“The unthinkable is that we're distorting this atmospheric balance. We're shifting the chemical balance so that we have more poisons in the atmosphere - ozones and acid rain on ground level - while we're also changing the thermal climate of the earth through the greenhouse effect and - get this - simultaneously causing destruction of our primary filter of ultraviolet light. It's incredible. Talk about the national-debt crisis - we're piling up debts in the atmosphere, and the piper will want to be paid.” WantLightEarthLevelsEffectsBalanceRainDestructionPaidCrisisClimateIncrediblesDebtPrimariesAtmospherePoisonGlobal WarmingChemicalsShiftingAcidFiltersUnthinkableGreenhousesNational DebtPipersOzoneThermalUltravioletAcid RainDebt Crisis Author:Michael Oppenheimer
“HELPED are those whose ever act is a prayer for harmony in the Universe, for they are the restorers of balance to our planet. To them will be given the insight that every good act done anywhere in the cosmos welcomes the life of an animal or a child.” ChildrenDoneEarthUniverseGivenPrayerAnimalPlanetsBalanceHarmonyVery GoodInsightCosmosOur Planet Book:The Temple of My Familiar Source: The Temple of My Familiar
“I hold a vision of this blue green planet, safe and in balance. At the end of the Fossil Fuel Era, we are emerging to a new reality. We are ready to make the next leap - as momentous as abolishing slavery or giving women the vote.” GivingEndsRealityEarthNextVisionPlanetsReadyBalanceSafeVoteBlueSlaveryGreenErasFuelLeapFossilsEmergingFossil FuelAbolishing Slavery Author:Elizabeth May
“Although the patriarchal ego prides itself on being reasonable, the twentieth century has been anything but the Age of Reason. In our collective neurosis, we have raped the earth, disrupted the delicate balance of nature, and created phallic missiles of mass destruction.” Has BeensReasonAgeEarthCenturyPrideBalanceEgoMassDestructionReasonableCollectivesDelicateTwentieth CenturyMissilesMass DestructionNeurosisAge Of Reason Author:Marion Woodman
“You could not presume that people were healthy. You could not presume that they would welcome the little nudges and jostlings of life. You had to behave as though everyone you met was walking a thin wire far above the earth, where the slightest wind might rock them off their balance and send them tumbling to the ground.” PeopleLittlesMightEarthRocksWindBalanceWalkingHealthyMetsWelcomeBehaveWireNudgeTumbling Author:Kevin Brockmeier