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105 phrases about the environment and ecology

105 phrases about the environment and ecology

March 29, 2024

In an increasingly automated time where it seems that we can not, or do not want to, remember our origins, it is absolutely necessary to reflect on where we come from, to know where we are going.

Because, from Psychology and Mind we present you 101 phrases about the environment and ecology , so you can evoke that special inspiration that Mother Nature gives us.

Phrases and reflections on ecology, nature and the environment

Our society imposes a rhythm of life in which technology ravages our lives constantly, in the face of such gibberish it is easy to deny our essence: that we are animals, rational, but animals, and that we depend on our environment to survive


Whether you are one of those who believe that we do not take enough care of our planet or of those who no longer remember what it is to take a walk in the mountains, here we expose a compendium of phrases about the environment and ecology that you can not miss .

Nature is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit, something of which we are very conscious in our digital environment. Therefore, we wish you to fully enjoy the collection of phrases that we present below.

1. The poetry of the earth has never died

John Keats, British poet of Romanticism , author of eminent works such as Ode to a Nightingale or Hyperion. Nature is a fundamental pillar in Romanticism, the Romantics believed that nature was wild and mysterious, giving it a strong charge of fantasy and idealization.


2. Nature does nothing incomplete or nothing in vain

Aristotle, Greek philosopher.

3. The good man is the friend of all living beings

Mahatma Gandhi, Hindu lawyer, thinker and politician.

4. The trees that take time to grow carry the best fruit

Molière , dramatist, humorist and French comedian.

5. Nature sustains the universal life of all beings

Tenzin Gyatso, fourteenth Dalai Lama , supreme spiritual and political leader.

6. The creation of a thousand forests is in an acorn

Ralph Waldo Emerson , writer, philosopher and American poet.

7. Study nature, love nature, get close to nature. It will never fail you

Frank Lloyd Wright, American architect , one of the greatest exponents of twentieth century architecture.


8. Never wisdom says one thing and nature another

Tenth June Juvenal, Roman poet , author of the Satires.

9. Nature is not a place to visit. It's home

Gary Sherman Snyder , American poet and activist.

10. Each flower is a soul that blooms in nature

Gérard de Nerval , poet, essayist and French translator, of the most important of Romanticism.

11. I prefer to have roses on my table than diamonds on my neck

Emma Goldman , Lithuanian anarchist and pioneer in the struggle for the emancipation of women.

12. Nature always watches over the preservation of the universe

Robert Boyle, nature philosopher, chemist, physicist and inventor . There are currently hypotheses, such as the Gaia hypothesis, that affirm that life maintains and fosters a balance to guarantee life on Earth.

13. The beauty of the natural world is in the details

Natalie Angier , writer and scientific disseminator, Pulitzer Prize winner.

14. Nature provides exceptions to the rule

Sarah Margaret Fuller , American journalist and activist for women's rights.

15. Deep within its roots, all flowers maintain light

Theodore Huebner Roethke , American poet in English.

16. A bird does not sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song

Marguerite Annie Johnson , author, poet, dancer, actress and American singer.

17. Green is the main color of the world, and from which its beauty emerges

Pedro Calderón de la Barca , Spanish writer priest, knight of the Order of Santiago.

18. Nature is an infinite sphere whose center is everywhere and the circumference in no

Blaise Pascal , mathematician, physicist and French writer.

19. In nature there are no rewards or punishments, there are consequences

Bob Ingersoll , lawyer and American politician.

20. Understanding the laws of nature does not mean that we are immune to your operations

David Gerrold , scientist science fiction writer.

21. Hitherto man has been against nature; from now on it will be against its own nature

Dennis Gabor , Hungarian physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics.

22. In nature is the preservation of the world

Henry David Thoreau , writer, poet and philosopher, American land surveyor and naturalist, author of Walden.

23. There is something fundamentally wrong with treating the land as if it were a business in liquidation

Herman Daly talk about the environment.

24Some people walk in the rain, others simply get wet

Roger Dean Miller , country singer.

25. Trees are the earth's efforts to talk to the heaven that he hears

Rabindranath Tagore .

26. In all walks with nature one gets much more than what you are looking for

John Muir, naturalist and explorer .

27. I have always considered nature as God's clothing

lan Hovhaness Chakmakjian , American composer of Armenian and Scottish descent.

28. Water and land, the two essential fluids on which life depends, have become global garbage cans

Jacques-Yves Cousteau , French naval officer and marine explorer.

29. They will be able to cut all the flowers, but they will not be able to stop the spring

Pablo Neruda, Chilean poet.

30. We have been trying for many years to draw attention to humanity, that humanity is not possible if we do not have a new relationship with Mother Nature

Rigoberta Menchú Tum, Guatemalan indigenous leader , in another phrase of masterful ecology.

