To celebrate the occasion of today’s special “International Women’s Day”, we bring you seven (7) leading quotes on environment by women environmentalists:
- “Humanity is currently enacting a narrative that nature is ours to abuse and exploit and pollute as we see fit, forgetting that we are a part of it. We are part of the web of life, and when we harm one part of that web, we harm ourselves. We urgently need a new narrative, where instead of hubris we have humility. Instead of rapacious destruction we have respect and stewardship. Instead of disconnection, we have deep connection – to nature, to each other, to ourselves, and to our future.”
- Roz Savage
- Every aspect of our lives is, in a sense, a vote for the kind of world we want to live in.”
- Frances Moore Lappé
Today we celebrate women all over the world working to secure the environment for the next generation (Image credit: mapsofindia.com)
- “There is no more powerful voice than that of a mother, father, caretaker, nurturer. We, as stewards of this planet, need to engage even more deeply to confront climate change and environmental injustice. We are the adults, the leaders — and must show our children that we are fighting in earnest for their future, and for the collective future of humankind.”
- Lauren Sullivan,
- “A healthy ecology is the basis for a healthy economy.”
- Claudine Schneider
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- We stand now where two roads diverge. But unlike the roads in Robert Frost’s familiar poem, they are not equally fair. The road we have long been traveling is deceptively easy; a smooth superhighway on which we progress with great speed, but at its end lays disaster. The other fork of the road — the one less traveled by — offers our last, our only chance to reach a destination that assures the preservation of the earth.”
- Rachel Carson
- [Sustainability:] It’s the right thing to do, it’s the smart thing to do, it’s the profitable thing to do.”
- Hunter Lovins,
All over the world, women play leading roles in protecting the environment (Image credit: amightygirl.com)
- “Grumbling about injustices, wrongs and frustrations doesn’t make anything just or better – however, sharing matters! Paying mindful attention and converting outrage into meaningful action in order to bring about positive change really works. Do something each day to make things better for yourself and for others, because we are in fact, consciously or not, making a difference with every action, and every choice we make – one way or another. I live and work by this African Proverb – If you think you’re too small to make a difference, try sleeping in a room with a mosquito. It is incumbent upon each of us – as individuals – to share more, to involve more people, and to leave a healthier world for our children.”
- Lisa Borden
8. Everybody says women are like water. I think its because water is the source of life, and it adapts itself to its environment. Like women, water also gives of itself whatever it goes to nurture life…
- Xinran
It’s true, “No struggle can ever succeed without women participating side by side with men.” – Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Read more:
- climatemama.com
- forbes.com
- azquotes.com
Compiled by: Idowu Kunlere
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