Welcome to our page dedicated to Environmental Quotes! In a world where our planet faces various environmental challenges, the power of words can be a potent force for change and awareness. Here, we have curated a collection of inspiring and thought-provoking quotes from renowned environmentalists, activists, thinkers, and even everyday individuals who have been moved by the pressing need to protect and preserve our environment.
These quotes serve as a source of inspiration, motivation, and a call to action. Whether you’re an eco-conscious individual, an environmental advocate, or someone looking to create awareness about the importance of sustainability, these quotes can be a valuable resource. Feel free to use them in your presentations, projects, or even share them on social media to amplify the message of environmental responsibility. Scroll down to find a diverse array of environmental quotes that you can copy, place on images, or enhance with stylish fonts to spread the message of conservation and change. Let’s work together to make a positive impact on our planet!
We may achieve climate, but weather is thrust upon us. O. Henry
To be clear, climate change is a true 800 pound gorilla in the room. The effects of global warming threaten global environmental upheaval over the coming century. But for South Florida and the Everglades, it could be our death knell if urgent action is not taken. Debbie Wasserman Schultz
If we do not permit the earth to produce beauty and joy, it will in the end not produce food, either. Joseph Wood Krutch
After all, sustainability means running the global environment – Earth Inc. – like a corporation: with depreciation, amortization and maintenance accounts. In other words, keeping the asset whole, rather than undermining your natural capital. Maurice Strong
I think the government has to reposition environment on top of their national and international priorities. Brian Mulroney
Plans to protect air and water, wilderness and wildlife are in fact plans to protect man. Stewart Udall
It is horrifying that we have to fight our own government to save the environment. Ansel Adams
If all mankind were to disappear, the world would regenerate back to the rich state of equilibrium that existed ten thousand years ago. If insects were to vanish, the environment would collapse into chaos. E. O. Wilson
It seems to me like Mother Nature’s mercy and forgiveness have run dry, as we ceaselessly abuse her and take her for granted in order for us to continue our addiction to using fossil fuels. I’ve gotta say, I don’t blame her. Not one bit. Gloria Reuben
Destroying rainforest for economic gain is like burning a Renaissance painting to cook a meal. E. O. Wilson
Environmental policy must strike a balance between the earth’s best interests and our citizen’s pressing needs. Jim Clyburn
We have no reason to think that climate change is harmful if you look at the world as a whole. Most places, in fact, are better off being warmer than being colder. And historically, the really bad times for the environment and for people have been the cold periods rather than the warm periods. Freeman Dyson
Mother Nature comes up against reality, and the reality is that the system doesn’t work. John Garamendi
All is connected… no one thing can change by itself. Paul Hawken
I think so long as fossil fuels are cheap, people will use them and it will postpone a movement towards new technologies. Paul Krugman
As you heat the planet up, it’s just like boiling a pot. Elon Musk
Nuclear power will help provide the electricity that our growing economy needs without increasing emissions. This is truly an environmentally responsible source of energy. Michael C. Burgess
I find it interesting that many of the people who want to restrict fossil fuels live in well-developed countries where abundant and affordable energy is readily available. Lee R. Raymond
Every drop in the ocean counts. Yoko Ono
I do believe very strongly that all of us and all of the other things in the context of our planet with Mother Nature, all of these things absolutely have a profound effect. Kiefer Sutherland
Energy conservation is the foundation of energy independence. Tom Allen
Green-tech could be the largest economic opportunity of the 21st Century. John Doerr
The reality is gas prices should be much more expensive then they are because we’re not incorporating the true damage to the environment and the hidden costs of mining oil and transporting it to the U.S. Whenever you have an unpriced externality, you have a bit of a market failure, to the degree that eternality remains unpriced. Elon Musk
The environment is everything that isn’t me. Albert Einstein
We have enslaved the rest of the animal creation, and have treated our distant cousins in fur and feathers so badly that beyond doubt, if they were able to formulate a religion, they would depict the Devil in human form. William Inge
The hydrogen powered car, with its high fuel mileage and zero emission rate, is just one example of the products under development that will help increase our energy independence. Dan Lipinski
We are aware only of the empty space in the forest, which only yesterday was filled with trees. Anna Freud
People blame their environment. There is only one person to blame – and only one – themselves. Robert Collier
Conservation is a state of harmony between men and land. Aldo Leopold
