All DENIS HAYES Quotes about “Earth”

“America has the technology and resources to meet all its energy needs while safeguarding the earth's climate. The urgent question now is, 'Do we have the will?' At least one city does, and I'm proud to live in it.”

“It is already too late to avoid mass starvation.”
“We've made some heroic efforts, but the Earth as a whole is in worse shape today than 30 years ago, ... There's been 30 more years of greenhouses gases, species extinctions and population growth.”
“When we held the first Earth Day, everyone said it was a success because of the huge turnout. It was probably the largest planned event across the country.”
“Make Earth Day Every Day.â€ While we might not always live up to this ideal, I try to keep this quote from Denis Hayes, founder of the Earth Day Network and president of Seattleâ€™s Bullitt Foundation, in mind when I need a little extra motivation to be a better environmentalist: â€œListen up, you couch potatoes: each recycled beer can saves enough electricity to run a television for three hours.”
“Earth Day gathered up those strands, and dozens more, and knitted them together in the public consciousness as "environmental" issues. The nation was pretty startled when 20 million people hit the streets. Congress, which had adjourned for the day to go back to its districts, was blown away.”

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