Jeff Van Drew Quotes

If we intend to provide a better life, and a better world, for future generations, we can't ignore the quality of the environment we leave them.

We only have one earth. Let's take care of it.

We must conserve our environment and pass it on to our children in as good or better condition than it was passed to us.

I wish my artwork could persuade millions of people to join a global conversation about sustainability.

There are a lot of people who want to leave their children with a world that is in better shape.

Our ecological emergency demands proactive choices, not reactive sideswipes.

Even in America, people have said again and again that they would be willing to sacrifice for a cleaner environment.

Journey with me to a true commitment to our environment. Journey with me to the serenity of leaving to our children a planet in equilibrium.

I think the greatest challenge in environmentalism and the most rewarding challenge is trying to figure out how humans can meet their needs while protecting the environment.

I think today we recognize that economic activity needs to search for ways to protect the environment.

Environmentalism isn't a discipline or specialty. It's a way of seeing our place in the world. And we need everybody to see the world that way. Don't think 'In order to make a difference I have to become an environmentalist.'

We owe it to each other - and to our children and grandchildren - to leave our planet in a better state than when we found it.

There is no larger collective-action problem than the environment. The three biggest lies of the environmental movement is that every little bit helps, you can do your part, and together we can do it.

I believe in the protection of the environment that supports us all.

Earth Day should encourage us to reflect on what we are doing to make our planet a more sustainable and livable place.

Everything I do is the environment.

Unless we practice conservation, those who come after us will have to pay the price of misery, degradation, and failure for the progress and prosperity of our day.

I wanted to help raise awareness, so I created an environmental foundation called Just Within Reach.

If you look at the state of our planet, the next generations won't be around if we consider sustainability as a gimmick.

I, Maggie, personally cannot tell you that you're going to save the planet. But what I do know is that we can draw a line to an issue that can conserve what we already have and what's left in a way that we can actually breathe the air, drink the water, actually grow things in soil - that matters in a real, practical way.

We owe it to ourselves and to the next generation to conserve the environment so that we can bequeath our children a sustainable world that benefits all.

We need to promote development that does not destroy our environment.

We haven't seen the turning point yet, but we're sticking to our bottom line, for the environment and the health of the country.

I hardly can sleep. I feel that my target now is really to save Mother Earth for humanity. And it's doable.

We can have technology, prosperity, nice homes and cars, but at the same time we must be conscious of what we are dumping into the water, the air and our food.