Vandana Shiva Quotes

What would human life be without forests, those natural cities?

Today, we must realize that nature is revealed in the simplest meadow, wood lot, marsh, stream, or tidepool, as well as in the remote grandeur of our parks and wilderness areas.

The forests are the lungs of the world. I’ve always believed if you breathe, you’re an environmentalist.

Life on earth is inconceivable without trees.

I love nature.

I love all of the ecosystems - mountains, deserts, rainforests. They're beautiful, and nature has so many different flavors to it.

I'm very aware of modern countryside issues, such as rewilding: how, as science progresses, we begin to understand that a healthy ecosystem is multiform.

Ecosystems are holy. The word "environmental" is a deadly compromise itself. It's a policy word that lives only in the head, and barely there.

I've always liked trees. And then, growing up, I took an interest in ecology, hedges being destroyed, the landscape being turned into prairies.

'The Creation' presents an argument for saving biological diversity on Earth. Most of the book is for as broad an audience as possible.

In wildness is the preservation of the world.

I have been naturally inclined towards mountains, trees, flowers, and rivers.

The planet's forests are essential for life.

It has become much harder, in the past century, to tell where the garden leaves off and pure nature begins.

The wilderness and the idea of wilderness is one of the permanent homes of the human spirit.

We are all part of the ecosystem.

The rainforests hold answers to questions we have yet to ask.

A world without leopards, well, who would want to live in it?

Without wilderness, the world's a cage.

Our relationship to the environment matters, our relationship to animals matters, and our relationship to culture matters.

Ecology is often confused with environmentalism, while in fact, environmentalism often leaves out the fact that people, too, can be a legitimate part of an ecosystem.

There are a great many people who are in favor of conservation no matter what it means.

A functioning eco-system is a human need.

The continued existence of wildlife and wilderness is important to the quality of life of humans. Our challenge for the future is that we realize we are very much a part of the earth's ecosystem, and we must learn to respect and live according to the basic biological laws of nature.

The West of which I speak is but another name for the Wild, and what I have been preparing to say is, that in Wildness is the preservation of the World