“Most people know that forests are the lungs of our planet, literally playing a critical role in every breath we take. And that they're also home to incredible animals like the orangutan and elephant, which will go extinct if we keep cutting down their forests.” PeopleIfsKnowsHomeAnimalRolesCuttingPlanetsBreathsIncrediblesCriticalForestsElephantsLungsOur PlanetCutting DownWoods And ForestsOrangutans Author:Chris Noth
“When humans act like animals, they become the most dangerous of animals to themselves and other humans, and this is because of another critical difference between humans and animals: Whereas animals are usually restrained by the limits of physical appetites, humans have mental appetites that can be far more gross and capacious than physical ones. Only humans squander and hoard, murder and pillage because of notions.” HumansDifferencesAnimalDangerousLimitsMurderNotionCriticalAppetiteConsumerismGrossOverconsumptionHumans And Animals Author:Wendell Berry
“One of the most disturbing ways that climate change is already playing out is through what ecologists call "mismatch" or "mistiming." This is the process whereby warming causes animals to fall out of step with a critical food source, particularly at breeding times, when a failure to find enough food can lead to rapid population losses.” WayEnoughScienceFallCausesProcessLossAnimalStepsFoodSourceClimateClimate ChangePopulationCriticalRapidsDisturbingBreedingMismatch Author:Naomi Klein
“I realize that at a certain point if we're going to change our food system, it's going to be the next generation that's going to be critical. This generation is very interested in food issues, very concerned about things like animal welfare and the impact of the food system on the environment.” IfsCertainNextRealizingAnimalIssuesEnvironmentGenerationsConcernedImpactCriticalWelfareNext GenerationAnimal WelfareThis Generation Author:Michael Pollan
“Dolphins may well be carrying information as well as functions critical to the regeneration of life upon our planet.” InspirationalWellsMayMotivationalAnimalInformationPlanetsFunctionCriticalOur PlanetDolphinsRegeneration Author:R. Buckminster Fuller
“Shelters, conservationists, those concerned about unnecessary cruelty toward the animals we eat, and people working against species extinction fight to preserve the true riches of our planet, our real inheritance. These are big, critical goals.” PeopleRealBigsFightingGoalAnimalPlanetsConcernedSpeciesCriticalRichesCrueltyPreservesShelterUnnecessaryExtinctionInheritanceOur PlanetTrue RichesSpecies Extinction Author:April Gornik