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Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell.
Edward Abbey1927–1989“The Second Rape of the West”, p. 183
- Economics
The idea of wilderness needs no defense. It only needs more defenders.
Edward Abbey1927–1989“Shadows from the Big Woods”, p. 223
We need wilderness whether or not we ever set foot in it. We need a refuge even though we may not ever need to go there.
Edward Abbey1927–1989“The Heart of Noon”, p. 116
The earth will survive our most ingenious folly.
Edward Abbey1927–1989The Journey Home (1977), “Shadows from the Big Woods”, p. 225
If wilderness is outlawed, only outlaws can save wilderness.
Edward Abbey1927–1989A Voice Crying in the Wilderness (Vox Clamantis in Deserto) (1990)
Come on in. The earth, like the sun, like the air, belongs to everyone — and to no one.
Edward Abbey1927–1989The Journey Home (1977), “Come On In”, p. 88
May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds.
Edward Abbey1927–1989Preface (dated June 1987) for 1988 reprint of Desert Solitaire
No matter how sophisticated you may be, a large granite mountain cannot be denied — it speaks in silence to the very core of your being.
Ansel Adams1902–1984Ansel Adams: An Autobiography (1985)
We don’t have to save the world. The world is big enough to look after itself. What we have to be concerned about is whether or not the world we live in will be capable of sustaining us in it.
Douglas Adams1952–2001Speech at The University of California, videoed by UCTV (May 2001).
Nature does nothing uselessly.
Aristotle384–322 BCPolitics, Book I, 1253a.8
We must change our diet. The planet can’t support billions of meat-eaters.
David Attenboroughborn 1926“Go vegetarian to save wildlife and the planet, Sir David Attenborough urges”. The Independent (26 August 2020)
- Food
There are some four million different kinds of animals and plants in the world. Four million different solutions to the problems of staying alive. This is the story of how a few of them came to be as they are.
David Attenboroughborn 1926Life on Earth (1979), Opening narration
- Animals
This is now our planet, run by humankind for humankind. There is little left for the rest of the living world.
David Attenboroughborn 1926David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet (Netflix, 2020)
Our imprint is now truly global. Our impact now truly profound. Our blind assault on the planet has finally come to alter the very fundamentals of the living world.
David Attenboroughborn 1926David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet (Netflix, 2020)
Everything harmonizes with me, which is harmonious to thee, O Universe. Nothing for me is too early or too late, which is in due time for thee.
Marcus Aurelius121–180Meditations, Book IV, 23
- Time