Ryuichi Sakamoto Quotes

Raising awareness on the most pressing environmental issues of our time is more important than ever.

I hardly can sleep. I feel that my target now is really to save Mother Earth for humanity. And it's doable.

It's time we stopped ignoring the environment. Let's not let another election go by without making this a high priority.

We can make a concerted effort to stop poisoning the planet: that would be a good way of appeasing the gods.

I think its important to speak up for the environment because the Earth is not saying something.

I tell my environmental friends that they have won. Every issue we look at from an energy perspective is now also looked at from an environmental perspective.

We've all heard of the surveys revealing that teenagers think cows lay eggs, and others where children can identify more brand logos than trees, by a staggering margin. My view is that children will form a significant part of the green fightback. They instinctively understand the value of the environment.

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

I wish my artwork could persuade millions of people to join a global conversation about sustainability.

If you look at the state of our planet, the next generations won't be around if we consider sustainability as a gimmick.

I, Maggie, personally cannot tell you that you're going to save the planet. But what I do know is that we can draw a line to an issue that can conserve what we already have and what's left in a way that we can actually breathe the air, drink the water, actually grow things in soil - that matters in a real, practical way.

With today's mass media obsession, it's good to be able to raise awareness about our environment.

Environmental concern is now firmly embedded in public life: in education, medicine and law; in journalism, literature and art.

The planet doesn't require saving, and actually hasn't asked Greenpeace to save it.

People are overwhelmed looking up at the Mount Everest of environmental challenges that we face. But you put one foot in front of the other and you recognize that not everyone is Sir Edmund Hillary.

We can have technology, prosperity, nice homes and cars, but at the same time we must be conscious of what we are dumping into the water, the air and our food.

The need to protect the environment has emerged as an undeniably important priority for me.

Protecting our planet is a moral imperative.

We actually all care about the environment, and most people believe in climate change and believe that mankind has something to do with that - how much is scientifically debatable, but there is some effect and we all have an interest in reducing carbon emissions, just having cleaner air, cleaner oceans. It's something we can get behind.

Our ecological emergency demands proactive choices, not reactive sideswipes.

We only have one earth. Let's take care of it.

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.

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

It's a sad day when a cartoon is doing more and cares more and pays more attention to the environment than our president.

We must act swiftly in order to halt the rate of decay our planet faces.