“Watersheds come in families; nested levels of intimacy... As you work upstream toward home, you're more closely related. The big river is like your nation, a little out of hand. The lake is your cousin. The creek is your sister. The pond is her child. And, for better or worse, in sickness and in health, you're married to your sink.” ChildrenLittlesHomeHandsBigsNationsWaterLevelsLike YouMarriedRiversIntimacyRelatedSicknessLakesCousinPondsCreeksWatershedsYour Cousin Author:Michael Parfit
“We have been quick to assume rights to use water but slow to recognize obligations to preserve and protect it... In short, we need a water ethic-a guide to right conduct in the face of complex decisions about natural systems we do not and cannot fully understand.” NeedsHas BeensUseFacesWaterNaturalDecisionRightsProtectEthicsRainRiversAssumingComplexesGuidesObligationPreservesRight Conduct Author:Sandra Postel
“It is one thing to say with the prophet Amos, "Let justice roll down like mighty waters," and quite another to work out the irrigation system.” WaterJusticeOne ThingWork OutProphetIrrigation Book:A Passion for the Possible Source: A Passion for the Possible
“What is the appropriate behavior for a man or a woman in the midst of this world, where each person is clinging to his piece of debris? What's the proper salutation between people as they pass each other in this flood?” PeopleMenWorldPersonsInspiringPiecesWiseThis WorldBuddhismBehaviorBuddhistAppropriateMidstFloodCalamityClingingHouseworkDebrisSalutationsAppropriate Behavior Author:Gautama Buddha
“Over 1 billion people have no access to clean drinking water, and more than 2.9 billion have no access to sanitation services. The reality is that a child dies every eight seconds from drinking contaminated water, and the sanitation trend is getting sharply worse, mostly because of the worldwide drift of the rural peasantry to urban slums.” PeopleChildrenRealityDiesWaterCleanDrinkingEnvironmentalEightAccessBillionsTrendsSecondsUrbanSlumsDrinking WaterSanitationClean Drinking Water Author:Marq de Villiers
“Water is finite and we have not done a great job of managing it in the past.” DoneJobsPastWaterFiniteGreat Job Author:Sandra Postel
“Love is a gift of one's inner most soul to another so both can be whole.” SoulWholeLove IsFlowerBuddhistValentine's DaySweet Love Author:Gautama Buddha
“Love the whole world as a mother loves her only child.” WorldChildrenWholeMotherWhole WorldBuddhistOnly ChildMother Love Author:Gautama Buddha
“The eating of meat extinguishes the seed of Great Kindness.” CompassionKindnessEatingSeedsBuddhistMeatVegetarianVeganAnimal RightsVegetarianismAnimal CompassionEating MeatMeat Eating Author:Gautama Buddha
“One is not a great one because one defeats or harms other living beings. One is so called because one refrains from defeating or harming other living beings.” DefeatHarmBuddhistRefrainGreat OnesHarming Others Author:Gautama Buddha