E. O. Wilson Quotes
It was inspiring to learn of the new Bachelor of Environmental Studies Program, and I congratulate you for it. Singapore is geographically in the right central position for an influence in Asia and Australia, and NUS has the reputation and academic strength to make it effective.E. O. Wilson
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Producing food to eat is the single most destructive environmental activity humans engage in.
Ramez Naam -
People are overwhelmed looking up at the Mount Everest of environmental challenges that we face. But you put one foot in front of the other and you recognize that not everyone is Sir Edmund Hillary.
Ed Begley, Jr. -
We must strictly enforce the Environmental Law, closing down the polluters that fail to meet the standards.
Ma Jun -
There are a tremendous amount of environmental issues that are on the table.
Ed Rendell -
I do not believe we can effectively move Australia to a lower emission economy, which is what we need to do if we're going to make a contribution to a global reduction in greenhouse gases, without putting a price on carbon.
Malcolm Turnbull -
GM has never been about feeding the world or tackling environmental problems. It is and has always been about control of the global food economy by a tiny handful of giant corporations. It's not wicked to question that process. It is wicked not to.
Zac Goldsmith
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For sheer majestic geography and sublime scale, nothing beats Alaska and the Yukon. For culture, Japan. And for all-around affection, Australia.
Sam Abell -
There is no question that photography has played a major role in the environmental movement.
Galen Rowell -
We travel a lot from Australia and deliberately route ourselves through the U.A.E. because my whole family loves the place.
Fiona McIntosh -
By uploading 40 years of 'Ecologist' editions online, we will be creating the world's most extensive ecological archive. 'The Ecologist' will continue to set the environmental and political agenda here and abroad.
Zac Goldsmith -
We copied laws and regulations from western countries, but enforcement remains weak, and environmental litigation is still quite near impossible.
Ma Jun -
I have younger friends who are in this pinch where they feel they've been counted out before they've had a chance to prove themselves. They've inherited a lot of debt - not just student debt but environmental debt, political debt. They really feel squeezed.
G. Willow Wilson
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That's the big mistake the environmental movement made - 'We'll scare the hell out of you, and you'll become an activist'.
Naomi Klein -
I'm such an advocate for animal rights and environmental rights.
Beau Garrett -
Environmental quality was drastically improved while economic activity grew by the simple expedient of removing lead from gasoline - which prevented it from entering the environment.
Barry Commoner -
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality - what a joke. In my district, we caught them lying to us about the results of air quality studies in the Barnett Shale. They are playing with the health and safety of our communities, and we are going to tell them that is not acceptable.
Wendy Davis -
If all mankind were to disappear, the world would regenerate back to the rich state of equilibrium that existed ten thousand years ago. If insects were to vanish, the environment would collapse into chaos.
E. O. Wilson -
I like the outdoors and the natural world. Environmental issues.
Mackenzie Crook
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Our nation has abundant clean energy resources, and tapping them will generate jobs, make the air safer to breathe, and tackle climate change - the greatest environmental crisis of our time.
Frances Beinecke -
I did want to be Joni Mitchell for quite a long time.
Val McDermid -
I would prefer to be a citizen of an independent country rather than Emperor of an enslaved one.
Bao Dai -
Basically, the Internet is just the way now. It's the end-all, be-all of self-promotion. It's not like you got to burn CDs and pass them out or sell them. The Internet is a tool that reaches billions and billions of people. It's like a no-brainer to tie it in with self-promotion, or even label promotion.
Wale -
The most powerful thing that can happen in the place of prayer is that you yourself become the prayer. You leave the prayer room able as Jesus' hands and feet on earth. This is what it means to pray continually (without ceasing), to see with the eyes of Jesus and to hear with His ears with every waking moment.
Brennan Manning -
It was inspiring to learn of the new Bachelor of Environmental Studies Program, and I congratulate you for it. Singapore is geographically in the right central position for an influence in Asia and Australia, and NUS has the reputation and academic strength to make it effective.
E. O. Wilson