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"Whatever befalls the Earth - befalls the sons of the Earth. Man did not weave the web of life - he is merely a strand in it. Whatever he does to the web, he does to himself." - Chief Seattle

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Solar Energy will have its day soon! As the earth heats up, we should look up to the sun for the solution. - Tom Kay

"You cannot affirm the power plant and condemn the smokestack, or affirm the smoke and condemn the cough" - Wendell Berry

Energy conservation is the foundation of energy independence. Thomas H. Allen

I have no doubt that we will be successful in harnessing the sun's energy.... If sunbeams were weapons of war, we would have had solar energy centuries ago. ~Sir George Porter

"I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination." - Jimmy Dean

Restore human legs as a means of travel. Pedestrians rely on food for fuel and need no special parking facilities - Lewis Mumford

"There is not the slightest indication that nuclear energy will ever be obtainable" - Albert Einstein

Only to the white man was nature a 'wilderness'. - Luther Standing Bear

"Life is a wave, which in no two consecutive moments of its existence is composed of the same particles." - Anon

Responsible Business is the new buzzword describing all action or inaction by business to be more environmentally friendly. To discuss these topics is the purpose of this forum.

We are living on this planet as if we had another one to go to. - Terri Swearingen

"There is enough on earth for everybody's need, but not for everyone's greed" - Gandhi

Don't throw away the old bucket until you know whether the new one holds water. Swedish Proverb

In the end, our society will be defined not only by what we create, but by what we refuse to destroy. - John Sawhill, The Nature Conservancy

The American people have a right to air that they and their children can breathe without fear. - Lyndan Johnson

God has cared for these trees, saved them from drought, disease, avalanches, and a thousand tempests and floods. But he cannot save them from fools. - John Muir

If we are what we eat, with all the genetically modified and imitation foods we now eat, what the heck are we? - anonymous

"The first time I ate organic whole-grain bread I swear it tasted like roofing material." Robin Williams

"The destiny of nations depends on the manner in which they feed themselves." Jean-Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could only do a little - Edmund Burke

The greatest thing in the world is to know how to be self-sufficient. - Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De

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Success in life has nothing to do with what you gain in life or accomplish for yourself. It's what you do for others. - Danny Thomas.

Because we don't think about future generations, they will never forget us. ~Henrik Tikkanen

You don't write because you want to say something, you write because you've got something to say. -F. Scott Fitzgerald

If you want to see a comic strip, you should see me in the shower. ~ Groucho Marx

Do I listen to pop music because I'm miserable or am I miserable because listen to pop music? --John Cusack (Rob Gordon) High Fidelity

Gardens are not made by sitting in the shade -Rudyard Kipling

In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks. - John Muir

The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don't want, drink what you don't like, and do what you'd rather not. - Mark Twain

I don't believe in astrology; I'm a Sagittarius and we're sceptical - Arthur C Clarke

I am putting myself to the fullest possible use, which is all I can think that any conscious entity can ever hope to do - HAL