#ironmen

There are two problems for our species' survival - nuclear war and environmental catastrophe - and we're hurtling towards them. Knowingly. ↗

— Noam Chomsky

#environmental #knowingly #nuclear #nuclear war #our

In every case, the environmental hazards were made known only by independent scientists, who were often bitterly opposed by the corporations responsible for the hazards. ↗

— Barry Commoner

#case #corporations #environmental #every #hazards

By adopting the control strategy, the nation's environmental program has created a built-in antagonism between environmental quality and economic growth. ↗

— Barry Commoner

#antagonism #between #built-in #control #created

Environmental quality was drastically improved while economic activity grew by the simple expedient of removing lead from gasoline - which prevented it from entering the environment. ↗

— Barry Commoner

#drastically #economic #economic activity #entering #environment

The environmental crisis is a global problem, and only global action will resolve it. ↗

— Barry Commoner

#crisis #environmental #global #only #problem

The modern assault on the environment began about 50 years ago, during and immediately after World War II. ↗

— Barry Commoner

#about #after #ago #assault #began

A reader is not supposed to be aware that someone's written the story. He's supposed to be completely immersed, submerged in the environment. ↗

— Jack Vance

#completely #environment #immersed #reader #someone

The re-establishment of an ecological balance depends on the ability of society to counteract the progressive materialization of values. The ecological balance cannot be re-established unless we recognize again that only persons have ends and only persons can work towards them. ↗

— Ivan Illich

#economy #environment #humanity #society #economy

If we're destroying our trees and destroying our environment and hurting animals and hurting one another and all that stuff, there's got to be a very powerful energy to fight that. I think we need more love in the world. We need more kindness, more compassion, more joy, more laughter. I definitely want to contribute to that. ↗

— Ellen DeGeneres

#compassion #contribute #definitely #destroying #energy

Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are even incapable of forming such opinions. ↗

— Albert Einstein

#differ #environment #equanimity #even #expressing