In today’s world, it is no longer unimaginable to think that business can operate – and even thrive – in an environmentally-friendly manner. Olympia Snowe
The real cure for our environmental problems is to understand that our job is to salvage Mother Nature. We are facing a formidable enemy in this field. It is the hunters… and to convince them to leave their guns on the wall is going to be very difficult. Jacques Yves Cousteau
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has. Margaret Mead
We’re running the most dangerous experiment in history right now, which is to see how much carbon dioxide the atmosphere… can handle before there is an environmental catastrophe. Elon Musk
If you cut down a forest, it doesn’t matter how many sawmills you have if there are no more trees. Susan George
The time is right for electric cars – in fact the time is critical. Carlos Ghosn
The most important thing about global warming is this. Whether humans are responsible for the bulk of climate change is going to be left to the scientists, but it’s all of our responsibility to leave this planet in better shape for the future generations than we found it. Mike Huckabee
It’s coming home to roost over the next 50 years or so. It’s not just climate change; it’s sheer space, places to grow food for this enormous horde. Either we limit our population growth or the natural world will do it for us, and the natural world is doing it for us right now. David Attenborough
I’m anti-tax, but I’m pro-carbon tax. Elon Musk
Population, when unchecked, goes on doubling itself every 25 years or increases in a geometrical ratio. Thomas Malthus
In fact, because of their connection to the land, farmers do more to protect and preserve our environment than almost anyone else. They are some of the best environmentalists around. Ike Skelton
The cheapest natural gas in the world is in the United States. T. Boone Pickens
We live in a world bathed in 5,000 times more energy than we consume as a species in the year, in the form of solar energy. It’s just not in usable form yet. Peter Diamandis
Our world faces a true planetary emergency. I know the phrase sounds shrill, and I know it’s a challenge to the moral imagination. Al Gore
Saving our planet, lifting people out of poverty, advancing economic growth… these are one and the same fight. We must connect the dots between climate change, water scarcity, energy shortages, global health, food security and women’s empowerment. Solutions to one problem must be solutions for all. Ban Ki-moon
We must return to nature and nature’s god. Luther Burbank
If we bestow but a very little attention to the economy of the animal creation, we shall find manifest examples of premeditation, perseverance, resolution, and consumate artifice, in order to effect their purpose. William Bartram
You don’t have to live in the country and grow your own food to be green. Shalom Harlow
Natural gas is a better transportation fuel than gasoline, so if that’s the case, it’s cheaper, it’s cleaner and it’s a domestic resource. T. Boone Pickens
Mother Nature is not sweet. John Shelby Spong
If you can’t be in awe of Mother Nature, there’s something wrong with you. Alex Trebek
The sooner we get started with alternative energy sources and recognize that fossil fuels makes us less secure as a nation, and more dangerous as a planet, the better off we’ll be. Lindsey Graham
Raising awareness on the most pressing environmental issues of our time is more important than ever. Leonardo DiCaprio
The Endangered Species Act is the strongest and most effective tool we have to repair the environmental harm that is causing a species to decline. Norm Dicks
In a few decades, the relationship between the environment, resources and conflict may seem almost as obvious as the connection we see today between human rights, democracy and peace. Wangari Maathai
Public discourse has been polluted now for decades by corporate-funded disinformation – not just with climate change but with a host of health, environmental and societal threats. The implications for the planet are grim. Michael E. Mann
Just as modern mass production requires the standardization of commodities, so the social process requires standardization of man, and this standardization is called equality. Erich Fromm
Mankind has probably done more damage to the Earth in the 20th century than in all of previous human history. Jacques Yves Cousteau
A majority of American citizens are now becoming skeptical of the claim that our carbon footprints, resulting from our use of fossil fuels, are going to lead to climatic calamities. But governments are not yet listening to the citizens. John Coleman
If we’re destroying our trees and destroying our environment and hurting animals and hurting one another and all that stuff, there’s got to be a very powerful energy to fight that. I think we need more love in the world. We need more kindness, more compassion, more joy, more laughter. I definitely want to contribute to that. Ellen DeGeneres
People need to be cautious because anything built by man can be destroyed by Mother Nature. Russel Honore
The only way forward, if we are going to improve the quality of the environment, is to get everybody involved. Richard Rogers
Birds are indicators of the environment. If they are in trouble, we know we’ll soon be in trouble. Roger Tory Peterson
