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Earth Day: 20 Environmental Quotes that will make you want to act right now!



1) WENDELL BERRY

To cherish what remains of the Earth and to foster its renewal is our only legitimate hope of survival.

2) JANE GOODALL

Deforestation is changing our climate, harming people and the natural world. We must, and can, reverse this trend.


3) MOTHER TERESA

I only feel angry when I see waste. When I see people throwing away things we could use.


4) YOTAM OTTOLENGHI

One man's trash is another man's treasure, and the by-product from one food can be perfect for making another.


5) RUTH ANN MINNER

Benjamin Franklin said there were only two things certain in life: death and taxes. But I'd like to add a third certainty: trash. And while some in this room might want to discuss reducing taxes, I want to talk about reducing trash.


6) ORISON SWETT MARDEN

We make the world we live in and shape our own environment.


7) EVO MORALES

Sooner or later, we will have to recognise that the Earth has rights, too, to live without pollution. What mankind must know is that human beings cannot live without Mother Earth, but the planet can live without humans.


8) JOE KAESER

Sustainability is not just about adopting the latest energy-efficient technologies or turning to renewable sources of power. Sustainability is the responsibility of every individual every day. It is about changing our behaviour and mindset to reduce power and water consumption, thereby helping to control emissions and pollution levels.


9) ANTONIO GUTERRES

We must act decisively to protect our planet from both the coronavirus and the existential threat of climate disruption.


10) INGRID NEWKIRK

If we are ever to halt climate change and conserve land, water and other resources, not to mention reduce animal suffering, we must celebrate Earth Day every day - at every meal.


11) ANAND MAHINDRA

Sustainability has to be a way of life to be a way of business.


12) MASON COOLEY

Human society sustains itself by transforming nature into garbage.


13) BILL GATES

Climate change is a terrible problem, and it absolutely needs to be solved. It deserves to be a huge priority.


14) LEWIS GORDON PUGH

Climate change is a terrible problem, and it absolutely needs to be solved. It deserves to be a huge priority.


15) DAVID ATTENBOROUGH

There is no question that climate change is happening; the only arguable point is what part humans are playing in it.


16) ROHINI NILEKANI

India's waste problem is gigantic, and with its economy growing steadily, it will be compounded manifold.


17) TERRI SWEARINGEN

We are living on this planet as if we had another to go to.


18) A. P. J. ABDUL KALAM

Smart habitation is an integrated area of villages and a city working in harmony and where the rural and urban divide has reduced to thin line.


19) MARGARET MEAD

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.


20) PETER DRUCKER

Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.

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