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CONSERVATION
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Energy
conservation is the foundation of energy independence.
-- Thomas H. Allen
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"A true conservationist is a man who knows that the
world is not given by his fathers but borrowed from
his children."
~ John
James Audubon
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We
do need a 'new economy,' but one that is founded on
thrift and care, on saving and conserving, not on
excess and waste. An economy based on waste is inherently
and hopelessly violent, and war is its inevitable
by-product. We need a peaceable economy."
~ Wendell
Berry
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"The
most unhappy thing about conservation is that it is
never permanent. Save a priceless woodland or an irreplaceable
mountain today, and tomorrow it is threatened from another
quarter."
~ Hal Borland |
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Grassroots groups challenge the "business-as-usual"
environmentalism that is generally practiced by the
more privileged wildlife-and conservation-oriented
groups. The focus of activists of color and their
constituents reflects their life experiences of social,
economic, and political disenfranchisement.
-- Robert
Bullard
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Because
we are now running out of gas and oil, we must prepare
quickly for a third change, to strict conservation
and to the use of ... permanent renewable energy
sources, like solar power.
~ Jimmy
Carter
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"In
the end, we conserve only what we love. We will love
only what we understand. We will understand only what
we are taught."
~ Baba Dioum, Senegalese poet |
"The
most unhappy thing about conservation is that it is
never permanent. If we save a priceless woodland today,
it is threatened from another quarter tomorrow."
~ Marjory Stoneman Douglas |
"The
earth will continue to regenerate its life sources only
as long as we and all the peoples of the world do our
part to conserve its natural resources. It is a responsibility
which every human being shares. Through voluntary action,
each of us can join in building a productive land in
harmony with nature."
~ Gerald Ford |
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There
would be very little point in my exhausting myself
and other conservationist themselves in trying to
protect animals and habitats if we weren’t at the
same time raising young people to be better stewards.
~ Jane
Goodall
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"Without
knowing it, we utilize hundreds of products each day
that owe their origin to wild animals and plants. Indeed
our welfare is intimately tied up with the welfare of
wildlife. Well may conservationists proclaim that by
saving the lives of wild species, we may be saving our
own."
- Norman Myers |
"The
purpose of conservation: The greatest good to the greatest
number of people for the longest time."
~ Gifford Pinchot, first Director of the U.S. Forest
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...conservation
of land and conservation of people frequently go
hand in hand.
-- Eleanor
Roosevelt
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If
there is any one duty which more than another we owe
it to our children and our children's children to
perform at once, it is to save the forests of this
country, for they constitute the first and most important
element in the conservation of the natural resources
of this country.
-- Theodore
Roosevelt
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By
means of trees, wildlife could be conserved, pollution
decreased and the beauty of our landscapes enhanced.
This is the way, or at least one of the ways, to spiritual,
moral, and cultural regeneration.
~ E.F.
Schumacher
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"The
conservationist's most Important task, if we are to
save the earth, is to educate."
~ Peter Scott, founder chairman of the World Wildlife
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"The primary threat to nature and people today comes
from centralising and monopolising power and control.
Not until diversity is made the logic of production
will there be a chance for sustainability, justice
and peace. Cultivating and conserving diversity is
no luxury in our times: it is a survival imperative."
~ Vandana
Shiva
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A hypocrite is the kind of politician who would cut
down a redwood tree, then mount the stump and make
a speech for conservation.
-- Adlai
Stevenson
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"Widely
spaced earth-sheltered towns offer sweeping views over
the plains. High-speed trains link the communities.
Food is grown in the region. Bikeways are everywhere.
Nonpolluting hydrogen powers all vehicles. Sunlight
and wind generate the hydrogen. Note the earth-covered
bridges, the continuous window bands, the wind machines
across the farmlands. In this new America, everything
is reused, recycled, conserved."
-- Malcolm Wells |
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