Vandana Shiva

"We must move beyond the idea that more is better."

"The planet does not need saving; the dominant system needs changing."

"Every plant has a story and a purpose in the web of life."

"The industrialization of nature has created poverty in the midst of abundance."

"We are the earth speaking to itself and knowing itself."

"The real measure of progress is whether life is flourishing, not whether profits are growing."

"Nature does not work in straight lines; it works in circles and cycles."

"The commons are sacred and must be protected from corporate enclosure."

"We have reduced nature to raw materials and in doing so, we have impoverished ourselves."

"The seed is sovereign. To control the seed is to control life."

"Indigenous knowledge is not primitive; it is profound and has stood the test of time."

"We are in a race between catastrophe and consciousness."

"The earth's capacity to regenerate is not infinite; we have limits we must respect."

"Every species has intrinsic value, not just instrumental value."

"The violence we inflict on nature comes back to haunt us as disease and disaster."

"True development is development that enhances life, not destroys it."

"We need a revolution in our consciousness, not just a revolution in our technology."

"The earth is not our property; we are trustees of the earth for future generations."

"Nature's abundance is available to all when we respect her laws."

"The corporate takeover of nature is the takeover of our freedom."

"We are at a moment of choice between life and death."

"The real crisis is not environmental; it is spiritual and moral."

"Every action we take either contributes to life or to death."

"The earth is calling us to wake up and remember who we are."

"We must learn to see with the eyes of the earth."

"The future belongs to those who recognize that we are all part of one web of life."

"Nature's complexity cannot be reduced to simple economic calculations."

"We are made of the same elements as the stars and the soil."

"The earth does not need us; we need the earth."

"True peace is peace with nature and all living beings."