Rainforest – Quotes

Destroying rainforest for economic

Destroying rainforest for economic gain is like burning a Renaissance painting to cook a meal. E. O. Wilson

Destroying a tropical rainforest

Destroying a tropical rainforest for profit is like burning all the paintings of the Louvre to cook dinner. E. O. Wilson

Humans are an infant

Humans are an infant species, a mere 150,000 years old. But, armed with a massive brain, we’ve not only survived, we’ve used our wits to adapt to and flourish in habitats as varied as deserts, Arctic tundra, tropical rainforests, wetlands and high mountain ranges. David Suzuki

If you are lying

If you are lying in a tent in the Congo jungle, you don’t want to be reading about rainforest biology. You want to be in a distant world. David Quammen

No sound system. No

No sound system. No band. No guitar. No entertainment. No cushioned chairs. No heating or air-con. Nothing but the people of God and the word of God. And strangely, that’s enough. God’s Word is enough for millions of believers who gather in house churches… Jungles… Rainforests, and middle-eastern cities. But is his Word enough for … Read more

When a chainsaw rips

When a chainsaw rips into a 2,000 year old redwood tree, it’s ripping into my guts. When a bulldozer plows through the Amazon rainforest, it’s ripping through my side. And when a Japanese whaling ship fires an exploding harpoon into a great whale it’s my heart that’s being blown to smithereens. David Foreman

We really need to

We really need to kick the carbon habit and stop making our energy from burning things. Climate change is also really important. You can wreck one rainforest then move, drain one area of resources and move onto another, but climate change is global. David Attenborough