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“To light a lamp as a source of light is about as wasteful of energy as to burn down ones house to roast one's pork.”

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“What we cannot do, under any circumstances, is precisely what the fossil fuel industry is determined to do and what your government is so intent on helping them do: dig new coal mines, open new fracking fields, and sink new offshore drilling rigs. All that needs to stay in the ground.”

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“We must forgive when it is hardest, and when it’s hardest is the most important time to forgive.”

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“Electric cars won't do anything for climate emergency, unless all electricity comes from renewable energy.”

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Book:Giants in Jeans: 100 Sonnets of United Earth

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“While climate change threatens our environment on the one hand, and fossil fuel depletion threatens our economic system on the other, solar energy holds out the promise of protecting both of them.”

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Book:Forging Ahead: Technology Development & Emerging Economies

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“Ignorance is bliss. But one day, people will realise the sheer scale of destruction humans do on Earth. We can all do our part to improve what we can.”

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Author:Torron-Lee Dewar

“The wind blows every day, every day the sun shines, every day the waves roll against the shore, and the earth is warm below us. We can understand these renewable sources of energy as given to us, since they are the sources that have powered life on the planet for as long as there has been a planet. We need not destroy the earth to make use of them.”

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Book:Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants

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“As a society, we cannot afford to overlook the nexus between environmental health and reproductive well-being. The future health and vitality of our communities depend on our collective commitment to creating a cleaner, safer environment for everyone, especially those who are most vulnerable.”

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“The multiplication of technologies in the name of efficiency is actually eradicating free time by making it possible to maximize the time and place for production and minimize the unstructured travel time in between. New timesaving technologies make most workers more productive, not more free, in a world which seems to be accelerating around them.”

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Book:Wanderlust: A History of Walking

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“The obscurity of location impedes the recognition of a genius; he lives in a poor city and afflicted with the paucity of the basic amenities taken for granted in advanced societies. Even his beautiful hit on the seventh hole does not catch the public eye because his locality is abysmally derided.”

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Book:Weighty 'n' Worthy African Proverbs - Volume 1

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“What they get wrong is precisely this false belief that online prejudice is easily compartmentalized or categorized into, say, racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, or ableism when really it flows freely between these various bigotries.”

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Book:Crash Override: How Gamergate (Nearly) Destroyed My Life, and How We Can Win the Fight Against Online Hate

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