Hope Jahren Quotes

High Alpine meadows, like their near relatives prairie, desert and certain varieties of wetland, teach us to consider the world from a fresh perspective, to open our eyes and take account of what we have missed, reminding us that, in spite of our emphasis on the visual in everyday speech, we see so very little of the world.

In the end, we will conserve only what we love, we will love only what we understand, and we will understand only what we are taught.

I love nature.

I think and hope there are far more people aware of the need to look after our future.

There is no question that photography has played a major role in the environmental movement.

It is one thing to hear about the forest and the river, but an entirely other experience to go there, to see the environment, and to appreciate the natural riches there first-hand.

He who does not become familiar with nature through love will never know her.

Authors can only soft sell the environment. Create a wonderful story around the environment involving the characters that leaves a lasting impression on the reader's mind.

Arbor Day is not like other holidays. Each of those reposes on the past, while Arbor Day proposes for the future.

Not all is doom and gloom. We are beginning to understand the natural world and are gaining a reverence for life - all life.

We must always take from nature what we paint and always choose the most beautiful things.

People don't want to go to the dump and have a picnic, they want to go out to a beautiful place and enjoy their day. And so I think our job is to try to take the environment, take what the good Lord has given us, and expand upon it or enhance it, without destroying it.

I've always had an eye for nature, but it's the sort of thing to keep quiet about, because I don't want to come across as a mad hippy. But it makes sense to appreciate those things.

If I have any lasting worth, it will be because I have tried to make people remember what the Earth is meant to look like.

I love nature. I'm not going to do anything to detract from it.

The wonder is that we can see these trees and not wonder more.

I think it is important that we all try and be green where it is possible; an awareness of the world around us can never be a bad thing.

Where nature is concerned, familiarity breeds love and knowledge, not contempt.

I appreciate nature as well and everything green.

Many eyes go through the meadow, but few see the flowers in it

We cannot protect something we do not love, we cannot love what we do not know, and we cannot know what we do not see. Or hear. Or sense.

I see the entire world as Eden, and every time you take an inch of it away, you must do so with respect.

I'm a big believer in our connection to nature.

I'm a latecomer to the environmental issue, which for years seemed to me like an excuse for more government regulation. But I can see that in rich societies, voters are paying less attention to economic issues and more to issues of the spirit, including the environment.

Beauty surrounds us, but usually we need to be walking in a garden to know it.