“Perhaps one of the most meaningful ways to sense the impact of the environmental crisis is to confront the question which is always asked about Lake Erie: how can we restore it? I believe the only valid answer is that no one knows. For it should be clear that even if overnight all of the pollutants now pouring into Lake Erie were stopped, there would still remain the problem of the accumulated mass of pollutants in the lake bottom.” IfsKnowsWayShouldBelieveStillsProblemI BelieveWaterAnswersClearMassCrisisImpactEnvironmentalBottomMeaningfulLakesPouringMost MeaningfulEnvironmental CrisisLake Erie Author:Barry Commoner
“Technologists practice faith too; 'Faith that problems have solutions before having the knowledge to solve them.'” ProblemPracticeSolutionsSolve Author:Barry Commoner
“Recycling is a good thing to do. It makes people feel good to do it. The thing I want to emphasize is the vast difference between recycling for the purpose of feeling good and recycling for the purpose of solving the trash problem.” PeopleWantFeelsFeelingsProblemPurposeDifferencesEnvironmentGood ThingsFeel GoodThings To DoTrashRecyclingReuse Author:Barry Commoner
“If you ask what you are going to do about global warming, the only rational answer is to change the way in which we do transportation, energy production, agriculture and a good deal of manufacturing. The problem originates in human activity in the form of the production of goods.” IfsWayHumansProblemFormAsksEnergyAnswersDealsActivityProductionsRationalGlobal WarmingGoodsAgricultureManufacturingTransportationHuman ActivityEnergy Production Author:Barry Commoner
“The first law of ecology is that everything is related to everything else.---->I dont believe in environmentalism as the solution to anything. What I believe is that environmentalism illuminates the things that need to be done to solve all of the problems together.” NeedsFirstsBelieveDoneProblemTogetherLawI BelieveSolutionsSolveRelatedEcologyEnvironmentalism Author:Barry Commoner
“The environmental crisis is a global problem, and only global action will resolve it.” ProblemActionCrisisEnvironmentalResolveEnvironmental Crisis Author:Barry Commoner
