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Climate Change Quotes
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“We have been a very inventive species, but the question before us now is… are we going to be a responsible species?”
– This Spaceship Earth Houle and Rumage
“Individually we are one drop. Together we are an ocean.”
Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Japanese writer
“Everyone on Earth today is down-wind or down-stream from someone else, so a problem anywhere on the planet, in some way, is a problem for all on the planet.”
– This Spaceship Earth Houle and Rumage
“The cost of our success is the plunder of natural resources, leading to energy crises, climate change, pollution, and the destruction of our habitat. If we continue in this same direction, humankind is headed for some frightful ordeals, if not extinction.”
Christian de Duve
“It is abundantly clear that the economic costs of not aggressively addressing climate change are far greater than the costs of addressing and overcoming it.”
– This Spaceship Earth Houle and Rumage
“By valuing life higher than material things we move closer to the spiritual teachings of all the world’s great religions. This understanding is the next level of evolution for human consciousness. It is not simply a profound philosophical understanding, it is a practical way forward to rebalance the climate, to create meaningful employment, to fairly distribute affluence and create a sustainable civilization.”
John D. Liu, 2014
“Any problem with or on the spacecraft is a liability for all those on board. It is collective and collaborative survival in the extreme.”
– This Spaceship Earth Houle and Rumage
“By the time we see that climate change is really bad, our ability to fix it is extremely limited. The carbon gets up there, but the heating effect is delayed. And then the effect of that heat on the species and ecosystem is delayed. That means that even when you turn virtuous, things are actually going to continue to get worse for quite awhile.”
– Bill Gates
“You may be able to fool the voters, but not the atmosphere.”
– Donella Meadows
“Since climate change and the global economy now affect us all, we have to develop a sense of the oneness of humanity.”
– Dalai Lama
