If we kill off the wild, then we are killing a part of our souls.
Conservation is not merely a question of morality, but a question of our own survival.
If you don't have an ethic of conservation, you basically have a license to drive a Hummer through the Amazon.
Conservation means development as much as it does protection.
The sea is the universal sewer.
Basically, I think 21st century conservation is moving toward preserving ecosystems by dealing with the needs of people.
Our national conservation effort must include the complete spectrum of resources: air, water, and land; fuels, energy, and minerals; soils, forests, and forage; fish and wildlife. Together they make up the world of nature which surrounds us- of the American heritage.
I believe humans have souls, and I believe in the conservation of souls.
We have a very old conservation movement, particularly in the United States, which has focused on campaigns to protect endangered species: the spotted owl, the old-growth forest. But usually it stops there. To me, biodiversity is the full spectrum. Species conservation is not only about wilderness conservation. Its also about protecting the livelihood of people even while changing the dominant relationship that humans have had with other species. In India, its an economic issue, not just an ecological one.
We're the only species that have crapped up the planet and the only species that can clean it up.
India needs to be liberated both from the 'high GDP growth hedgehogs' and the 'conservation at all costs hedgehogs. '
If in fact the conservation and complexification of novelty is what the universe is striving for, then suddenly our own human enterprise, previously marginalized, takes on an immense new importance.
I plead for conservation of human culture, which is much more fragile than nature herself. We needn't destroy other cultures with the force of our own.
The more you know about a species, the more you understand about how better to help protect them.
We must encourage energy conservation and sustainable development. Young people are the ones who are most environmentally conscious in Ireland, so that to some extent they are educating their parents. They are tackling issues of waste disposal and so on. The schools help, because they put a lot of stress on environmental awareness.
I've learned that if you want people to join in any kind of conservation effort, you have to help them to care with their hearts, not just their heads.
Nothing is more conservative than conservation
Conservation must become before recreation.
You don't have a conservation policy unless you have a population policy.
Life should be built on the conservation of energy.
