“What I see are people who want affordable energy. They want strong environmental standards - they want a lot of things - but first and foremost they want affordable energy. And if you want affordable energy, you want oil, gas and coal.” PeopleIfsWantFirstsEnergyStrongStandardsEnvironmentalOilGasCoalAffordable Author:John S. Watson
“I believe very strongly that corporations could and should be a major force for resolving social and environmental concerns in the twenty-first century.” ShouldFirstsBelieveForceI BelieveSocialCenturyMajorsConcernTwentiesEnvironmentalCorporationsVery Strong Author:Bill Ford
“Overconsumption is the mother of all environmental problems. For the first time in the history of capitalism, consumption itself has become controversial.” FirstsProblemMotherCapitalismFirst TimeEnvironmentalConsumptionConsumerismControversialOverconsumptionEnvironmental Problems Author:Kalle Lasn
“It is through our technology that we have been able to fly far away from earth to learn, in truth, how precious it is. It is no coincidence that our awakening to the special nature of our world and to its uniquely balanced environment and its limitations coincided with our first glimpse of earth from outer space, through the eyes of astronauts, television cameras and photographic equipment.” WorldFirstsHas BeensEyeAbleEarthSpaceTechnologyEnvironmentSpecialTelevisionCamerasEnvironmentalAwakeningLimitationOur WorldFar AwayBalancedCoincidenceEquipmentGlimpseAstronautOuter SpaceThrough The Eyes Author:Dixie Lee Ray
“It is a curious situation that the sea, from which life first arose, should now be threatened by the activities of one form of that life. But the sea, though changed in a sinister way, will continue to exist: the threat is rather to life itself.” WayLifeShouldFirstsFormExistenceSituationEnvironmentSeaChangedActivityOceanThreatEnvironmentalCuriousConservationThreatenedOur EnvironmentSinisterEnvironmentalistBiologistMarine LifeSave The EnvironmentOcean SeaSilent SpringOceans And SeasSea LifeThe Wild NatureBeach And OceanBeach OceanOcean ConservationMarine BiologyMarine BiologistWild Sea Book:The Sea Around Us Source: The Sea Around Us
“For the first time in the history of the world, every human being is now subjected to contact with dangerous chemicals, from the moment of conception until death.” WorldFirstsHumansMomentsHuman BeingsHistoryEnvironmentDangerousFirst TimeHistoricalEnvironmentalContactConceptionChemicalsPollutionEcologyWorld HistoryHuman HistoryOur EnvironmentEnvironmentalistSave Mother EarthGreen LivingSilent SpringInspirational Environmental Book:Silent Spring Source: Silent Spring
“Most of us still believe in the intrinsic value of nature, but I think the first century of the environmental/conservation movement demonstrated pretty clearly that this value cannot compel a civilization-wide shift toward sustainable behavior and enterprise when stacked up against the urgent economic and social needs of 7 billion people, most of whom are struggling to get out of poverty.” PeopleThinkingNeedsFirstsBelieveStillsValuesSocialPovertyStruggleEconomicCenturyMovementCivilizationBehaviorEnvironmentalWideBillionsEnterpriseConservationUrgentIntrinsic Value Author:Edward Norton