Naveen Jain Quotes

We must not be the generation responsible for irreversibly damaging the environment. We must hand it over to our children in as near pristine condition as we were lent it from our parents.

Unless we keep this planet healthy, everything else is for naught.

I can trace my environmentally-friendly lifestyle back to my childhood. My father was a conservative Republican that liked to 'conserve'.

Raising awareness on the most pressing environmental issues of our time is more important than ever.

Why are ecologists and environmentalists so feared and hated? This is because in part what they have to say is new to the general public, and the new is always alarming.

Al Gore, the former vice-president of the United States, lives in a mansion that uses more electricity than the average family's bungalow! David Suzuki rides on a bus that uses more fuel than a Smart car to get across Canada! Oh my God! And this is just the tip of the vanishing iceberg!

So often we talk about saving the planet, but what we really mean is to save the planet the way it is, so we can live here. So that is can sustain us.

I do believe very strongly that all of us and all of the other things in the context of our planet with Mother Nature, all of these things absolutely have a profound effect.

The only way forward, if we are going to improve the quality of the environment, is to get everybody involved.

Pollution is nothing but resources we're not harvesting. We allow them to disperse because we've been ignorant of their value.

I try to be eco-friendly in every possible way.

We survived on natural resources, so we should take care of the earth. When I leave home, I do things like switching off the heat and lights.

As cheesy as it sounds, truly every day is Earth Day.

I don't think you can escape the environment we live in now.

It's obvious nonsense, but it makes nice people feel good about themselves to do their bit for the planet. It's vanity of a grotesque kind to believe that mankind, and our 'carbon footprint', has more impact on the future of Earth than Nature, which bends our planet to its will, as it sees fit.

My main issue is sustainability of the Earth, and protection of those animals and people who dwell here.

A fascinating challenge facing today's environmental movement is how to best approach the reversal of past decisions that altered once-pristine environmental spaces for the sake of urgent man-made needs.

Every breath we take as human beings damages the planet.

Environmentalism opposes reckless innovation and makes conservation the central order of business.

I think having toured the world and seeing many places, I've just been blown away by how we've really scarred our home. I'm as guilty as the next person if not more so. I travel a lot. The damage we do to our planet is huge.

I've tried to approach environmentalism the same way I do my climbing: by setting small, concrete goals that build on each other.

A true conservationist is a man who knows that the world is not given by his fathers, but borrowed from his children.

I support the Surfrider Foundation, which is focused on protecting the oceans and beaches. I also recycle and use mass transit, ride my bike as often as I can, or I walk, which is one of the best parts about living in New York City.

I don't believe in environmentalism as the solution to anything. What I believe is that environmentalism illuminates the things that need to be done to solve all of the problems together.

All the conservation efforts in the world won't be enough to make a dent in the oncoming sustainability crisis our planet faces.