31. That we are so comfortable in nature comes from that it has no opinion about us

Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche , philosopher, poet, and German philologist.

32. Keep your love towards nature, because it is the true way of understanding art

Vincent Willem van Gogh , Dutch painter.

33. The lands belong to their owners, but the landscape belongs to who knows how to appreciate it

Upton Sinclair , American writer who won the Pulitzer Prize.

34. If you serve Nature, she will serve you

Confucius , Chinese philosopher, in a sentence about the nature and effects of karma.

35. If the World does not learn now to respect nature, what future will the new generations have?

Rigoberta Menchú Tum .

36. In nature, nothing happens in isolation. Each phenomenon affects another and is, in turn, influenced by it; and it is generally the forgetting of this movement and this universal interaction that prevents our naturalists from clearly perceiving the simplest things

Friedrich Engels , philosopher and German revolutionary.

37. Nature becomes a landscape when man frames it

Le Corbusier, was an architect and theoretician of architecture , urban planner, interior decorator, painter and sculptor.

38. The wind straightens the tree after tilting it

Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle , military, politician and French writer, in an inspiring metaphor.

39. Let nature act on its own; she knows her job better than us

Michel Eyquem de Montaigne , humanist philosopher.

40. The charm of roses is that being so beautiful they do not know that they are

José María Pemán and Pemartín , writer, journalist and poet.

41. Nature never does anything superfluous, nothing useless, and knows how to draw multiple effects from a single cause

Nicolaus Copernicus , astronomer of the Renaissance.

42. Art, glory, freedom wither, but nature always remains beautiful

George Gordon Byron , English poet.

43. Nature is often hidden, sometimes dominated, rarely extinguished

Francis Bacon , famous philosopher, politician, lawyer and English writer.

44. Nature will always maintain its rights and, finally, prevail over any abstract reasoning

Appointment David Hume ; Scottish sociologist, philosopher and historian.

45. Nature abhors a vacuum

René Descartes, French philosopher, mathematician and physicist.

46. ​​One of the hardships of an ecological education is that one lives alone in a world of scars

Aldo Leopold , American ecologist.

47. Economic growth and protection of the environment are not compatible. They are the opposite sides of the same coin if you are looking for long-term prosperity

Henry Merritt "Hank" Paulson Jr .

48. The proper use of science is not to conquer nature, but to live in it

Barry Commoner He was a US eco-socialist biologist.

49. Like music and art, love of nature is a common language that can transcend political and social boundaries

Jimmy Carter He talks like this about nature and transcendence.

50. A planet, an experiment

Edward Osborne Wilson .

51. Conservation is a state of harmony between man and land

Aldo Leopold , American ecologist.

52. I think the cost of energy will go down when we make the transition to renewable energy

Al Gore He is a politician, lawyer and American philanthropist.

53. Birds are indicators of the environment. If they are in danger, we will know that we will soon be in danger

Roger Tory Peterson He was a naturalist, ornithologist and educator ..

54. The only way, if we are going to improve the quality of the environment, is to involve everyone

Richard Rogers He is a British architect very committed to the just causes in the world of ecology.

55. I did not become a vegetarian because of my health, I did it for the health of the chickens

Isaac Bashevis Singer , Jewish writer, and Polish citizen.

56. I think the future for solar energy is bright.

Ken Salazar he affirmed with a certain double sense, that solar energy is an inexhaustible resource that we should take advantage of.

57I believe that the government has to replenish the environment on top of its national and international priorities.

Brian Mulroney . Unfortunately, many governments are more interested in issues of economy than of environment, when, there can be no economy without it.

58. In 10 years it will be impossible to travel to the North Pole with a team of dogs. There will be too much water

Will Steger . Global warming is one of the main causes of climate change and one of the most dramatic phenomena is the fusion of permafrost (ice) at the poles; in a few years you will be able to navigate these in summer. The fact that the poles melt is serious, because they regulate the salinity of the water. If the salinity of the water is altered the oceanic currents will disappear, paradoxically speaking (nature is full of contradictions) this could cause a new glaciation, according to experts.

59. If people are prepared to eat locally and seasonally, then they will do quite well in terms of environmental impact.

Peter Singer it comes to say with this phrase that, consuming seasonal and proximity products would reduce the ecological footprint thanks to that there would be a lower expenditure of fossil fuels for transportation.

60. The most important issue about the environment is one that is rarely mentioned, and it is the lack of ethics of our culture

Gaylord Nelson . Environmental problems are not only a social issue, or an economic one, but also a moral one.

61. The environmental crisis is the result of hurrying

This phrase you quoted Ed Begley It goes on to say that the fact of wanting immediate and abundant macroeconomic benefits, apart from sustainable development, is what generated this environmental crisis.

