Rebecca Solnit Quotes

It's a war, I think, to save the planet, really, from ourselves.

Awareness is key. In the absence of information, none of us know what is happening and what could be jeopardizing our health, our water supply, and our planet.

We must act swiftly in order to halt the rate of decay our planet faces.

I think that I was slightly naive. I thought that if I showed people the beauty of the Arctic and the beauty of the polar bears that they would care so much that they would stand up and try to make a change.

We shouldn't be saying 'Save the planet'; we should be saying: 'Save viable conditions in which people can live.' That's what we're dealing with here.

We can make a concerted effort to stop poisoning the planet: that would be a good way of appeasing the gods.

Our Earth is talking to us, and we must listen to it and decipher its message if we want to survive.

We depend on nature to survive... it is our responsibility also to take care of our home, planet Earth.

We only have one earth. Let's take care of it.

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

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

We have the world to live in on the condition that we will take good care of it. And to take good care of it, we have to know it. And to know it and to be willing to take care of it, we have to love it.

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. Because the planet doesn't need to be saved. It doesn't care if all the squirrels, elephants, and trees die and there's just a couple of amoebas floating around at the poles.

I think it's important to be kind to the world before it disappears if we don't take care of it.

Address these environmental issues and you will address every issue known to man. And we keep dabbling in things that aren't really that important in the long term.

I really wonder what gives us the right to wreck this poor planet of ours.

The destruction of our environment and resources cannot be stemmed unless the growth of the world's population is stemmed and ultimately reduced.

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 believe in the protection of the environment that supports us all.

To be sure, governments will remain critical to any comprehensive effort to save our planet.

I hardly can sleep. I feel that my target now is really to save Mother Earth for humanity. And it's doable.

It's time we stopped ignoring the environment. Let's not let another election go by without making this a high priority.

Now, more than ever, we need nature as a balancing agent.

You can print money to bail out a bank, but you can't print life to bail out a planet.

The future will either be green or not at all.