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Climate Change Quotes
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“Another world is not only possible, she is already on her way. On quiet days I can hear her breathing.”
– Arundhati Roy, Indian author
“The purpose of the Quartermaster’s Report is to describe the status of the ship, in this case Spaceship Earth. Inputs, throughputs and outputs need to be in dynamic equilibrium with each other to maintain the life support systems of Spaceship Earth relative to the health of the crew.”
– This Spaceship Earth Houle and Rumage
“Never does nature say one thing and wisdom another.”
– Juvenal, Roman poet
“The 35 billion tonnes of CO2 put in the atmosphere in 2013 is still active in the environment, as is the 35 billion tonnes released in 2014. The current model of CO2 reduction is really a lower rate of increase of CO2 in the environment, not a true subtraction from the total.”
– This Spaceship Earth Houle and Rumage
“Climate change is a global crisis – one the international community and private sector must tackle together if we have any hope of averting the worst impacts on our health, our economies, and our communities.”
– Tom Steyer
“Move to vertical gardens, local gardens, and plant land to generate complete meals rather than mono-crops. Reintegrate livestock with regenerative farming.”
– This Spaceship Earth Houle and Rumage
“He not busy being born, is busy dying.”
– Bob Dylan
“All businesses are dependent upon natural resources. They all use some combination of air, water, energy, raw materials, and/or refined, processed natural resources. A simple and direct translation of this reality is that the only way to have a viable long-term economy is to have a healthy long-term ecology.”
– This Spaceship Earth Houle and Rumage
“Our nation has abundant clean energy resources. Tapping them will generate jobs, make the air safer to breathe, and address climate change – the greatest environmental crisis of our time.”
– Frances Beinecke
“Spaceship earth is where all humans live… it has a finite amount of resources so sustainability and efficiency are increasingly important.”
– This Spaceship Earth Houle and Rumage
