“There is not, in fact, any such thing as the direct influence of one human being on another apart from use of the physical environment as an intermediary. A smile, a frown, a rebuke, a word of warning or encouragement, all involve some physical change. Otherwise, the attitude of one would not get over to alter the attitude of another.” HumansFactsUseHuman BeingsAttitudeEnvironmentInfluenceDirectEncouragementWarningGet OverRebuke Book:Democracy And Education Source: Democracy And Education
“I think it's really useful to create parameters. The term you use can be forwarded into something more like a grid, a rubric, a system that you apply to all environments, and in so doing you create a situation in which you can locate local color, local differences within new environments.” ThinkingUseTermDifferencesSituationEnvironmentColorLocalsDoing YouParametersGridsNew EnvironmentRubrics Author:Kehinde Wiley
“You cannot cause disproportionate damage to the environment; you cannot harm neutral states. The court said that the threat or use of nuclear weapons is generally contrary to the international law of armed conflict.” SaidStatesUseLawCausesEnvironmentConflictWeaponsCourtThreatInternationalHarmContraryNuclearDamageNuclear WeaponsInternational LawArmed Conflict Author:John Burroughs
“We should certainly not be perpetuating further harm to others or to the environment. Suppose that workers at ExxonMobil are trying to unionize. We have two choices: to help them improve their lives, or to keep away so that their lives will be worse. Neither choice has any effect on use of fossil fuels. So radical organizers can both help them unionize and improve their lives, and convince them to find a different way to survive and work for ending the use of fossil fuels.” WayShouldTryingTwoDifferentHelpingUseChoicesEnvironmentEffectsWorkersHarmRadicalDifferent WaysFuelConvinceFossilsFossil FuelOrganizerTwo ChoicesPerpetuating Author:Noam Chomsky
“When geologists announced the beginning of a new geological epoch, the Anthropocene, humans destroying the environment, one of the main things they pointed to is the use of plastics in the earth.” HumansUseEarthEnvironmentDestroyingPlasticEpochGeologistDestroying The Environment Author:Noam Chomsky