• It is our collective and individual responsibility to preserve and tend to the environment in which we all live. -The Dalai Lama
  • Many who experiment with simplicity speak of an increased freedom, once they strike the right balance. -Jim Merkel, Radical Simplicity
  • The planet does not belong to those in power. It is a gift to all of us, not only a source of profound beauty, but the sustenance for all life. And each one of us can help conserve and protect the Earth. -Wangari Maathai, A Billion Trees, A Singular Voice
  • For starters families can listen to our children, who have a deeper intuitive sense of the environmental issues than most of their parents do. -Jim Wallis, The Great Awakening
  • By being continually in touch with the natural world... every citizen would know that... you can't throw anything away because there is no 'away'. -Kirkpatrick Sale, Dwelling
  • A sustainable society, a sane society, is one that seeks to meet fundamental needs in life enhancing ways. -Alastair McIntosh, Hell and High Water
  • Sacred landscapes are as much a feature of our minds as they are of the land. -Martin Palmer
  • No occupation is so delightful as the culture of the Earth... But though an old man, I am a young gardener. -Thomas Jefferson
  • It is time for the world community to embrace a global covenant that sets forth the fundamental rights of Nature. -Homero Aridjis
  • We can offer thanks every day to our ancient Mother Earth. -Chief Jake Swamp
  • The question is not whether the land belongs to us through title registered in a courthouse, but whether we belong to the land through our loyalty and awareness. -Scott Russell Sanders
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