#environmental

Life has had to deal with environmental change, especially climate change, since the beginning of its existence on Earth. Species adjust or go extinct, and both have happened. For life-forms with our kinds of cells—eukaryotic, the kind with distinct organelles—the average existence of a species is about 1 million years, and, on average, one species goes extinct a year, at least of the species we have named and know, including those we know only from fossil records." -Dan Botkin, excerpt from THE MOON IN THE NAUTILUS SHELL. Read the full excerpt from Scientific American: http://www.scientificamerican.com/art... ↗

— Daniel Botkin

#environmental-conservation #extinction #change

We are seeds as well as parasites to the earth. We can either give or take, depending on our perception of growth. ↗

— Zephyr McIntyre

#environmental-conservation #philosophy #environmentalism

Harmony with land is like harmony with a friend; you cannot cherish his right hand and chop off his left. ↗

— Aldo Leopold

#cannot #cherish #chop #friend #hand

Conservation is a state of harmony between men and land. ↗

— Aldo Leopold

#between #conservation #harmony #land #men

You may be able to fool the voters, but not the atmosphere. ↗

— Donella Meadows

#able #atmosphere #fool #may #voters

Hydrogen holds great promise to meet many of our future energy needs, and it addresses national security and our environmental concerns. Hydrogen is the simplest, most abundant element in the universe. ↗

— Dan Lipinski

#concerns #element #energy #energy needs #environmental

Ethanol is a premier, high performance fuel. It has tremendous environmental benefits and is a key component to energy independence for our country. ↗

— Richard Lugar

#component #country #energy #energy independence #environmental

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

#away #awhile #break #clean #clear

I think the government has to reposition environment on top of their national and international priorities. ↗

— Brian Mulroney

#environment #government #i #i think #international

We created the Cabinet Committee on the Environment to review the environmental implications of all government initiatives. I think what made us successful was the fact that it was a sustained approach. We did something new every year. ↗

— Brian Mulroney

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