62. The environmental crisis is a global problem and only global action will solve it

Barry Commoner sentenced with this phrase to radical times, radical measures: only structural changes have enough impact on structural problems.

63. The general idea that we treat environmental problems without doing things simply does not work.

Natalie Jeremijenko . The theoretical deliberation and lack of political will is a problem for the environment. They do not serve agreements on paper, you have to act.

64. A change is needed towards lifestyles that are less oriented towards consumption patterns that are harmful to the environment

Maurice Strong . The unbridled consumption that capitalist society gives us is not sustainable, for Maurice Strong.

65. There is a huge amount of environmental problems on the table

For Ed Rendell Global warming is one (and not the most serious) of the main ecological problems. It is important to note the degradation of habitats due to pollution, urban planning and the problem with the so-called "invasive species".

66. The worst environmental decision you can make as a human being is to have fourteen children

Jane Velez . Overpopulation on a planet with limited resources is a problem that we would have to deal with.

67. The first law of ecology is that everything is related to everything else

Barry Commoner . An ecosystem is a complex system that is formed by a set of living beings and the physical environment in which they interact. Ecosystems tend to form a series of relationships or chains that show the interdependence of organisms within the system. In an ecosystem, the parts that form it are much stronger than if they were separated.

68. Continuity is the art of conservationism: ecology serves that heart

Phrase of James Garrett Hardin , American ecologist specialized in the problem of overpopulation. Also known by Hardin's First Law of the so-called Anthropic Ecology: "You can not do only one thing", expresses the interconnectedness of all human actions, some foreseeable and others not.

69. The natural world is the largest sacred community to which we belong. To damage this community is to diminish our own humanity.

Thomas Berry . We all depend on the environment to survive: damaging it will take its toll on us from a physical point of view, because the constant violation of the natural world is an ethical aberration that we will pay sooner or later. Karma?

70. Plans to protect air and water, wildlife and wildlife are in fact plans to protect man

Steawart Udall . Nowadays, environmentalism defends its postulates from an anthropocentric point of view: it is not necessary to defend the environment for the welfare of different animal and plant species, it must be defended because it affects man. It seems that we only mobilize when something affects us!

71. Our health depends completely on the vitality of our companion species on earth

Harrison Ford . There are species cataloged as "ecosystem engineers / ras" (such as the Iberian wolf), species that have such an extremely important role in the balance of an ecosystem that if they disappear, thousands and thousands of associated species, both flora and fauna, they could disappear. For example, if bees disappear, humanity will become extinct.

72It is the worst of times but also the best because we still have an opportunity

Sylvia Earle . While there is still a glimmer of light in the fight for the environment, we will still have hope.

73. You can not spend a single day on earth without having an impact on the world. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.

Give me Jane Morris Goodall she is a primatologist and anthropologist and messenger of the peace of the UN. She is considered the greatest expert in chimpanzees, and is known for her study of more than 50 years of social and family relationships of wild chimpanzees.

74. The future belongs to those who understand that doing more with less is compassionate, prosperous, lasting, smarter and more competitive

For Paul Hawken , it is about optimizing the economy at the structural level, and at an individual level, knowing how to manage our resources and services well (reduce, recycle and reuse). The policies on a large scale are of no use unless there is an individual change.

75. The earth is insulted and offers flowers in response

Rabindranath Tagore . The resilience; in ecology, it is the ability of habitats to absorb disturbances without significantly altering their general characteristics and functionality, and can return to its original state once the hecatomb has ended.

76. An act against nature should be judged as severely as one against society or another person

Dr. Michael Fox . Unfortunately, environmental crimes are often lightly punished, both for economic interests and for institutional and political corruption.

77. The worst threat to our planet is the belief that someone will save it.-Robert Swan.

Robert Swan . It is not about doing individual activities in favor of the environment, we should all be involved.

78. We live on earth as if we had another to go to

Terry Swearingen. The resources of Planet Earth are limited, and that we know, there is only one planet in the entire Universe capable of housing life.

79. The supreme reality of our time is the vulnerability of our planet

Appointment John Fitzgerald Kennedy , thirty-fifth president of the United States. Since the Industrial Revolution, in the nineteenth century, with the increase in population, the scientific-technical development and the massive use of factories that expel enormous quantities of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, the real problems for the environment began. It could be said, then, that global warming is a recent problem, but that in a short time it has caused very negative effects.

80. We abuse the land because we treat it as if it were ours. When we see it as an opportunity to which we belong, we may treat it with love and respect

Aldo Leopold , American ecologist. Pioneer in the dissemination of ethical principles that take into consideration ecosystems. Development of environmental ethics and movement for the preservation of wild nature.

