1109 – “We have a responsibility toward the other life-forms of our planet whose continued existence is threatened by the thoughtless behavior of our own human species.”

-Jane Goodall

979 – David W Orr on what Earth needs

“The planet does not need more successful people. The planet desperately needs more peacemakers, healers, restorers, storytellers, and lovers of all kinds. It needs people to live well in their places. It needs people with moral courage willing to join the struggle to make the world habitable and humane and these qualities have little to do with success as our culture is the set.”

-David W Orr

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907 – “Consumerism has accustomed us to waste. But Throwing food away is like stealing it from the poor and hungry. | With the ‘Culture of Waste,’ human life is no longer considered the primary value to be respected and protected.”

-Pope Francis, Bishop of Rome