Paul Watson Quotes

I think the greatest challenge in environmentalism and the most rewarding challenge is trying to figure out how humans can meet their needs while protecting the environment.

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

To waste, to destroy, our natural resources, to skin and exhaust the land instead of using it so as to increase its usefulness, will result in undermining in the days of our children the very prosperity which we ought by right to hand down to them amplified and developed.

Good stewardship of the environment and our natural resources is necessary.

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.

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

The laws of nature tell us there's a finite amount of any substance on the face of the earth, and at some point, that's going to run out. And if we're smart and we have some grace and we have some willingness about our destiny, then we will take ourselves into the renewable world.

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.

Unless we practice conservation, those who come after us will have to pay the price of misery, degradation, and failure for the progress and prosperity of our day.

The natural capital is not income, but we spend our natural capital as if it were revenue, as if it were going to come back next year without any problems, whereas these renewals in nature can take hundreds of years.

Human beings are going to be relying on natural resources for a long time.

The truth is, natural organisms have managed to do everything we want to do without guzzling fossil fuels, polluting the planet or mortgaging the future.

This is not a disposable planet. It is the only one we have.

We are going to learn how to relate to the Earth and our own natural environment here by looking seriously at space colony ecologies.

As we look to the future, we cannot improve our living standards while simultaneously degrading the natural environment around us.

I agree on the need for environmental sustainability. It is no good raising gross national income while at the same time destroying natural assets.

Our ecological emergency demands proactive choices, not reactive sideswipes.

My main issue is sustainability of the Earth, and protection of those animals and people who dwell here.

Fuel conservation is a necessity, and I have to be the first person to set the example.

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

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

Sustainability is the key to our survival on this planet and will also determine success on all levels.