“The production of natural resources in agriculture, forestry and fisheries, stable natural hydrological cycles, fertile soils, a balanced climate and numerous other vital ecosystem services can only be permanently secured through the protection and sustainable use of biological diversity.” UseNaturalDiversityResourcesClimateProductionsProtectionSoilCyclesStableBalancedAgricultureNatural ResourcesEcosystemsFertileSecuredFertile SoilFisheries Author:Sigmar Gabriel
“The immediate need for education and practice in using our natural resources of soil, forest, water, wildlife and areas of inspirational beauty to the best advantage of all, for this generation and others to come, is again apparent to every observant citizen.” NeedsWaterNaturalPracticeGenerationsCitizensResourcesAdvantageAreasForestsSoilWildlifeNatural ResourcesThis GenerationObservantInspirational Beauty Author:Walt Disney
“Unlike the urban development that I see taking over and swallowing up our precious soil, when we interact with our environment in a way that allows for regeneration and natural spaces, the outcome can be beautiful.” WayBeautifulNaturalSpaceEnvironmentDevelopmentOutcomesSoilUrbanOur EnvironmentRegenerationSwallowingUrban Development Author:Cory Trepanier
“Verse should be as natural As the small tuber that feeds on muck And grows slowly from obtuse soil To the white flower of immortal beauty” ShouldGrowsNaturalWhiteFlowerSoilImmortalVersesWhite Flowers Author:R. S. Thomas
“War is an old, old plant on this earth, and a natural history of it would have to tell us under what soil conditions it grows, where it plays havoc, and how it is eliminated.” WarPlayEarthGrowsNaturalConditionsPlantSoilHavocNatural History Book:An Anthropologist at Work Source: An Anthropologist at Work
“The Zen meditative approach has a simple, unstated premise: moods and attitudes shape—determine—what we think and perceive. If we feel happy, we tend to develop certain trains of thought. If we feel sad or angry, still others. But suppose, with training, we become nonattached to distractions and learn to dampen these wild, emotional swings on either side of equanimity. Then we can enter that serene awareness which is the natural soil for positive, spontaneous personal growth, often called spiritual growth.” IfsThinkingFeelsStillsSpiritualCertainSidesGrowthNaturalSimpleAttitudeLearningSadnessAwarenessEmotionalShapesApproachTrainingAngryTrainPersonal GrowthDetermineHappyMoodPerceiveSoilSpiritual GrowthDistractionSwingsSpontaneousPremisesSereneEquanimityTrain Of Thought Book:Zen and the Brain: Toward an Understanding of Meditation and Consciousness Source: Zen and the Brain: Toward an Understanding of Meditation and Consciousness
“I see the day in our own lifetime that reverence for the natural systems, the oceans, the rainforests, the soil, the grasslands, and all other living things will be so strong that no narrow ideology based upon politics or economics will overcome it.” StrongNaturalOceanEconomicsOvercomingLifetimeIdeologySoilReverenceLiving ThingsRainforestGrasslands Author:Jerry Brown