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"Complexity is one of the great problems in environmental design."
"Environmental damage such as graffiti, fly-posting and general littering is a menace that is becoming all too prevalent, not just in inner cities but in many communities - urban and rural."
"Organic farming has been shown to provide major benefits for wildlife and the wider environment. The best that can be said about genetically engineered crops is that they will now be monitored to see how much damage they cause."
"There are no words that can tell the hidden spirit of the wilderness, that can reveal its mystery, its melancholy and its charm."
"We need the tonic of wildness...At the same time that we are earnest to explore and learn all things, we require that all things be mysterious and unexplorable, that land and sea be indefinitely wild, unsurveyed and unfathomed by us because unfathomable. We can never have enough of nature."
"You forget that the fruits belong to all and that the land belongs to no one."
"Those who love and free nature are never alone."
"Where the earth is, we are."
"I like to define biology as the history of the earth and all its life - past, present, and future."
"All I'm saying is that there is a price to be paid at the sharp end.. environmentally and everywhere else.. for the food that is produced in a particular way."
"It is extremely important to me that the social and environmental issues associated with the production of fashion clothing are addressed."
"Go quietly alone, no harm will befall you."
"Environment is stronger than will."
"We're running the most dangerous experiment in history right now, which is to see how much carbon dioxide the atmosphere can handle before there is an environmental catastrophe."
"I think the cost of energy will come down when we make this transition to renewable energy."
"Climate change is a terrible problem, and it absolutely needs to be solved. It deserves to be a huge priority."
"White males are the most responsible for the destruction of human life and environment on the planet today."
"Our work on light bulbs wasn't an arbitrary mandate. We didn't just pick a standard out of the air, or look for a catchy sounding standard like 25 by 2025 not based in science or feasibility. Instead, we worked with both industry and environmental groups to come up with a standard that made sense and was doable."
"There is no doubt that we live in an age of unprecedented, and sometimes terrifying, technological advance where the speed of advance so often outstrips the necessary ethical considerations."