Quotes about Environmental history

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We trust ourselves, far more than our ancestors did… The root of our predicament lies in the simple fact that, though we — Donald Worster, Under Western Skies: Nature and History in the American West
The marketplace is an institution that teaches self-advancement, private acquisition, and the domination of nature. Its — Donald Worster, Wealth of Nature: Environmental History and the Ecological Imagination
I have every expectation that cancer will become known as the disease of human evolution trying and failing to adapt to — Steven Magee
Underlying many aspects of water development is a myth: the myth that we must have more. — Tim Palmer, Endangered Rivers and the Conservation Movement
In fact, the advocates of People's Park had asserted another version of what is probably America's oldest and most cheri — Annette Kolodny, Lay of the Land: Metaphor as Experience and History in American Life and Letters
It is not good for man to be kept perforce at all times in the presence of his species. A world from which solitude is e — John Stuart Mills
We must experience Heaven on earth;May your homes, surroundings and work places portray a safe clean environment. — Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
Contemporary attitudes toward urban parks fall into three levels of sophistication. The first, the most naive assumption — Galen Cranz, The Politics of Park Design: A History of Urban Parks in America
In the 1940s dams were synonymous with progress, and the rivers were to be conquered with the fervour of a pioneer wield — Tim Palmer, Endangered Rivers and the Conservation Movement
A dam tears at all the interconnected webs of river valley life. — Patrick McCully, Silenced Rivers: The Ecology and Politics of Large Dams: Enlarged and Updated Edition