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I think Captain Cousteau might be the father of the environmental movement.
Automobile companies are always allergic to any kind of environmental movement.
I was surprised to see how much the mainstream environmental movement hates the ELF.
No day is alike - I do many other things, and I'm very active in the environmental movement.
There is no question that photography has played a major role in the environmental movement.
The environmental movement does not always have to be about stopping things. It can be about fixing problems.
I really believe in the environmental movement right now - it only takes a little effort to make a big difference.
One of the most important lessons we can glean from the environmental movement is to 'think globally and act locally.'
That's the big mistake the environmental movement made - 'We'll scare the hell out of you, and you'll become an activist'.
That's what hurts the environmental movement - holding people to a standard they cannot meet. That just pushes people away.
The environmental movement doesn't have many deserters and has a high level of recruitment. Eventually, there will be open war.
The environmental movement, like all political processes, reacts best to disasters. But these are very slow, very gradual disasters in the making.
It really disturbs me that the environmental movement has been co-opted by creation-worshippers instead of being encouraged by the Creator-worshippers.
In the environmental movement, every time you lose a battle it's for good, but our victories always seem to be temporary and we keep fighting them over and over again.
I am called an environmentalist a lot. But I don't necessarily identify with that word specifically, because of the compartmentalization of the so-called environmental movement.
Ted Turner is still a leader. And he sets a great example. His ability financially has been reduced, but his influence and his example still is an important asset to the whole environmental movement.
There is no larger collective-action problem than the environment. The three biggest lies of the environmental movement is that every little bit helps, you can do your part, and together we can do it.
A fascinating challenge facing today's environmental movement is how to best approach the reversal of past decisions that altered once-pristine environmental spaces for the sake of urgent man-made needs.
Ever since the environmental movement was sparked by photos of the whole Earth taken by astronauts onboard Apollo Lunar Modules, I've seen planetary exploration as an extension of a reverence and care for Earth.
I think the environmental movement has failed in that it's used the stick too much; it's used the apocalyptic tone too much; it hasn't sold the positive aspects of being environmentally concerned and trying to pull us out.
At the same time the folk boom was happening, the civil rights movement was happening, the anti-war movement was happening, the ban the bomb movement was happening, the environmental movement was happening. There was suddenly a generation ready to change the course of history.
It's no secret that the environmental movement is ultimately designed to create new inroads into increased government control. All of the shots taken at emissions, the dependence on fossil fuels, and noise pollution are designed to paint those things as symptoms of a problem, with the government able to step in as the solution.
I always felt that if someone shot me, it would be great for the environmental movement, because they would make me a martyr. Our biggest fear was our children, because there was a tremendous amount of threat and intimidation, and my wife was terrified that the children might be grabbed or assaulted in some way. That was the real fear.
What we know is that the environmental movement had a series of dazzling victories in the late '60s and in the '70s where the whole legal framework for responding to pollution and to protecting wildlife came into law. It was just victory after victory after victory. And these were what came to be called 'command-and-control' pieces of legislation.