“Plants have to eat, too,” I tried to explain. “They need nitrogen, they need minerals. You have to replace what you’re taking out. Your choices are fossil fuels or animal products.”
― The Vegetarian Myth: Food, Justice, and Sustainability
― The Vegetarian Myth: Food, Justice, and Sustainability
“I believe that a revolution can begin from this one strand of straw. Seen at a glance, this rice straw may appear light and insignificant. Hardly anyone would believe that it could start a revolution. Nevertheless, I have come to realize the weight and power of this straw.”
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“Rituals are missing nowadays”
― Revolution
― Revolution
“When a decision is made to cope with the symptoms of a problem, it is generally assumed that the corrective measures will solve the problem itself.”
― Floodplain Risk Management (Proc Intl Wk
― Floodplain Risk Management (Proc Intl Wk
“Unfortunately for the existing mature systems in nature, the rapid expansion of the human bubble is destroying them. Unfortunately for us, we can't exist without them any more than a living person can exist without oxygen or a body can exist without a head. In this sense, it is actually a conceptual error to define the environment as the rest of the biosphere save humans, and think of ourselves as apart from it, since we can't exist without it.”
― Early Retirement Extreme: A Philosophical and Practical Guide to Financial Independence
― Early Retirement Extreme: A Philosophical and Practical Guide to Financial Independence
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