Environtmentalism Quotes

“Words didn’t come. I couldn’t formulate a thought. I was too startled. These three figures lying in the sand in front of me weren’t surfers at all.
They weren’t even people.

From their facial features and upper torsos, they looked kind of like women, but all three of them had silver-colored skin. They were bald, with strange ridges marking their skulls. None of them seemed to have ears, only holes in the sides of their heads. No nose was visible, not even a bone or nostrils filled that space between their eyes and mouths. Although their mouths seemed to be moving, they were actually breathing through what looked like gills in their necks.

And if that wasn’t weird enough, instead of legs, their upper torsos stretched out into long, scale-covered, silver fishtails. If I had to say what these things stranded in front of me, splattered with oil, appeared to be, I’d say mermaids. And no, they didn’t look like they’d start singing songs or granting me wishes. They looked a little bit scary—but fragile too. Most of all, they looked like they were going to die, and no handsome prince was there to kiss them and keep them from turning into sea foam.”
― D.G. Driver, Cry of the Sea

“Chipko jelas adalah kampusku dalam hal ekologi. Bilamana orangtuaku menyediakan ruang untuk melekatkan dengan budaya hutan dan sikap apresiatif terhadap hutan alam campuran, betapa keanekaragaman hayati merupakan jantung bagi perekonomian berkelanjutan dan bagaimana alam menyediakan kebutuhan dasar bagi mayoritas besar dunia. (p. 10)”
― Vandana Shiva, Terra Viva

“... gambaran [masyarakat pengetahuan sebagai] masyarakat yang serba komputer itu bagiku menjadi sangat tidak akurat dan menyesatkan, karena beranggapan bahwa masyarakat yang tidak terjamah industri dan tidak berkomputer itu tidak berpengetahuan. Dalam hal keanekaragaman hayati, dalam hal spesies hutan dan tanaman, anggapan itu sangat tidak benar; masyarakat adat dan para perempuan, yang berada di luar dunia industri, adalah para pemelihara pengetahuan yang terkait dengan keanekaragaman hayati.” (p. 10)”
― Vandana Shiva, Terra Viva : My Life in a Biodiversity of Movements