Words of wisdom: the climate crisis in quotes
In the spirit of things:
"Today more than ever before, life must be characterised by a sense of Universal responsibility."
Dalai Lama, supreme head of Tibetan Buddhism, 1987
"We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with love and respect."
Aldo Leopold, US environmentalist, 1949
"One person can make all the difference in the world. For the first time in recorded human history, we have the fate of the whole planet in our hands."
Chrissie Hynde, musician
"Listen carefully this, you can hear me. I'm telling you because earth just like mother and father or brother of you. That tree same thing...Tree working when you sleeping and dream".
Bill Neidjie, Kakadu Australian Aboriginal
"Eco-justice is nothing less than taking seriously the destiny of humanity and the planet on which we live."
Petra Kelly, founder of the German Green Party, 1990
"What we human beings are all living now, whether we are volunteers or not, is an extraordinary but exceptionally dangerous adventure. We have a very small number of years left to fail or to succeed in providing a sustainable future to our species".
Jacques Cousteau, French explorer and marine conservationist (1910-1997)
"We are living on this planet as if we had another one to go to."
Terri Swearingen, US environmental activist
