“Maybe we have enough technology to save the planet but it is not enough because the people are not ready.” Quote by Nhat Hanh
“I think that will only really change when the human races begins to suffer some of the extremely severe consequences of climate change which may be some decades ahead. They will then realise, as we have with the financial crisis, that we are up against the wall and hitting the buffers and we have got to change.” ThinkingHumansMaySufferingRaceWallConsequenceCrisisClimateClimate ChangeFinancialDecadesHuman RaceRealisingHittingSevereFinancial Crisis Author:Michael Meacher
“What's happening with the planet's climate right now needs to be a wake-up call to all of us, meaning all heads of state, all heads of social organizations, in order to take a more energetic approach to countering the global changes to the climate.” NeedsStatesOrderSocialPlanetsRight NowApproachHappeningsOrganizationWake UpClimateClimate ChangeEnergeticWake Up CallHead Of StateSocial Organization Author:Dmitry Medvedev
“The best thing about improvements in health care is that all the climate-change deniers are now going to live long enough to see how wrong they were.” LongEnoughCareClimateClimate ChangeImprovementHealth CareBest ThingsClimate Change Deniers Author:Joseph J. Romm
“The climate is changing. This year we have come to understand this when we faced events that resulted in fires.” YearsFireEventsClimateClimate Change Author:Vladimir Putin
“I don't like my hockey sticks touching other sticks, and I don't like them crossing one another, and I kind of have them hidden in the corner. I put baby powder on the ends. I think it's essentially a matter of taking care of what takes care of you.” ThinkingKindEndsMatterCareSportsBabySticksCornersTake CareHockeyTouchingNhlCrossingsPowderIce HockeyGreat HockeyMotivational HockeyHockey Sticks Author:Wayne Gretzky
“In fact, every child on earth born after June 23, 1988 belongs to what I call Generation Hot. This generation includes some two billion young people, all of whom have grown up under global warming and are fated to spend the rest of their lives confronting its mounting impacts.” PeopleChildrenTwoFactsEarthYoungBornGenerationsHotImpactClimate ChangeBillionsGlobal WarmingJuneConfrontingThis Generation Author:Mark Hertsgaard
“We are in the midst of the 6th largest extinction event in the history of the plant and the first caused by human action.” FirstsHumansActionEventsPlantClimate ChangeMidstExtinctionHuman Actions Author:Graciela Chichilnisky
“I don't think we have learnt to keep within the limits. They are quite elastic but there is a point beyond which they will break and then you will get a complete and massive change in the climate in which the survival of human species might not be compatible.” ThinkingHumansMightBreakLimitsSurvivalClimateSpeciesClimate ChangeMassiveCompatibleHuman SpeciesMassive Change Author:Michael Meacher
“Imagine a ship that is sinking and needs all the available power to run the pumps to drain out the rising waters. The first class passengers refuse to cooperate because they feel hot and want to use the air-conditioner and other electrical appliances. The second-class passengers spend all their time trying to be upgraded to first-class status. The boat sinks and the passengers all drown. That is where the present approach to climate change is leading.” WantNeedsFeelsTryingFirstsUseRunningWaterClassImagineAirApproachHotClimateClimate ChangeRefuseAvailableShipsBoatRisingDrainsPassengersSinkingElectricalPumpsFirst ClassAppliancesClass StatusAir ConditionerElectrical Appliances Author:Matthieu Ricard
“We know it (meat eating) is indisputably the number one cause of global warming. So what does it mean exactly to be an environmentalist on a daily basis if you are not thinking about the number one cause of global warming or one of the top two or three causes of all other environmental problems? Does it mean you are necessarily someone who doesn't care about the environment? Obviously not, but it might mean you have a blind spot for something big.” IfsThinkingKnowsMeanDoeTwoProblemBigsMightCareThreeCausesNumbersEnvironmentEatingBasesBlindEnvironmentalClimate ChangeSpotsMeatGlobal WarmingEnvironmentalistEnvironmental ProblemsBlind SpotsMeat EatingCauses Of Global Warming Author:Jonathan Safran Foer
