Ecological Footprints Quotes

• We're the ones who can make a difference. If we lead lives where we consciously leave the lightest possible ecological footprints, if we buy the things that are ethical for us to buy and don't buy the things that are not, we can change the world overnight.

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  Jane Goodall

  Differences   Making A Difference   World  

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• Take nothing but memories, leave nothing but footprints!

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  Chief Seattle

  Memories   Footprint   Conservation  

  "The Love Project Journey", www.imdb.com. 2010.

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• We are living as if we had three planets' worth of resources to live with rather than just one. We need to cut by about two-thirds our ecological footprint. For that we need one planet farming as well as one planet living - one planet farming which minimises the impact on the environment of food production and consumption, and which maximises its contribution to renewal of the natural environment

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  David Miliband

  Cutting   Impact   Two  

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• Humans are now the most numerous mammal on the planet. There are more humans than rats or mice. Humans have a huge ecological footprint, magnified by their technology.

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  David Suzuki

  Technology   Environmental   Mammals  

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• We see a world of abundance, not limits. In the midst of a great deal of talk about reducing the human ecological footprint, we offer a different vision. What if humans designed products and systems that celebrate an abundance of human creativity, culture, and productivity? That are so intelligent and safe, our species leaves an ecological footprint to delight in, not lament?

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  William McDonough

  Creativity   Intelligent   Vision  

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• Simplicity means to choose ways of living that touch the Earth more lightly and that reduce our ecological footprint.

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  Duane Elgin

  Mean   Simplicity   Way  

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• Some people feel that humans have a right to eat other animals but not to trash the earth. They may choose veganism because a vegan's ecological footprint is light, but once they are not invested in eating animals, they are more likely to be willing to learn the details of what happens to them. That learning will encourage compassionate people to stick with a plant-based diet.

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  Karen Dawn

  Animal   Light   People  

  "Animal Advocate and Author Karen Dawn: The Welfare of Animals and the Earth". Interview with Barbi Twins, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• The money economy thus leaves a large ecological footprint, defined as the amount of land and resources required to meet a typical consumer's needs. For example, with only about 4% of the world's population, the United States, the largest money economy, consumes in excess of one-quarter of the world's energy and materials and generates in excess of 25 percent of the world's greenhouse gas emissions.

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  Stuart L. Hart

  Land   Energy   Typical  

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