Ecological Quotes
Population control is not an issue involving contraceptives for third world women. It is an issue of ecological justice.
Ecofeminism is a good term for distinguishing a feminism that is ecological from the kind of feminisms that have become extremely technocratic. I would even call them very patriarchal.
It seems to me that there must be an ecological limit to the number of paper pushers the Earth can sustain.
The origin of agriculture involved both human intentionality and a set of underlying ecological and evolutionary principles.
If we call the young ones, say 10 to 30 years old, 'siblings,' we can see they tend to be naturally ecological. They regard whales and owls as siblings too. That's a great advance.
I often plagiarize from myself. I like to think of this as ecological journalism: I recycle.
The seriousness of ecological degradation lays bare the depth of man's moral crisis... Simplicity, moderation, and discipline as well as the spirit of sacrifice must become a part of everyday life.
The most profound and serious indication of the moral implications underlying the ecological problem is the lack of respect for life evident in many of the patterns of environmental pollution.
That is the wonderful ecological mind that Gregory Bateson talks about - the patterns that connect, the stories that inform and inspire us and teach us what is possible
The ecological movement is concerned about this, and this is in here, where everything is public. In Iran, where everything is covert, we have no firsthand information.
I would consider myself simply a critic of the market economy. My standard isn't primarily political. First of all, it's ecological. And then I get to matters that are social and cultural.
Success comes because you have found your ecological niche and can flourish by doing your own valuable thing.
I'm sixty-two, and it's ecological sense to die while you're still productive, die and clear a space for others, old and young.
Take something you really don't think about: Plastics in the ocean. I mean plastics in the ocean have an enormous ecological effect.
Catch-and-release fishing is an ecological necessity, not my preference. The practice smacks of bad faith, an inauthentic act.
All Christians need an 'ecological conversion', whereby the effects of their encounter with Jesus Christ become evident in their relationship with the world around them.
It is really important to solve the problem of rational utilization and distribution of wate supplies. I dare say, the shortage of fresh water is the major ecological problem of this moment.
We think there is an ecological problem, but the real problem is irresponsible growth of human population.
Food consists not just in piles of chemicals; it also comprises a set of social and ecological relationships, reaching back to the land and outward to other people.
It's true that compared with the scene when Unix started, today the ecological niches are fairly full, and fresh new OS ideas are harder to come by, or at least to propagate.
The moment the angel enters a life it enters an environment. We are ecological from day one.
The new markets that arise from ecological constraints will dominate the 21st century economy, and so will markets for knowledge.
I've moved away from that sort of deep-ecological extremism. I started to think: what can we do for wild birds right now? I don't want these particular species to disappear.
The reason why there is more pessimism about technology in Europe has to do with history, the use of databases to keep track of people in the camps, ecological disasters.
Life and families and babies are all joyous gifts. But if we do not begin to truly account for our numbers, we will surely create an ecological crisis that will only lead to anguish and despair.
The real survivors are the Earth inhabitants that have lived millions of years without consuming their ecological capital, the base from which all abundance flows.
He who sees a gold bullion more valuable than a tree has surely an intelligence much less than a donkey’s!
We study the past ecological history, with the conscience of the present ecological conditions, the only window to predict the future environmental and climate changes.
In your hands winteris a book with cloud pagesthat snow pearls of love.
Laziness has made our cities unclean. If we begin to work and act appropriately, we will clean our cities of any dirt.
Industrial medicine is as little interested in ecological health as is industrial agriculture. (Health Is Membership, pg. 98)
The generation that destroys the environment is not the generation that pays the price. That is the problem.