“Humanity's thirst for natural resources can only be sustained if we adapt our patterns of consumption. Competition for necessities like water, food and land will inevitably intensify. To meet the challenge of climate change and environmental depletion we must all cooperate.”— Dalai Lama, twitter.com
“The nation behaves well if it treats its natural resources as assets which it must turn over to the next generation increased and not impaired in value.”— Theodore Roosevelt, theodorerooseveltcenter.org