81. Thousands have lived without love and not one without water

W. H. Auden . Water is the basis of life and a need of the first order, a right that should be fundamental. Due to global warming, droughts are getting stronger, especially in the Middle East and Africa, which causes political instability in the countries that suffer from it.

82. The earth provides enough to meet the needs of every man, but not the greed of every man

Mahatma Gandhi ,

83. We abuse the land because we believe it belongs to us. When we see it as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with love and respect

Aldo Leopold .

84. Faith on the living planet is the most important issue facing humanity

Gaylord Anton Nelson , American politician.

85. The ocean, the great unifier, is man's only hope. Now, as never before, the old phrase has a new meaning: we are all in the same boat

Jacques-Yves Cousteau .

86. When the land is sick and contaminated, human health is impossible. To heal ourselves, we must heal our planet and to heal our planet, we must heal ourselves

Phrase of Bobby McLeod . It has been shown that there is a direct relationship between environmental pollution and diseases such as Alzheimer's disease or cancer.

87. Many of us ask what we can do, but history shows us that everything good and bad begins when someone does something or does not do something

Phrase of Sylvia Earle . If we act to save Planet Earth, we can make more or less mistakes, we will find more or less stones along the way, but we must act, because the cost of doing nothing is much worse.

88. We have known the enemy and it is us

Walt Kelly . For Kelly, not taking care of our ecosystems was throwing stones against the very roof of humanity.

89. The world we share has been given to us in confidence. Every decision we make regarding the earth, air and water that surround us should be taken with the aim of preserving them from all the generations that come

August A. Bush III . Sustainable development is not only about consuming a smaller proportion of the resources extracted, but also ensuring these resources to future generations.

90. Nature is inexhaustibly sustainable if we take care of it. It is our universal responsibility to pass a healthy earth to future generations

Sylvia Dolson . Nature always tends to balance, and generates the necessary resources to ensure its own survival (as a whole) and that of all animal and plant species, including the human species.

91. First it was necessary to civilize man in his relationship with man. Now it is necessary to civilize man in his relationship with nature and animals

Sylvia Dolson . Species is the adverse treatment or disregard based on belonging to different species, although it is usually applied in more animalistic areas related to veganism, its use begins to be applied in the heart of the environmental movement.

92. He who plants trees loves others

Thomas Fuller , historian. Highlights his works on the history of the Crusades and a descriptive geography of Palestine. He was, by vocation, fond of archeology and antiquity. Deforestation ravages forests indiscriminately causing immense damage to ecosystems. Forests only cover around 30% of the world's regions, when they should cover between 60%.

93. We do not inherit the land of our ancestors, we borrow it from our children

Native American Proverb . The current development model is not sustainable and seriously compromises the future of humanity.

94. If you want adults to recycle, simply tell children about the importance of recycling and they will

William Sanford «Bill» , science educator, comedian and American scientist.

95. Our survival is intimately linked to the food we eat, the water we drink and the places where we live. Therefore we must promote responsibility and conservation when we refer to natural resources

Mark Emery Udall , American politician.

96. If tomorrow morning you could make clean water for the world, you would have done the best you can do to improve human health and environmental quality

William Clark , military and American explorer.

97. When the quality of life falls for the environment, it falls for the human being

George Holland Sabine , professor of American philosophy.

98. We will never recognize the value of the water until the well is dry

Phrase of Thomas Fuller , historian. Highlights his works on the history of the Crusades and a descriptive geography of Palestine. He was, by vocation, fond of archeology and antiquity. This phrase of Fuller is very interesting, apparently, the human being only reacts when he is between the sword and the wall.

99. If you really believe that the environment is less important than the economy, try to hold your breath while you count your money

Guy R. McPherson is an American scientist, professor emeritus of natural resources evolutionary biology at the University of Arizona. Famous for theorizing the idea of ​​the extinction of humanity in the short term.

100. It produces an immense sadness to think that nature speaks while the human race does not listen to it

Victor Marie Hugo , French romantic poet and novelist, is considered as one of the most important writers in French language. As you can see from several sentences in this post, the romantics had a unique perception of nature.

101. The land is where we all meet, where we all have a mutual interest, it is the only thing we share

"Lady Bird" Taylor Johnson , journalist, teacher, political activist and American businesswoman, was First Lady of the USA. Lady Bird was an ardent defender of the natural heritage in her country.

102. The planet is everything that most of us will see, so we have to take care of it

All the spaces we inhabit are part of a whole that must be appreciated in its entirety.

103. Nature can exist without forests, seas or grasslands, so taking care of it is more about taking care of ourselves

Nature does not depend on us to exist.

104. Whatever we do, we must never forget that there is no unbridgeable gap between us and the tree of life from which we come.

After all, at no time have we stopped being animals .

105. In a garden or wooded area you can find more peace than in all the relaxing music of the world

Art imitates nature, but nature is always ahead.


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