwin

#afraid #earth #environment #everything #get

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

#always #conservation #conserve #done #downside