Sintak

“At the end of a mass extinction, the tree of life has lost several branches-and yet, afterward, life does go on. Plants regreen the earth and animals repopulate the oceans; different species relentless forward march. There will be life on planet Earth after the sixth mass extinction, but we are not able to imagine it any better than the dinosaurs could have imagined a world dominated by mammals walking on two legs, driving bulldozers, and flying airplanes.”
― Hope Jahren, The Story of More: How We Got to Climate Change and Where to Go from Here

“all of the want and suffering in the world-all of it-arises not from the earth's inability to produce but from our inability to share.”
― Hope Jahren, The Story of More: How We Got to Climate Change and Where to Go from Here

“Convincing people to examine their energy use is like trying to get them to quit smoking or eat more healthfully: they already know that they should do it, but there is a billion-dollar industry working round-the-clock, inventing new ways to make sure they don't.”
― Hope Jahren, The Story of More: How We Got to Climate Change and Where to Go from Here

“Even if you consider yourself on the right side of environmental issues and a true believer in climate change, chances are that you are actively degrading the earth as much as, or more than, the people you argue with. An effort tempered by humility will go much further than one armored with righteousness.”
― Hope Jahren, The Story of More: How We Got to Climate Change and Where to Go from Here