“A nation that fails to plan intelligently for the development and protection of its precious waters will be condemned to wither because of its shortsightedness. The hard lessons of history are clear, written on the deserted sands and ruins of once proud civilizations.” HardNationsWaterClearPlansFailingWrittenDevelopmentProudCivilizationLessonsEnvironmentalProtectionRuinsSandDesertedHard Lessons Book:Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Lyndon B. Johnson, 1968-1969 Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Lyndon B. Johnson, 1968-1969
“I think that the environmental movement is wisely moving away from a largely emotion-based argument for the spiritual or intrinsic value of Nature with a capital "N" and evolving toward a very hard-nosed case for the economic value of natural capital, ecosystem services, biodiversity, etc.” ThinkingHardSpiritualMovingValuesNaturalEmotionCasesEconomicMovementArgumentEnvironmentalEvolveEtcEcosystemsBiodiversityMoving AwayIntrinsic ValueEconomic Value Author:Edward Norton
“Despite the array of groups and organizations working on global warming, we are still missing a key element: the movement. Along with the hard work of not-for-profit lobbyists, environmental lawyers, green economists, sustainability-minded engineers, and forward-thinking entrepreneurs, it's going to take the inspired political involvement of millions of Americans to get our country on track to solving this problem.” ThinkingStillsCountryHardProblemPoliticalMillionsGroupsMissingMovementHard WorkKeysElementsOrganizationGreenEntrepreneurEnvironmentalInspiredTrackProfitLawyerDespiteOur CountryGlobal WarmingSustainabilityEngineersEconomistInvolvementLobbyistsForward ThinkingPolitical Involvement Author:Bill McKibben