“A wrong attitude towards nature implies, somewhere, a wrong attitude towards God, and that the consequence is an inevitable doom. For a long enough time we have believed in nothing but the values arising in a mechanized, commercialized, urbanized way of life: it would be as well for us to face the permanent conditions upon which God allows us to live upon this planet.” WayWellsLongEnoughWould BeFacesValuesAttitudeConditionsPlanetsConsequenceEnvironmentalInevitablePermanentDoomEnough TimeWrong Attitude Author:T. S. Eliot
“I can't conceive of anything being more varied and rich and handsome than the planet Earth. And its crowning beauty is the natural world. I want to soak it up, to understand it as well as I can, and to absorb it. And then I'd like to put it together and express it in my paintings. This is the way I want to dedicate my work.” WorldWayWantWellsI CanEarthTogetherNaturalRichPaintingPlanetsHandsomeNatural WorldPlanet Earth Author:Robert Bateman
“Be enlightened for you, just for you. No one else knows or cares. They crucified Christ, you know. They don't take real well, on this planet, to the people who see things differently.” PeopleKnowsWellsRealCareChristChristianityPlanetsEnlightenmentEnlightened Author:Frederick Lenz
“When practiced to its fullest, mindful eating turns a simple meal into a spiritual experience, giving us a deep appreciation of all that went into the meal's creation as well a deep understanding of the relationship between the food on our table, our own health, and our planet's health.” GivingWellsMotivationalSpiritualTurnsUnderstandingSimpleCreationPlanetsEatingTablesAppreciationMealsOur PlanetSpiritual ExperienceDeep Understanding Author:Nhat Hanh
“I think we live in an era of problems that, if you step back and look at them globally, can't be solved. One response to that is, "Oh well, it's all hopeless. The natural world is getting wrecked, birds are disappearing, the planet is warming and so anything we might do on a smaller scale is meaningless."” IfsThinkingWorldWellsLooksProblemMightNaturalStepsPlanetsBirdResponseDisappearScalesErasHopelessMeaninglessNatural WorldOh Well Author:Jonathan Franzen
“Obama wants to be thought of as the president who freed us from foreign oil. But if he doesn't show some political courage, he may well be remembered as the president who cooked the planet.” IfsWantWellsMayShowsPoliticalPresidentPlanetsOilRememberedForeign OilPolitical Courage Author:Jeff Goodell