Woody Harrelson Quotes

I've always liked trees. And then, growing up, I took an interest in ecology, hedges being destroyed, the landscape being turned into prairies.

We are in grave danger of losing forever not just millions of years of evolution on earth, but the eons of change that have produced man and his natural environment.

If you think about it, every single species is endangered. Homo sapiens at the front of the line, mosquitoes and lawyers at the back.

I never lose an opportunity to speak about my obsession: humankind and the environment.

My main issue is sustainability of the Earth, and protection of those animals and people who dwell here.

Biological diversity is messy. It walks, it crawls, it swims, it swoops, it buzzes. But extinction is silent, and it has no voice other than our own.

I can't imagine anything more important than air, water, soil, energy and biodiversity. These are the things that keep us alive.

The atmosphere, the earth, the water and the water cycle - those things are good gifts. The ecosystems, the ecosphere, those are good gifts. We have to regard them as gifts because we couldn't make them. We have to regard them as good gifts because we couldn't live without them.

We won't have a society if we destroy the environment.

Endangered species are our friends.

The losses of the natural world are our loss, their silence silences something within the human mind.

The most important principle of environment is that you are not the only element.

The one process now going on that will take millions of years to correct is the loss of genetic and species diversity by the destruction of natural habitats. This is the folly our descendants are least likely to forgive us.

Our massive tampering with the world's interdependent web of life—coupled with the environmental damage inflicted by deforestation, species loss, and climate change—could trigger widespread adverse effects, including unpredictable collapses of critical biological systems whose interactions and dynamics we only imperfectly understand. Uncertainty over the extent of these effects cannot excuse complacency or delay in facing the threats.

Hundreds of species are facing extinction due to human impacts on the environment.

Most people know that forests are the lungs of our planet, literally playing a critical role in every breath we take. And that they're also home to incredible animals like the orangutan and elephant, which will go extinct if we keep cutting down their forests.

Right now there should be a moratorium on the cutting down of old growth in this country. That is a small thing to ask at this point. There is only four percent of old growth left. Ninety-six percent of it has been cut down.

And I think that the environment is one very strong way to counterbalance the chaotic nature of our life.

Raising awareness on the most pressing environmental issues of our time is more important than ever.

Environmentalism is a way of seeing our place within the biosphere.

Why are ecologists and environmentalists so feared and hated? This is because in part what they have to say is new to the general public, and the new is always alarming.

Right now, we don't have a very good relation with creation.

We owe it to our children to be better stewards of the environment. The alternative? - a world without whales. It's too terrible to imagine.

I believe the American people care a lot about the environment.

I like the outdoors and the natural world. Environmental issues.