William McDonough Quotes

I don't need to make money destroying my environment. Why don't I just love it and figure out a way to be more sustainable?

We do have responsibilities, as we live on this planet. It is our one and only home, which we are obligated to protect, to keep as beautiful and harmonious as it is. It is really for everyone to do so, including you and me.

Celebrate Earth Day every day.

Working for the earth is not a way to get rich, it is a way to be rich.

We can conserve energy and tread more lightly on the Earth while we expand our culture's capacity for joy.

Be a voice for the future and a voice for the planet.

If the earth is man's extended body, to be loved and respected as one's own body, those who do no greening of themselves will hardly bring about the greening of America. The idea of 'greening' involves color, flowering, freshness of spring, and, above all, respect for what is organic and vegetative as distinct from the mechanical and metallic.

Each of us has a responsibility for the sustainability of our planet and each of us can make a difference if we choose to do so.

Faced with the widespread destruction of the environment, people everywhere are coming to understand that we cannot continue to use the goods of the earth as we have in the past ... [A] new ecological awareness is beginning to emerge which rather than being downplayed, ought to be encouraged to develop into concrete programs and initiatives.

The future of mankind lies waiting for those who will come to understand their lives and take up their responsibilities to all living things.

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

A true conservationist is a man who knows that the world is not given by his fathers, but borrowed from his children.

I can trace my environmentally-friendly lifestyle back to my childhood. My father was a conservative Republican that liked to 'conserve'.

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

I want to show people that environmentalism can be fun!

We need to have a culture that says 'the less energy you can use to be comfortable, the better off you are and the better you should feel about yourself'.

To shake your rump is to be environmentally aware.

We recycle everything in my house. I'm not into any particular organizations, but I'm doing my part and that makes me feel okay.

We always have to remind ourselves of how fragile life on this planet is and what responsibilities we have.

Today, more than ever before, life must be characterized by a sense of Universal responsibility, not only nation to nation and human to human, but also human to other forms of life.

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

I had just gotten to the point when I could have bought any car I wanted to in America. I even looked at a Hummer. But one day I woke up and realized, how can I talk the talk without walking the walk? If you can feel good about not contributing to global change, then all the power to you, but I couldn't.

I strongly believe that it's possible to conserve our heritage while making more healthful choices.

I try to be eco-friendly in every possible way.

I try to conserve water and avoid plastic as much as I can.