“In the past, destruction of your neighbour might have been considered a victory, but today we are all interdependent. We live in a global economy; we face problems like climate change that affect us all. The 7 billion human beings alive today belong to one human family. In the context that others' interests are in our interest and our interest is in their interest, the use of force is self-destructive.” HumansHas BeensSelfUseProblemMightTodayPastFacesForceInterestHuman BeingsEconomyAliveVictoryDestructionClimateClimate ChangeBillionsDestructiveBelongingGlobalizationMight Have BeenNeighbourWise Man Once SaidLive For TodaySelf DestructionInterdependenceGlobal EconomySelf DestructiveHuman FamilyUse Of Force Author:Dalai Lama
“[Barack Obama] believes climate change is a bigger threat to our country than these barbaric Islamic terrorists that have as their organizing principle the destruction of Western civilization.” BelieveCountryPrinciplesCivilizationDestructionBiggerThreatClimateWesternClimate ChangeTerroristOur CountryBarackIslamicWestern CivilizationBarbaric Author:Jeb Bush
“Most of the damage suffered by the ocean up until now has been caused by local insults - overfishing, pollution, and destruction of habitats. If we tackle these problems now, we buy ourselves time to work on climate change.” IfsHas BeensProblemOceanDestructionClimateClimate ChangeLocalsDamageInsultPollutionHabitatOverfishing Author:Nancy Knowlton
“By eating meat we share responsibility for causing climate change, the destruction of our forests, and the poisoning of our air and water. The simple act of becoming a vegetarian can make a difference in the health of our planet.” PeaceWaterDifferencesSimpleResponsibilityAirSharePlanetsBecomingEatingDestructionClimateClimate ChangeForestsBuddhistMeatMaking A DifferenceVegetarianVeganOur PlanetPoisoningVegetarian HealthPeace Is Every StepEating MeatMeat EatingAir And Water Author:Nhat Hanh
“The choice to 'do nothing' in response to the mounting evidence is actually a choice to continue and even accelerate the reckless environmental destruction that is creating the catastrophe at hand.” HandsScienceChoicesEnvironmentCreatingEvidenceDestructionResponseEnvironmentalClimate ChangeCatastropheRecklessAccelerateEnvironmental Destruction Book:Earth in the Balance: Forging a New Common Purpose Source: Earth in the Balance: Forging a New Common Purpose
“The simple fact is that the world is not paying for the services the forests provide. At the moment, they are worth more dead than alive-for soya, for beef, for palm oil and for logging, feeding the demand from other countries. ... I think we need to be clear that the drivers of rainforest destruction do not originate in the rainforest nations, but in the more developed countries which, unwittingly or not, have caused climate change.” ThinkingWorldNeedsCountryMomentsFactsScienceNationsSimpleClearAliveDemandDestructionClimateClimate ChangeOilForestsDriversOther CountriesFeedingPalmsBeefDeforestationRainforestDeveloped CountryLoggingPalm Oil Author:Prince Charles
“Human society cannot basically stop the destruction of the environment under capitalism. Socialism is the only structure that makes it possible.” HumansEnvironmentCapitalismDestructionStructureClimate ChangeSocialismGlobal WarmingHuman Society Author:Gus Hall
“Adopting a central organizing principle means embarking on an all-out effort to use every policy and program, every law and institution, to halt the destruction of the environment.” MeanUseLawEffortPrinciplesEnvironmentPolicyProgramDestructionInstitutionsClimate ChangeHaltEugenicsAdoptingEnviromentalEmbarkingEnvironmental PolicyEnviromentEnvironmental Destruction Author:Al Gore
“We are close to a time when all of humankind will envision a global agenda that encompasses a kind of Global Marshall Plan to address the causes of poverty and suffering and environmental destruction all over the earth.” KindEarthSufferingCausesPovertyPlansDestructionEnvironmentalClimate ChangeAddressesAgendasHumankindEugenicsEnviromentalCauses Of PovertyEnviromentEnvironmental DestructionMarshall Plan Author:Al Gore
“Failing to warn the citizens of a looming weapon of mass destruction- and that's what global warming is- in order to protect oil company profits, well, that fits for me the definition of treason.” WellsOrderCompanyFailingCitizensFitProtectWeaponsMassDestructionClimate ChangeDefinitionsProfitOilGlobal WarmingWeapons Of Mass DestructionMass DestructionTreasonOil CompaniesLooming Author:Bill Maher
“Human use of fossil fuels is altering the chemistry of the atmosphere; oceans are polluted and depleted of fish; 80 per cent of Earth's forests are heavily impacted or gone yet their destruction continues. An estimated 50,000 species are driven to extinction each year. We dump millions of tonnes of chemicals, most untested for their biological effects, and many highly toxic, into air, water and soil. We have created an ecological holocaust. Our very health and survival are at stake, yet we act as if we have plenty of time to respond.” IfsYearsHumansUseEarthWaterMillionsGoneAirEffectsOceanSurvivalDestructionSpeciesClimate ChangeFishesDrivenForestsPlentyAtmosphereSoilFuelChemistryChemicalsStakesToxicHolocaustCentsFossilsExtinctionFossil FuelEcologicalDump Author:David Suzuki
“During the time I was in office we have seen the beginning of the elimination of the fire season completely and are having fires all year round. I think we have seen the major problem of the destruction of land and property and lives that is a major problem because we don't have the resources for that many fires and we don't have the resources and the manpower to fight those fires throughout the year.” ThinkingYearsProblemFightingFireLandOfficeMajorsResourcesDestructionSeasonsPropertyRoundsClimate ChangeEliminationMajor ProblemsManpower Author:Arnold Schwarzenegger
“If you think about the impact of climate change, [it should be how] a doctor would deal with the problem. A scientific hypothesis is tested to absolute destruction, but medicine can't wait. If a doctor sees a child with a fever, he can't wait for [endless] tests. He has to act on what is there. The risk of delay is so enormous that we can't wait until we are absolutely sure the patient is dying.” IfsThinkingShouldChildrenProblemWaitingDealsRiskDyingDestructionDoctorsTestsAbsolutesImpactMedicineClimatePatientClimate ChangeEndlessEnormousDelayTestedHypothesisFever Author:Prince Charles
“Look at what realists have done for us. They have led us to war and climate change, poverty on an unimaginable scale, and wholesale ecological destruction. Half of humanity goes to bed hungry because of all the realistic leaders in the world. I tell people who call me 'unrealistic' to show me what their realism has done. Realism is an outdated, overplayed and wholly exaggerated concept.” PeopleWorldLooksWarDoneShowsProblemHumanityPoorHalfLeaderPovertyBedConceptsDestructionClimateClimate ChangeHungerScalesHungryCall MeRealisticRealismEcologyShow MeEcologicalRealistExaggeratedUnimaginableOutdatedWholesaleCauses Of Poverty Author:Satish Kumar
“Real change will only happen when we fall in love with our planet. Only love can show us how to live in harmony with nature and with each other and save us from the devastating effects of environmental destruction and climate change” RealShowsHappensFallEffectsPlanetsDestructionHarmonyClimateEnvironmentalFalling In LoveClimate ChangeOur PlanetOnly LoveReal ChangeEnvironmental Destruction Author:Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee
“Think about this: terrorism, epidemics, poverty, the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction-all challenges that know no borders-the reality is that climate change ranks right up there with every single one of them.” ThinkingKnowsRealityChallengesPovertyWeaponsMassDestructionClimateClimate ChangeTerrorismBordersWeapons Of Mass DestructionMass DestructionEpidemicsProliferation Author:John F. Kerry