“On what principle is it that, when we see nothing but improvement behind us, we are to expect nothing but deterioration before us.” – Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1830 in Edinburgh Review “You have to have at least one square meal a day to be a conservationist or an environmentalist.” Richard Leakey, quoted by Dr. NormanContinue reading “Green quotes”
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Green quote of the day
“When scientists align themselves with anti-science political movements, like Rifkin’s anti-biotechnology crowd, what are we to think? When scientists lend their names and credibility to unscientific propositions, what are we to think? Is it any wonder that science is losing its constituency?” – Dr. Norman Borlaug, Feeding a World of 10 Billion People: The MiracleContinue reading “Green quote of the day”
