Sunday 20 May 2012

Great people about nature ...

All the books I've read about sustainability, about the nature and the environment begins with quotes of famous people. I realized that people think about nature and itspreservation with a very, very long time. Here is a selection of my favorite quotes:

 - All of life is interrelated. We are all caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied to a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly affects all indirectly - Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1969)
 - The scarcest resource is not oil, metals, clean air, capital, labour, or technology. It is our willingness to listen to each other and learn from each other and to seek the truth rather than seek to be right - Donella Meadows, environmental scientist, teacher and writer (1941-2001)
 - We do not have a freehold on the earth, only a full repairing lease - Margaret Thatcher, 1988
If something is sustainable, it means we can go on doing it indefinitely. If it isn't, we can't - Jonathon Porritt
 - If we are so selfish that we live unsustainable lifestyles, when will we learn that a sustainable lifestyle also serves self interest - philharding.net/quotes-corner/
 - The whole world is our dining room, but be careful: it is also our garbage can - Ashleigh Brilliant
 - What good is a house, if you haven't got a decent planet to put it on? - Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862)
 - A man's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions - Luke 19:20
 - If there are to be problems, may they come during my life-time so that I can resolve them and give my children the chance of a good life - Kenyan proverb

Well, then immediately comes to mind "Earth Song" the great Michael Jackson



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