Green Movement Quotes

• Phasing out the human race will solve every problem on earth, social and environmental.

  David Foreman

  Race, Environmental, Earth

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• The time has come to move beyond eco-elitism to eco-populism. Ecopopulism. To change our laws and culture, the green movement justice, political solutions and social change.

  Van Jones

  Moving, Law, Justice

  The Nation, Volume 287, 2008.

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• To the Green movement in which infantilism is seen at its worst, authority is a far more serious evil than the destruction of life.

  Pentti Linkola

  Evil, Movement, Green

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• To change our laws and culture, the green movement must attract and include the majority of all people, not just the majority of affluent people.

  Van Jones

  Law, People, Majority

  Van Jones (2008). “The Green Collar Economy: How One Solution Can Fix Our Two Biggest Problems”, HarperOne

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• The green movement got really hot really fast, but then the economy took a turn and it became clear exactly what's at stake, so I think somehow celebrities got a bad rap when they were trying to do good.

  Elizabeth Rogers

  Rap, Thinking, Trying

  Source: www.elle.com

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• I realized that there wasn't accessible, user-friendly content out there that really empowered people to find a way into the green movement.

  Elizabeth Rogers

  People, Friendly, Way

  Source: www.elle.com

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• The present Luddism over genetic engineering may die a natural death as the computer-illiterate generation is superseded.... I fear that, if the green movement's high-amplitude warnings over GMOs turn out to be empty, people will be dangerously disinclined to listen to other and more serious warnings.

  Richard Dawkins

  Engineering, Gmos, People

  Richard Dawkins (2010). “A Devil's Chaplain: Selected Writings”, p.20, Hachette UK

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• In addition, black folks need to attend green conferences, too. We just self-segregate and don't go. They might even waive your fee if you apply on a diversity basis, because they'd be so shocked to see somebody from a different background wanting to be a part of the green movement.

  Van Jones

  Self, Diversity, Black

  Source: aalbc.com

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• There is a lot of healing going on. Really! More people are vegetarians, more are in the green movement, more of us are tearing down the old paradigms and embracing same-sex marriage, single motherhood, men raising babies.

  Iyanla Vanzant

  Baby, Sex, Healing

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• Politicians all over the world cater to domestic vote banks. They will spend only on what their constituents want. So unless there is a grass root green movement in a nation the politicians will not be willing to spend money on curbing emissions. More awareness is needed amongst the people to effect the real change in how governments spend.

  Wilbur Smith

  Real, Roots, Government

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