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“It is already too late to avoid mass starvation.”

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“Soil is not usually lost in slabs or heaps of magnificent tonnage. It is lost a little at a time over millions of acres by the careless acts of millions of people. It cannot be saved by heroic feats of gigantic technology, but only by millions of small acts and restraints, conditioned by small fidelities, skills, and desires. Soil loss is ultimately a cultural problem; it will be corrected only by cultural solutions.”

Source: The Art of the Commonplace: The Agrarian Essays of Wendell Berry

“We are far more concerned about the desecration of the flag than we are about the desecration of our land.”

Environment Land Concerned Flags

Book:The Art of the Commonplace: The Agrarian Essays of Wendell Berry

Source: The Art of the Commonplace: The Agrarian Essays of Wendell Berry

“I am I plus my surroundings; and if I do not preserve the latter, I do not preserve myself.”

Ifs Environment Land Preserves Latter Plus Surroundings Stewardship

Author:Jose Ortega y Gasset

“A man does not plant a tree for himself; he plants it for posterity.”

Men Doe Environment Tree Plant Posterity Plant A Tree Forests And Trees Tree Planting Plants And Trees

Book:Dreamthorp: A Book of Essays Written in the Country

Source: Dreamthorp: A Book of Essays Written in the Country

“We have wished, we eco-freaks, for a disaster or for a social change to come and bomb us into Stone Age, where we might live like Indians in our valley, with our localism, our appropriate technology, our gardens, our homemade religion-guilt-free at last!”

Might Age Lasts Social Technology Environment Garden Stones Guilt Disaster Bombs Appropriate Valleys Freak Frightening Social Change Environmentalist Eco Homemade Stone Age Guilt Free

Author:Stewart Brand

“Celebrate Earth Day every day.”

Earth Celebrate Halt Earth Day World Earth Day

Author:John Denver

“There has never been a time on Earth like we see today. What we need are more ways to experience our interconnectedness - it is a precursor to deep love. So in this quickening light, with the dawn of each new day, let us look for love. Let us no longer struggle. Let us ever become who we most want to be. As we begin to be who we truly are, the world will be a better place.”

“Celebrate Earth Day! A time to recognize the gains we have made. A time to create new actions to accelerate environmental progress. Protect our planet not only on Earth Day, but everyday!”

Made Action Earth Progress Planets Protect Gains Environmental Everyday Celebrate Our Planet Mother Earth Earth Day Accelerate

Author:Ciaran Lynch

“It is certain that the study of human psychology, if it were undertaken exclusively in prisons, would also lead to misrepresentation and absurd generalizations.”

Ifs Humans Certain Study Psychology Prison Absurd Generalization Misrepresentation

Author:Jacques Yves Cousteau

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