Environmental : (148) " Class of 2009: you are going to have to figure out what it means to be a human being on Earth at a time when every living system is declining, and the rate of decline is accelerating. Kind of a mind-boggling situation… but not one peer-reviewed paper published in the last thirty years can refute that statement. " - Paul Hawken " A lot of designers still have nostalgia for the past. As for the furniture in the future, I hope they use less of real wood. Conservation in wood is necessary. " - Elsa Peretti " This is the moment when we must come together to save this planet. Let us resolve that we will not leave our children a world where the oceans rise and famine spreads and terrible storms devastate our lands. " - Barack Obama " The United Nations Award for India’s efforts in the field of environment conservation has made every Indian proud. " - Ram Nath Kovind " Advertising is an environmental striptease for a world of abundance. " - Marshall McLuhan " We need to throw away less, recycle a lot more and turn much of the rest into energy. " - Hilary Benn " The main message we want to get out there is that climate change is caused by the rotten economic system. " - Vivienne Westwood " When you analyze all the data, there is a warming trend according to science. But the jury is out on the degree of how much is manmade. " - Rob Portman " It is common knowledge now that we depend on insects for our continued existence; that, without key pollinators, the human population would collapse in less than a decade. " - John Burnside " The effects of climate change are real and only getting worse. I would like to build on the promises of the Paris Climate Agreement and make our country a global leader on the fight against climate change. " - Jan Schakowsky