Svetlana Alexievich Quotes

The images of Earth's delicate biosphere, contrasting with the sterile moonscape where the astronauts left their footsteps, have become iconic for environmentalists: these may indeed be the Apollo programme's most enduring legacy.

That's the thing about Mother Nature, she really doesn't care what economic bracket you're in.

When man decides he can control nature, he's in deep trouble.

Earth was not built for six billion people all running around and being passionate about things. The world was built for about two million people foraging for roots and grubs.

It saddens me that in the 21st century, with all our knowledge and power, we are hearing more and more stories of possible extinctions due to people's choice. We are responsible for our choices and the only ones capable of changing our future.

The further human society drifts away from nature, the less we understand interdependence.

If people think nature is their friend, then they sure don't need an enemy.

In a fragile environment, we need to be aware of ourselves as members of a uniquely powerful species living among other species who are quite as interesting as we are but vulnerable to us because we are cleverer in more destructive ways.

Because we're not in harmony with the environment, we're destroying the environment that supports us.

Genetic design is something we can use to fight the lack of sustainability we humans are forcing on the earth's environment.

The planet does nothing but support us, and we are constantly committing crimes against nature.

We're not environmentally doing very good things to this planet, and we might not be around too long.

The Anthropocentic Age - the first age in which humankind is the dominant species on the planet - cuts both ways: it is up to us to destroy or save the planet. We certainly have the ability.

The more we exploit nature, The more our options are reduced, until we have only one: to fight for survival.

I don't believe in messing with mother-nature too much.

Mother Nature is not sweet.

What I have experienced over time is that environmental problems are easier to deal with in ways that don't go into their interconnections to the rest of what we are.

People in general romanticize nature, and they make it out to be something that it isn't because humans are so awful. And yes, we are absolutely screwing up this planet, but that is only because we have the capabilities to do so. Animals are not better than us. They are not nicer than us.

Earth was not built to serve the needs of humans.

Nature does not have the capacity to heal all the wounds that have been inflicted upon it by mankind.

Our conservation laws are based on static ideas about nature—not landscapes that are rapidly changing because of something humans did.

human ecology

Man has evolved a mutual relationship with nature on earth, but his power to change its surface has grown so tremendously that this may become a curse instead of a blessing.

Nature is simply the environment on earth in which man finds himself, and to treat it as a separate being in the image of man is sheer nonsense.

We were created to take care of, steward the land. That is mankind's purpose on earth, to steward and take care of the land as it feeds off of it.