Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Quotes

If we do not permit the earth to produce beauty and joy, it will in the end not produce food, either.

The first rule of sustainability is to align with natural forces, or at least not try to defy them.

Sustainability, ensuring the future of life on Earth, is an infinite game, the endless expression of generosity on behalf of all.

Earth Day should encourage us to reflect on what we are doing to make our planet a more sustainable and livable place.

We know it is impossible to go on finding, moving and wasting oil, leveling forests, paving land, dumping poisons, and multiplying our numbers. A new way of life, a new set of thoughts must be found.

This whole idea that we address environmental issues by not doing stuff just doesn't work.

On Earth Day, we celebrate all the gifts the world and nature make available to us. We recognize our complete dependence on its bounty. And we acknowledge the need for good stewardship to preserve its fruits for future generations.

In Hawaii we understand why it is important to malama, or take care of, our land, ocean, and air - our way of life depends on it.

Our ecological emergency demands proactive choices, not reactive sideswipes.

Try to leave the Earth a better place than when you arrived.

Natures' curriculum cannot be changed.

We shall never achieve harmony with land, any more than we shall achieve absolute justice or liberty for people. In these higher aspirations, the important thing is not to achieve but to strive.

Journey with me to a true commitment to our environment. Journey with me to the serenity of leaving to our children a planet in equilibrium.

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

The principles that will save Earth's life are the same principles that save the living souls of humans: ineluctable spiritual principles.

One of the most important lessons we can glean from the environmental movement is to 'think globally and act locally.'

In time, we will have to recognise that it is not 'nature' that we need to protect, but ourselves, and we can only do this by abandoning the old, grandiose, profit-seeking schemes so beloved of our masters and learning to till the soil, live to scale, and live within our means.

If you don't have an ethic of conservation, you basically have a license to drive a Hummer through the Amazon.

If we do not own the freshness of the air and the sparkle of the water, how can you buy them?

This Earth is our only home. Together, we must protect and cherish it.

It is not oil or the environment, it is oil and the environment. We are living in the same world. We are not enemies.

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

We owe it to each other - and to our children and grandchildren - to leave our planet in a better state than when we found it.

You can grow without destroying the things that you love.

Like the other great revolutions, an environmental revolution will require sacrifices and lead to enormous gains. It, too, will change the face of the land and human institutions, hierarchies, self-definitions, cultures. It will take centuries. If it happens. There is no guarantee, of course.