31 Ecological Quotes for You to Enjoy

The hierarchy of relations, from the molecular structure of carbon to the equilibrium of the species and ecological whole, will perhaps be the leading idea of the future. Joseph Needham

Future Will Relations Hierarchy Structure Ecological Idea Leading Perhaps Equilibrium Molecular Whole Species Carbon

We in the industrialized world make a greater difference because our ecological footprint, our impact on the condition of the environment, is 40 to 50 times larger than that of people in the developing world. Maurice Strong

People World Our Impact Ecological Environment Developing Developing World Footprint Industrialized Make Greater Because Condition Times Than Difference Larger

Well I think on a simple ecological level that the diversity of this planet is important for our survival, that all of our different cultures, people are important to the health of the whole the same way that a species of animal should be saved and at a simple ecology level. Richard Gere

Health Survival Animal People Simple Diversity Important Think Saved Our Way Ecological Ecology Well Cultures Same Different Different Cultures Planet Should Whole Species Level

Fundamentally, mankind was unimportant in the ecological system. Then, in one fell swoop, an evolutionary blink of an eye, the human race is transformed from something unimportant to the most important thing in the world. Yuval Noah Harari

World Important System Evolutionary Eye Something Ecological Most Fell Most Important Thing Blink Important Thing Human The Most Important Transformed Race Mankind Then Unimportant Human Race Thing Fundamentally

'Ecological sensitivity' is not the first thing that comes to mind when you think of Donald Trump. He doesn't even believe in global warming. But this is because he is a city boy. Alex Shoumatoff

We don't need a War on Carbon. We need a new prosperity that can be shared by all while still respecting a multitude of real ecological limits - not just atmospheric gas concentrations, but topsoil depth, water supplies, toxic chemical concentrations, and the health of ecosystems, including the diversity of life they depend upon. Alex Steffen

Life War Health Water Prosperity Diversity Depend Respecting Atmospheric Ecological Shared Supplies New Ecosystems Toxic Chemical Real Limits Still Just While Depth Including Multitude Carbon Gas Need

If politics and business fail us, of course the military will be called in. In the developing world, the massive and repeated ecological disasters are quite commonly met by the military. Bruce Sterling

Politics Business World Will Met Military Ecological Developing Fail Developing World Disasters Massive Course Repeated Quite Commonly Us

If you look at the carrying capacity of agricultural areas throughout the world, their ecological habitats are changing. So I think we're looking at - in our lifetime - great collapses of food services. Dan Barber

Food Great You World Looking Think Changing Our Carrying Ecological Area Habitats Throughout Lifetime Look Capacity Agricultural Services

The industrial processes in use today were developed at a time when no one had to consider what the environmental impact was. Who cared? But making ecological concerns matter to a company's bottom line will help it do the research and development that will reinvent everything we buy. Daniel Goleman

Environmental Today Buy Time Matter Will Research Consider Everything Impact Ecological Had No-One Developed Bottom Bottom Line Development Industrial Concerns Making Line Were Processes Use Help Who Company Reinvent Cared

We're shaking loose viruses and dislodging them from their natural ecological limitations, places where they aren't very abundant and have competition, even within a single animal. We introduce them into a new, rich habitat called the human population, where they can flourish more abundantly and cause more trouble. David Quammen

Animal Natural Competition Cause Habitat Trouble Single Rich Viruses Introduce More Shaking Ecological Abundant New Within Loose Limitations Very Human Where Places Them Human Population Even Population Flourish

Most of them are doomed to rapid extinction, but a few may make evolutionary inventions, such as physiological, ecological, or behavioral innovations that give these species improved competitive potential. Ernst Mayr

Few Innovations Evolutionary Rapid Give Ecological Inventions Potential Physiological Most Make Improved Behavioral May Doomed Them Species Competitive Extinction

There have been low moments before, but Christianity is an incredibly adaptable organism, using different parts of its repertoire to mutate into new ecological niches, yet preserving intact its story of grace, of love improbably triumphant. Francis Spufford

Love Grace Before Christianity Preserving Incredibly Triumphant Ecological New Parts Intact Been Repertoire Different Story Low Different Parts Organism Moments Using Niches Adaptable

Moreover, the practical recommendations deduced from ecological principles threaten the vested interests of commerce; it is hardly surprising that the financial and political power created by these investments should be used sometimes to suppress environmental impact studies. Garrett Hardin

Environmental Financial Sometimes Political Political Power Power Recommendations Threaten Impact Ecological Moreover Studies Investments Suppress Practical Principles Surprising Commerce Vested Vested Interests Created Interests Should Used Hardly

The linear, single species idea of farming is an assault on ecological function. Something's going to break down in that system - anything from soil structure, in economics... but where to start is with true ecological function. Joel Salatin

While designed to visually seduce, Dune is not primarily a formal exercise but a social, ecological, cultural one. Magnus Larsson

Seduce Ecological Primarily Exercise Cultural Dune Formal While Social Designed

If you ask me, the place that a story happens is as equal character. It's almost like an ecological viewpoint: These people are living in this piece of land, and in this piece of land in this time this is possible. For me, I almost think location first. It's time first - what year is it - then where are we, and then who is in it. Mike Mills

Time Character Me You People First Year Living Think Location Possible Ecological Almost Like Piece Equal Where Happens Story Place Land Ask Then Viewpoint Who

The Industrial Age is not sustainable. It's not sustainable in ecological terms, and it's not sustainable in human terms. Peter Senge

Age Ecological Industrial Terms Human Sustainable

I think that witnessing ecological problems visible from space is one of the new and essential roles of astronauts. Philippe Perrin

Space Problems Think Visible Astronauts Ecological New Witnessing Roles Essential

The beauty of the Stir It Up lies in its ecological balance. We're bringing high quality, earth-friendly materials together with innovative design. The result is powerful sound and a stylish look for the new turntable. Rohan Marley

The reason that Google was such a success is because they were the first ones to take advantage of the self-organizing properties of the web. It's in ecological sustainability. It's in the developmental power of entrepreneurship, the ethical power of democracy. Ron Eglash

Success Democracy Take Advantage Power First Google Web Properties Ecological Entrepreneurship Take Advantage Developmental Because Were Sustainability Success Is Ethical Reason

Finally, the ecological health of the Mississippi River and its economic importance to the many people that make their living or seek their recreation is based on a healthy river system. Ron Kind

Health People Healthy Living Finally System Seek Ecological Economic Recreation River Importance Mississippi Mississippi River Make Many Based

Our ecological emergency demands proactive choices, not reactive sideswipes. Timothy Morton

Our Emergency Ecological Demands Reactive Proactive Choices

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