51 quotes found
“This is rather as if you imagine a puddle waking up one morning and thinking, 'This is an interesting world I find myself in--an interesting hole I find myself in--fits me rather neatly, doesn't it...”
“We all deserve a love as deep as the oceans. Let us keep our oceans clean and enjoyable for us all.”
“Science fiction is when we see into the future of our planet, fantasy is when we believe humanity will survive.”
“Environment isn't asking us to conserve her for her but for our future generations.”
“I have a conflict of interest in environmental conservation.”
“Fundamentally, the task is to articulate not just an alternative set of policy proposals but an alternative worldview to rival the one at the heart of the ecological crisis - embedded in interdepen...”
“A poet can imagine an iceberg singing a melancholic song while the world leaders find it difficult to imagine proper solution to global warming.”
“Climate Change is a bit like our advanced societies. Too late to "fix." The only choice left is that we adapt to what we've created.”
“If we meet a myth with our lives and deepest concerns, the mythic oracles speak directly to us. Myths are oracular in the sense that each person can receive a message or an insight that relates to ...”
“In what seems like a fantastic coincidence, but is probably no coincidence at all, the history of these events is recovered just as people come to realize that they are causing another one.”
“They keep saying that sea levels are rising an' all this. It's nowt to do with the icebergs melting, it's because there's too many fish in it. Get rid of some of the fish and the water will drop. S...”
“As long as scepticism is based on a sound understanding of science it is invaluable, for that is how science progresses. But poor criticism can lead those who are unfamiliar with the science involv...”
“One of the biggest obstacles to making a start on climate change is that it has become a cliche before it has even been understood”
“There is a name for the tsunami wave of extermination: the Holocene extinction event. There's no asteroid this time, only human behavior, behavior that we could choose to stop. Adolph Eichman's exc...”
“Men argue. Nature acts.”
“It cannot be described, this awesome chain of events that depopulated the whole Earth; the range is too tremendous for any to picture of encompass. Of the people of Earth's unfortunate ages, billio...”
“The biggest threats to human survival today are not wars or conflict, it is modern business.”
“I believe in a world in which science is the key for supporting thedevelopment of a happy future for humanity. So, I advocate for such asituation in which scientists would speak louder. If science ...”
“We're at a crucial point in history. We cannot have fast cars, computers the size of credit cards, and modern conveniences, whilst simultaneously having clean air, abundant rainforests, fresh drink...”
“It is only individual great forces, which must be pulled together, in our common vision of combating the climate change.”
