Jane Velez-Mitchell Quotes

Even the wealth of the U.S. cannot protect against the levels of environmental destruction that we are unleashing.

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

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

I think having toured the world and seeing many places, I've just been blown away by how we've really scarred our home. I'm as guilty as the next person if not more so. I travel a lot. The damage we do to our planet is huge.

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

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

Fundamentally, if you look at where the environmental issues are coming from, it's all because of humans and our impact on the environment, so while it's true that one individual is not going to sufficiently fix the environment, it is a necessary thing.

Environmentalism has failed.

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

The environmental crisis is all a result of rushing.

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

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

In the state of Wisconsin it's mandated that teachers in the social sciences and hard sciences have to start giving environmental education by the first grade, through high school.

I have bigger concerns than what pop stars are doing. I'm more concerned about our environment, what industrialists are doing to it.

The environment has fallen to the wayside in politics.

We must give everyone a stake in the World’s environment.

Protecting our planet is a moral imperative.

In the case of the environment, there's no one to bail it out.

It is undeniable that the looming environmental crisis is partly the consequence of population growth.

My father gave me this poster from National Geographic back in the very early 70s, so I was a young teenager. It showed how man polluted his world. And the issues that they talked about, whether it was water pollution, air, or terrestrial... The issues that they talk about on this poster are still very much present today.

I never lose an opportunity to speak about my obsession: humankind and the environment.

It was once religion which told us that we are all sinners because of original sin. It is now the ecology of our planet which pronounces us all to be sinners because of the excessive exploits of human inventiveness.

A fascinating challenge facing today's environmental movement is how to best approach the reversal of past decisions that altered once-pristine environmental spaces for the sake of urgent man-made needs.

Even the government understands that the environmental challenge is so big that no single agency can handle it. It needs collaboration among all the stakeholders - companies, governments, NGOs and the public. Public accountability will be the ultimate driving force.

Like I said, I'm more worried long term about the environmental issues then the use of arms.