There would be very little point in my exhausting myself in trying to protect animals and habitats if we weren’t at the same time raising young people to be better stewards –Dr. Jane Goodall
Here are some succinct quotes I’ve collected from my readings and travels.
There would be very little point in my exhausting myself in trying to protect animals and habitats if we weren’t at the same time raising young people to be better stewards –Dr. Jane Goodall
It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, who is poor.
I’m lazy. But it’s the lazy people who invented the wheel and the bicycle because they didn’t like walking or carrying things.
If we don’t change direction soon, we’ll end up where we’re going.
I cannot say whether things will get better if we change; what I can say is they must change if they are to get better.
To give up the task of reforming society is to give up one’s responsibility as a free man.
As long as the status quo is working, we can afford to remain polite. But when we see the status quo is no longer working, we must speak up.
While we wait for the “big boys” to act (or not) at their annual conferences in far flung locales, there is much we can be doing on the local level to reduce carbon emissions and address the changes wrought by a changing climate. But what should we do first?
Even if the world were to stop burning fossil fuels tomorrow, the momentum of rising global temperature caused by too much carbon in the atmosphere demands on the ground responses if we are to keep our cities livable. How can we cool our cities and keep them healthy?
Bicycle use is experiencing a resurgence in much of the world – even the French are riding! In the USA bicycling is on the cusp of even greater growth, rating the attacks of House Republicans who eliminated funding in the latest transportation bill. Yet, most cities still are hostile to experienced riders much less the average person. What do you find that works to give this affordable, convenient, healthy transportation option a leg up?