By polluting clear water with slime you will never find good drinking water. Aeschylus
Keep close to Nature’s heart… and break clear away, once in awhile, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean. John Muir
I’m very concerned for the future of the earth and its amazing creatures. We’ve got to be careful and make sure we don’t foul our own nest. John Lithgow
Climate change is happening, humans are causing it, and I think this is perhaps the most serious environmental issue facing us. Bill Nye
I did not become a vegetarian for my health, I did it for the health of the chickens. Isaac Bashevis Singer
I really believe in the environmental movement right now – it only takes a little effort to make a big difference. Brooke Burke
We won’t have a society if we destroy the environment. Margaret Mead
Moral codes adjust themselves to environmental conditions. Will Durant
Nevertheless, there is another threat on the horizon. I see this threat in environmentalism which is becoming a new dominant ideology, if not a religion. Its main weapon is raising the alarm and predicting the human life endangering climate change based on man-made global warming. Vaclav Klaus
The quicker we humans learn that saving open space and wildlife is critical to our welfare and quality of life, maybe we’ll start thinking of doing something about it. Jim Fowler
Journey with me to a true commitment to our environment. Journey with me to the serenity of leaving to our children a planet in equilibrium. Paul Tsongas
If we gave up eating beef we would have roughly 20 to 30 times more land for food than we have now. James Lovelock
When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe. John Muir
You may be able to fool the voters, but not the atmosphere. Donella Meadows
Harmony with land is like harmony with a friend; you cannot cherish his right hand and chop off his left. Aldo Leopold
Every creature is better alive than dead, men and moose and pine trees, and he who understands it aright will rather preserve its life than destroy it. Henry David Thoreau
I can find God in nature, in animals, in birds and the environment. Pat Buckley
We are using resources as if we had two planets, not one. There can be no ‘plan B’ because there is no ‘planet B.’ Ban Ki-moon
Ten percent of the big fish still remain. There are still some blue whales. There are still some krill in Antarctica. There are a few oysters in Chesapeake Bay. Half the coral reefs are still in pretty good shape, a jeweled belt around the middle of the planet. There’s still time, but not a lot, to turn things around. Sylvia Earle
Nature is the mother and the habitat of man, even if sometimes a stepmother and an unfriendly home. John Dewey
You cannot achieve environmental security and human development without addressing the basic issues of health and nutrition. Gro Harlem Brundtland
Take a course in good water and air; and in the eternal youth of Nature you may renew your own. Go quietly, alone; no harm will befall you. John Muir
Unless we keep this planet healthy, everything else is for naught. Victoria Principal
Try to leave the Earth a better place than when you arrived. Sidney Sheldon
In Kenya women are the first victims of environmental degradation, because they are the ones who walk for hours looking for water, who fetch firewood, who provide food for their families. Wangari Maathai
A true conservationist is a man who knows that the world is not given by his fathers, but borrowed from his children. Unknown
It’s not unexpected that shooting massive amounts of water, sand, and chemicals at high pressure into the earth to shatter shale and release natural gas might shake things up. But earthquakes aren’t the worst problem with fracking. David Suzuki
If a man walks in the woods for love of them half of each day, he is in danger of being regarded as a loafer. But if he spends his days as a speculator, shearing off those woods and making the earth bald before her time, he is deemed an industrious and enterprising citizen. Henry David Thoreau
It appears to be a law that you cannot have a deep sympathy with both man and nature. Henry David Thoreau
If we don’t continue to pursue alternative, emissions-free energy sources like nuclear fuel, we are at risk of increasing our dependence on costly natural gas. Judy Biggert
Yet, despite our many advances, our environment is still threatened by a range of problems, including global climate change, energy dependence on unsustainable fossil fuels, and loss of biodiversity. Dan Lipinski
Why has it seemed that the only way to protect the environment is with heavy-handed government regulation? Gale Norton
We could have saved the Earth but we were too damned cheap. Kurt Vonnegut
Environmental concern is now firmly embedded in public life: in education, medicine and law; in journalism, literature and art. Barry Commoner
I think the cost of energy will come down when we make this transition to renewable energy. Al Gore
The Earth does not belong to us: we belong to the Earth. Chief Seattle
The future will either be green or not at all. Bob Brown
It’s obvious nonsense, but it makes nice people feel good about themselves to do their bit for the planet. It’s vanity of a grotesque kind to believe that mankind, and our ‘carbon footprint’, has more impact on the future of Earth than Nature, which bends our planet to its will, as it sees fit. Charles Saatchi
