"The earth which sustains humanity must not be injured." - Hildegard of Bingen

“...our economy is at war with many forms of life on earth, including human life. What the climate needs to avoid collapse is a contraction in humanity’s use of resources; what our economic model demands to avoid collapse is unfettered expansion. Only one of these sets of rules can be changed, and it’s not the laws of nature.” Naomi Klein

Nature is not something for human beings to use and exploit as they see fit, solely for their own interests. Both nature and humanity are and whole of the life of the universe. Nature and humanity are one. . . . To destroy the natural world is to destroy human life. - The Wisdom of the Lotus Sutra

Jewish Teaching on the Environment

Hildegard of Bingen: "The Earth is at the same time mother, She is mother of all that is natural, Mother of all that is human, She is mother of all, for contained in her are the seeds of all."

Start by doing what is necessary, then what is possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible. - St. Francis of Assisi