“You can judge a civilization by its level of agreement with the green world. When people respect nature, it's a sign of a healthy situation. When they denigrate nature, it's a sign of an unhealthy civilization that will soon perish.” PeopleWorldNatureLevelsSituationJudgingBuddhismCivilizationHealthyGreenAgreementUnhealthyGreen World Author:Frederick Lenz
“Show me a healthy community with a healthy economy and I will show you a community that has its green infrastructure in order and understands the relationship between the built and the unbuilt environment.” ShowsOrderGrowthNatureCommunityEconomyEnvironmentHealthySmartBuiltGreenShow MeConservationInfrastructureSmart Growth Author:Will Rogers
“It was the beginning of a day in June; the deep blue sky unsullied by a cloud, and teeming with brilliant light. The streets were, as yet, nearly free from passengers, the houses and shops were closed, and the healthy air of morning fell like breath from angels, on the sleeping town.” LightHouseNatureSleepMorningAirSkyStreetsHealthyAngelTownsBreathsBlueCloudsBrilliantShopsJunePassengersBlue Sky Book:The Old Curiosity Shop Source: The Old Curiosity Shop
“It is also painful to see that the struggle against hunger and malnutrition is hindered by market priorities, the primacy of profit, which have reduced foodstuffs to a commodity like any other, subject to speculation, also of a financial nature, The hungry remain, at the street corner, and ask to be recognized as citizens, to receive a healthy diet. We ask for dignity, not for charity.” AsksNatureStruggleStreetsSubjectsCitizensHealthyDignityCharityFinancialHungerProfitPainfulCornersPrioritiesHungryDietsCommoditySpeculationMalnutritionStreet CornersHealthy DietPrimacy Author:Pope Francis
“Those herbs which perfume the air most delightfully, not passed by as the rest, but, being trodden upon and crushed, are three; that is, burnet, wild thyme and watermints. Therefore, you are to set whole alleys of them, to have the pleasure when you walk or tread.” WholeThreeNatureWalksPleasureAirHealthySmellScentPerfumeCrushedHerbsAlleysThymeHerbs And Spices Author:Francis Bacon
“Once a disease has entered the body, all parts which are healthy must fight it: not one alone, but all. Because a disease might mean their common death. Nature knows this; and Nature attacks the disease with whatever help she can muster.” KnowsMeanHelpingBodyMightFightingNatureCommonHealthHealthyDiseaseMedicineMusterBaby BoyDeath Nature Author:Paracelsus