“This is my letter to the world, that never wrote to me, the simple news that nature told, with tender majesty. Her message is committed, to hands I cannot see; for love of her, sweet countrymen, judge tenderly of me.” WorldHandsNatureSimpleEnvironmentSweetJudgingMessagesNewsLettersCommittedMajestyCountrymen Author:Emily Dickinson
“I no longer believe the conservative message that children are naturally selfish and destructive creatures who need civilizing by hierarchies or painful controls. On the contrary, I believe that hierarchy and painful controls create destructive people. And I no longer believe the liberal message that children are blank slates on which society can write anything. On the contrary, I believe a unique core self is born into every human being; the result of millennia of environment and heredity combined in an unpredictable way that could never happen before or again.” PeopleWayNeedsWritingBelieveHumansChildrenSelfHappensI BelieveBornHuman BeingsResultsFamilyEnvironmentCreaturesMessagesUniqueConservativePainfulContrarySelfishCoreDestructiveBlankUnpredictableHierarchySlateHeredityBlank Slates Author:Gloria Steinem
“People are more likely to search for specific books in which they are actively interested and that justify all of that effort of reading them. Electronic images and sounds, however, thrust themselves into people's environments, and the messages are received with little effort. In a sense, people must go after print messages, but electronic messages reach out and touch people. People will expose themselves to information in electronic media that they would never bother to read about in a book.” PeopleLittlesBookReadingSoundEffortEnvironmentMediaInformationTelevisionMessagesBotherJustifyPrintReach OutThrustElectronic Media Author:Joshua Meyrowitz
“The message I am trying to get across is exactly this: Protecting the environment does not require us to be against large SUVs or trucks. Instead we should develop technology to cut down greenhouse gas emissions because that is where the action is - it's not about what the size of the car is.” ShouldTryingDoeActionTechnologyEnvironmentCuttingCarMessagesSizeGasTruckEmissionsGreenhousesGreenhouse GasesSuvs Author:Arnold Schwarzenegger
“I want to win. [...] We're not going on win by doing what Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton do each and every day. Dividing the country. Saying, creating a grievance kind of environment. We're going to win when we unite people with a hopeful, optimistic message. I have that message because I was a governor of a state that saw people lifted up, because we had high sustained economic growth.” PeopleWantKindCountryStatesWinningGrowthEnvironmentSawsEconomicCreatingMessagesClintonOptimisticBarackHopefulGovernorsEconomic GrowthGrievanceDividing Author:Jeb Bush
“The message of Jesus has proved ineffective because the environment was unready to receive it.” JesusChristChristianityEnvironmentMessages Book:Gandhigrams Source: Gandhigrams
“For that reason the simple test of the slogan 'Consume Less' as a basis for social action on the environment would be to tell it to the blacks in the ghetto. The message will not be very well received for there are many people in this country who consume less than is needed to sustain a decent life.” PeopleWellsCountryReasonWould BeActionSocialSimpleEnvironmentNeededMessagesTestsBasesDecentSlogansGhettoAffluenceSocial ActionDecent Life Author:Barry Commoner
“This festival... the festival of Makar Sankranti... is our way of showing love towards nature. While global warming poses a serious threat to the world and mankind, this message of love for our environment is extremely essential.” WorldWayEnvironmentMankindSeriousEssentialsMessagesIndiaThreatClimate ChangeGlobal WarmingFestivalsOur EnvironmentShowing Love Author:Narendra Modi
“Hollywood has to appeal to the broadest audience, and when it comes to most social and economic issues, America is progressive. Because of that, the messages that are in Hollywood movies tend to be, for instance, pro-environment.” AmericaSocialAudienceIssuesEnvironmentEconomicMessagesHollywoodInstanceAppealsProgressiveHollywood MoviesEconomic Issues Author:Adam McKay
“The Internet, like all intellectual technologies has a trade off. As we train our brains to use it, as we adapt to the environment of the internet, which is an environment of kind of constant immersion and information and constant distractions, interruptions, juggling lots of messages, lots of bits of information.” KindUseBitsBrainTechnologyEnvironmentInformationInternetMessagesIntellectualTradeConstantTrainDistractionInterruptionsJugglingImmersionTrade Offs Author:Nicholas G. Carr
“I think there are a lot of closet charismatics out there. A lot of [clergy] personally have had their vocations saved because of their experience of Christ and the Holy Spirit through the renewal, but they discovered it wasn't cool [to say so out loud] because it was considered fringe. They got the message from the environment not to talk about it very much. I think the time has come for the closet charismatics to come out.” ThinkingSpiritChristEnvironmentHolyMessagesSavedLoudHoly SpiritClosetsVocationRenewalFringeClergy Author:Ralph Martin
“I want to send a clear message to every board room, every executive suite across America, if you scam your customers, exploit your many employees, pollute our environment, or rip off taxpayers, we will find ways to hold you accountable.” IfsWayWantAmericaRoomsClearEnvironmentMessagesCustomersBoardsEmployeeExecutivesExploitsRipOur EnvironmentTaxpayersScams Author:Hillary Clinton
“Most folks, when they see movies or hear records, need something that they find pulls them in, draws them in, and appeals to them beyond just the notes. For a record to be memorable and great, it has to have something of this quality. Exactly what that is, I don't know, but I think it has something to do with an atmosphere, an environment that is appealing and attractive. And the people that inhabit this environment have... almost a message for the rest of the world.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWorldNeedsQualityRecordsEnvironmentMessagesDrawsNotesFolksAppealsAtmosphereAttractiveMemorable Author:Ry Cooder
“I had in mind a message, although I hope it doesn't intrude too badly, persuading Americans, and especially Southerners, of the critical importance of land and our vanishing natural environment and wildlife.” MindNaturalEnvironmentLandMessagesImportanceCriticalWildlifeNatural EnvironmentVanishingSouthernerPersuading Author:E. O. Wilson