It’s Earth Day

“To waste, to destroy our natural resources, to skin and exhaust the land instead of using it so as to increase its usefulness, will result in undermining in the days of our children the very prosperity which we ought by right to hand down to them amplified and developed.”
 — Theodore Roosevelt

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“Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit, and as vital to our lives as water and good bread. A civilization which destroys what little remains of the wild, the spare, the original, is cutting itself off from its origins and betraying the principle of civilization itself.”
— Edward Abbey

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“A man could be a lover and defender of the wilderness without ever in his lifetime leaving the boundaries of asphalt, powerlines, and right-angled surfaces. We need wilderness whether or not we ever set foot in it. We need a refuge even though we may never need to set foot in it. We need the possibility of escape as surely as we need hope …”
— Edward Abbey

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“Destroying rainforest for economic gain is like burning a Renaissance painting to cook a meal.”
— Edward O. Wilson

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“Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s need but not every man’s greed.”
— Gandhi

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“What’s the use of a fine house if you haven’t got a tolerable planet to put it on?” 
— Henry David Thoreau

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“Here is your country. Cherish these natural wonders, cherish the natural resources, cherish the history and romance as a sacred heritage, for your children and your children’s children. Do not let selfish men or greedy interests skin your country of its beauty, its riches or its romance.”
— Theodore Roosevelt

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“We are the first generation to feel the impact of climate change and the last generation that can do something about it.”
— Barack Obama

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“The greatest threat to our planet is the belief that someone else will save it.”
— Robert Swan

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“To leave the world better than you found it, sometimes you have to pick up other people’s trash.”
— Bill Nye

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We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors;
We borrow it from our children.

—Ted Perry