“A wrong attitude towards nature implies, somewhere, a wrong attitude towards God, and that the consequence is an inevitable doom. For a long enough time we have believed in nothing but the values arising in a mechanized, commercialized, urbanized way of life: it would be as well for us to face the permanent conditions upon which God allows us to live upon this planet.” WayWellsLongEnoughWould BeFacesValuesAttitudeConditionsPlanetsConsequenceEnvironmentalInevitablePermanentDoomEnough TimeWrong Attitude Author:T. S. Eliot
“The pace of consumption, waste and environmental change has so stretched the planet's capacity that our contemporary lifestyle, unsustainable as it is, can only precipitate catastrophes, such as those which even now periodically occur in different areas of the world ... we need to reflect on our accountability before those who will have to endure the dire consequences.” WorldNeedsDifferentChangePlanetsWasteConsequenceAreasCapacityEnvironmentalEndureLifestyleContemporaryAccountabilityPaceConsumptionCatastropheEnvironmental Change Book:Care for Creation: A Call for Ecological Conversion Source: Care for Creation: A Call for Ecological Conversion
“The 'public' has no history, has no future, lives in a golden moment created by credit, which binds them ineluctably to a fascist system that is never criticized. This is the ultimate consequence of having broken off this symbiotic relationship with the vegetable, feminine, maternal matrix of the planet.” MomentsPlanetsBrokenConsequenceUltimateCreditGoldenFeminineVegetablesFascistsFuture LifeGolden Moments Author:Terence McKenna
“Many of our actions degrade our habitat because we undertake them in order to reach goals whose allure blinds us to myriad dire consequences. In order to fuel our complex civilizations, we are lacing our planet's atmosphere with carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas that, if it has not already begun doing so, will soon warm the Ice Age climate to which we owe our very existence.” IfsAgeActionOrderGoalExistencePlanetsCivilizationConsequenceClimateComplexesWarmIceAtmosphereFuelGasCarbonOur ActionsOur PlanetDegradeGreenhousesHabitatCarbon DioxideGreenhouse GasesAllureIce Age Author:Steven M. Stanley
“A couple degrees warmer would be good for humanity and planet, especially with more plant-fertilizing carbon dioxide in the air. [...] But a couple degrees colder would bring serious adverse consequences for habitats, wildlife, agriculture and humanity."” Would BeHumanityAirPlanetsSeriousCoupleDegreesConsequencePlantBe GoodAgricultureCarbonWildlifeAdverseHabitatCarbon Dioxide Author:Paul Driessen
“We know little of the consequences of the geoengineering process, such as spraying particles into the atmosphere that shade the planet from the sun's rays and could decrease its temperature. But this process is how dinosaurs disappeared from the Earth about 60 million years ago, by particles spewed by a volcano or a giant meteorite impact, and our species could follow suit.” KnowsYearsLittlesEarthProcessMillionsSunPlanetsConsequenceYears AgoImpactSpeciesSuitsAtmosphereGiantsShadeRaysParticlesTemperatureDinosaursDecreaseVolcanoesGeoengineering Author:Graciela Chichilnisky
“Climate change is a global problem. The planet is warming because of the growing level of greenhouse gas emissions from human activity. If this trend continues, truly catastrophic consequences are likely to ensue from rising sea levels, to reduced water availability, to more heat waves and fires.” IfsHumansProblemWaterLevelsFireGrowingSeaPlanetsActivityConsequenceClimateClimate ChangeWaveHeatRisingGasTrendsEmissionsHuman ActivityGreenhousesAvailabilityGreenhouse GasesHeat Wave Author:Malcolm Turnbull
“That we are in the midst of crisis is now well understood. Our nation is at war, against a far-reaching network of violence and hatred. Our economy is badly weakened, a consequence of greed and irresponsibility on the part of some, but also our collective failure to make hard choices and prepare the nation for a new age. Homes have been lost; jobs shed; businesses shuttered. Our health care is too costly; our schools fail too many; and each day brings further evidence that the ways we use energy strengthen our adversaries and threaten our planet.” WayWellsHas BeensWarHardUseHomeCareAgeSchoolJobsChoicesEnergyLostNationsEconomyViolenceFailingPlanetsUnderstoodEvidenceConsequenceHatredCrisisGreedHealth CareEach DayReachingCollectivesMidstShedNew AgeOur PlanetAdversariesIrresponsibility Author:Barack Obama
“I know a planet where there is a certain red-faced gentleman. He has never smelled a flower. He has never looked at a star. He has never loved any one. He has never done anything in his life but add up figures. And all day he says over and over, just like you: 'I am busy with matters of consequence!' And that makes him swell up with pride. But he is not a man - he is a mushroom!” KnowsMenMatterDoneCertainStarsFiguresPlanetsFlowerLike YouPrideConsequenceRedAddBusyGentlemanMushrooms Author:Antoine de Saint-Exupery