Environmental : (148)

" I think the environmental problem will be the number one item on the agenda of the 21st century… This is a problem that cannot be postponed. " - Mikhail Gorbachev

" China is responsible for a lot of the major conservation issues we’re facing. It’s the main market for rhino horn. Tigers are being killed for tiger bone wine. They’re driving the tropical timber trade and illegal logging in Indonesia, and the trade in tropical reef fish. " - Mark Carwardine

" Americans want to reduce our dependence on oil. And Americans really don’t wanna be contributing global warming if they can help it. " - Laurie David

" There’s a rising tide of environmental awareness and activism among consumers that’s going to continue to swell in the 21st century. Smart companies will get ahead of that wave and ride it to success and prosperity. Those that don’t are headed for a wipeout. " - William Clay Ford, Jr.

" I have American in-laws, and I care about the environment. We don’t use disposable diapers, which, of course, creates an environmental problem of our own. " - Yakov Smirnoff

" The problem of the environment is the extension of good housekeeping of the thinking woman. " - Marjory Stoneman Douglas

" Americans have long recognized the need to protect our public lands and their vast resources. " - Barbara Boxer

" I became an environmentalist at 16 when I threw a fundraiser for Rainforest Action Network. At 27 I helped save the last unprotected ancient redwoods in California. In my 30s I advocated renewables and successfully helped persuade the Obama administration to invest $90 billion into them. " - Michael Shellenberger

" Sumatra has these lush forests and huge, amazing creatures like elephants, orangutans, and tigers. They’re disappearing because of industry coming in and cutting down the forests. " - Philippe Cousteau, Jr.

" We need to treat the planet as a system, and up until now, we’ve operated more as if the world were made of separate parts – this part is environment, this part is economy. But everything is connected. You can’t fix global warming with a Ph.D. in thermodynamics! " - Neri Oxman