Environmentalist Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old environmentalist quotes, environmentalist sayings, and environmentalist proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.

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
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
Environmental pollution is an incurable disease. It can only be prevented. Barry Commoner
Mother Nature comes up against reality, and the reality is that the system doesn't work. John Garamendi
Environmental quality was drastically improved while economic activity grew by the simple expedient of removing lead from gasoline which prevented it from entering the environment. Barry Commoner
Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's needs, but not every man's greed. Mahatma Gandhi
Environmental concern is now firmly embedded in public life: in education, medicine and law; in journalism, literature and art. Barry Commoner
Good environmental policy is good economic policy. Bernie Sanders
If as an environmentalist we are against anything. It is against the arrogance of power and the most obcene ways it shows up, which is in greed. John Denver
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
To be an environmentalist is to care about the environment and care about life on planet Earth. Sharon Gannon
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
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
A true conservationist is a man who knows that the world is not given by his fathers, but borrowed from his children. John James
The potential in many environmental issues is that if you undertake corrective action without appropriate understanding of the problem, then you wind up doing more harm than good. Hugh Ross
The good man is the friend of all living things. Gandhi
Energy conservation is the foundation of energy independence. Tom Allen
Environmentally friendly cars will soon cease to be an option they will become a necessity. Fujio Cho
Environmentalists and secular humanists insist that humans will destroy the planet. Corporate capitalists and many religious fundamentalists have no regard for wildlife and nature. Ultimately, this dualistic battle is based on false premises. In fact, this planet is more powerful than the human species. Zeena Schreck
Sustainable development is the pathway to the future we want for all. It offers a framework to generate economic growth, achieve social justice, exercise environmental stewardship and strengthen governance. Ban Ki-moon
The Earth does not belong to us: we belong to the Earth. Marlee Matlin
Conservation is a state of harmony between men and land. Aldo Leopold
Nature is the mother and the habitat of man, even if sometimes a stepmother and an unfriendly home. John Dewey
Only people with full stomachs become environmentalists. David Brin
Plans to protect air and water, wilderness and wildlife are in fact plans to protect man. Stewart Udall
Environmentalists and clean energy champions should stop telling people that we are working for sustainability, which nobody understands. Van Jones
Environmentalists changed the word jungle to rain forest, because no one would give them money to save a jungle. Same with swamps and wetlands. George Carlin