Eilidh Cassidy

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“The world as first seen by the child becomes his lifelong standard of excellence, mindless of the fact he is admiring the ruins of his parents.”
― William Stolzenburg, Where the Wild Things Were: Life, Death, and Ecological Wreckage in a Land of Vanishing Predators

tags: children, ecology, parents, progress, ruins

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“Sustainability is now a big baggy sack in which people throw all kinds of old ideas, hot air and dodgy activities in order to be able to greenwash their products and feel good.”
― Kevin McCloud, Kevin McCloud's 43 Principles of Home: Enjoying Life in the 21st Century.

tags: architecture, design, ecology, home, urban-planning

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“It has been proved that the land can exist without the country - and be better for it; it has not been proved that the country can live without the land.”
― Alice Walker

tags: ecology

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“All life is linked together in such a way that no part of the chain is unimportant. Frequently, upon the action of some of these minute beings depends the material success or failure of a great commonwealth.”
― John Henry Comstock

tags: commonwealth, dependence, ecology, life, link, science, success

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