Ecology quotes by Sadhguru
One of the most important steps to preserve ecology & allow growth of forests is to ensure that human beings eat sensibly. Human food consumption is costing ecology very dearly. This issue must be addressed
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Unfortunately, people consider Economy as today’s & Ecology as tomorrow’s issue. But time to understand that ecology is today's issue. The enormity and urgency of ecological issues cannot be ignored
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Environmentalists are always fighting somebody, nobody wants to be a part of these fighting people, they are fighting against the economy. If ecology & economy fight, economy will win hands down, [we have to] officiate the marriage of ecology & economy. If our economy is not conducted in ecologically sensitive way, only Economy will happen, ecology will go
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We may think that there are many challenges before the ecology, but actually there is only one – human population. We are nice but we are too many! It’s time we control human population, else nature will do it in a very cruel way
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One of the most important things needed right now is to organize agriculture, to bring in technology and, above all, the economy of scale is needed
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The important thing that needs to happen in the world is policy changes need to happen in the government level on a global scale
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To solve water & ecological problems, it's important that Economy and Ecology are not pitted against each other. Economic process should be a conscious process. If we are running a desperate economy, then we will not be able to take care of ecological concerns.Problems Consciousness Economics
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People in the city want to plant trees but where is the land for them to plant a tree? It is only the farmer who can plant trees at the scale it is needed because farmers are the biggest land owners. Without engaging the farmer, you cannot increase tree cover in the country.
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It’s time subsistence farming is transformed into productive & ecologically sensitive agricultural activity for the nation. Water-guzzling crops should be grown only in water abundant regions. This will ensure wellbeing of soil, water & agriculture
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Engineering solutions can be employed for emergency measures but there is no better science or technology than Nature itself. How the river and all lives in and around it work like a mechanism is a phenomenal technology.
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All ecological problems are rooted in irresponsible growth of human population
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The only sustainable way to hold water on the land in a tropical country is by putting enough vegetation on the land. If the soil is rich with organic matter from plant & animal waste, it will recharge ground and river water
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The most destructive human idea has been that all creatures on the planet have been created to serve human beings. This has been the basis of all ecological destruction
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There can be emergency engineering solutions but only ecological solutions are sustainable. It is a matter of Force vs Sense
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Flooding does not mean excess rain; it is just lack of tree cover that has made soil unable to hold and direct water towards aquifers
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It is not economy versus ecology. Economy and ecology need to go hand in hand. Ecologically sensitive Economics have to be crafted
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Everyone should turn at least thirty percent fruity - that is, at least thirty percent of your diet should become fruit. If 30% of your food comes from trees, not from ploughed land and crop, ecologically it will make a huge difference for the world.
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Without economic sense, we are trying to talk ecology. It’s not going to work. We have to present ecology as the most economically sensible thing to do.
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The speed at which natural resources are diminishing in the rich Himalayan states is worrisome. There’s no substitute for restoring forest cover on riparian lands
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Mass involvement of people will happen only if we marry Ecology with Economy. Eco-related activity needs to be structured into lucrative process. Filth to Wealth
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For human life to flourish, all other life forms on the planet also need to flourish
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With all our technology, we can't create a fistful of fertile Soil. Yet, it's the human footprint that's destroying the planet's soil.
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Tree-based agriculture is an inclusive solution for our soil, rivers, biodiversity, health, economics & ecology. Just because a solution is simple doesn't mean it's ineffective.
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What we choose to consume as food determines how our body functions. And how this food is cultivated has largest ecological footprint.
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It’s time timber is treated not as forest produce, but as agricultural produce. This will not only reduce India’s import dependency on timber but will help preserve our forests, water & biodiversity
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Increasing vegetation is the only sustainable solution for the severe, unprecedented depletion of soil and water that nation is reeling under.
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The top three priority for the government & the nation should be Economy, Ecology & Education, in that order of priority. Economy & Ecology must function enhancing each other, not against each other.Education India Economics Nation
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There has to be more seriousness about ecological solutions. If we do not take corrective action right now, we will pass on a legacy which we will be ashamed of & which we will be accused of & hated for by future generationsTruth Children Action Solution
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We need to rethink how we clothe ourselves, how we create our homes, how we do our agriculture and industry. Otherwise it’ll become very hard to live on this planet for future generations
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The depletion of 70-million-year old Himalayan glaciers in one generation is not a disaster unfolding somewhere. It’s a disaster which will severely deprive us of food, water & energy. Immediate steps are important for well-being of future generations
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Farmers getting best price and having freedom to move their produce where they want is a basic right. Technology is a great enabler in this endeavor.
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Role of every citizen, particularly the prominent public figures of the nation, is critical in shifting ecology from fringe to mainstream
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Support of government and that of other stakeholders in restoring our forests is paramount. Lost forest cover should be brought back for forest-related activities. Afforestation fund is a huge impetus
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From amoeba to elephant, all creatures nourish the ecology. Only we humans are in destruction mode, and we think we are brilliant
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Right now we are looking at ecological concerns as an obligation to fulfill. It is not an obligation, it is our life
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Most ecological movements have mostly been against somebody. This has to change. Ecological movements and activists have to grow into a different level of activism
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All of us need the economic engine to roar, but businesses have to ease the throttle a bit on the law-makers. If businesses have to exist, people have to live. If people have to live, the ecology has to be good. We have to run the economy a little more gently, both upon humanity and upon the ecology.
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The biggest challenge before the world is weakening soil leading to rapid desertification, putting our water & food security at serious risk
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Ecological sustenance and the Inclusive nature of spiritual process are inseparable.Short Inclusiveness Spirituality Spiritual process
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The alarming speed at which Wetlands, the most valuable & bio-diverse ecosystems on the planet, are disappearing is alarming. Let us reverse this unfolding disaster when we still can
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Corporations can make a business out of ecological solutions and that is important because only then would the solutions be sustainable.
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All ecological problems have come because of irresponsible reproduction among human beings. With medical advances, we are now capable of seeing that every child who is born survives
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Concerted global action is needed to reverse soil degradation caused by compulsive human activity. This requires policy changes by governments. This is the best time to restructure our economy & ecology for planetary wellbeing.
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While population of tigers & elephants is rising, loss of biodiversity due to declining population of insects, microbes is alarming. India's bee population has dropped sharply since 1970. Of 108 important crops, 90% need bees, animals for pollination
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Only in preserving the quality of the soil, the quality of the planet & life will endure. May the Delhi Declaration to Combat Desertification set an example & direction for the world to reverse this biggest, impeding disaster before humanity & all life forms
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The regions that were under severe water stress a month ago, are in flood conditions now. This is an outcome of lack of plant life on the land. Time to bring one third of land under tree shade
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Soil is the most important ingredient of the ecology. Distressed soil across the planet, especially in agrarian economies, has put our food & water security at great risk. Revitalizing degraded land is the most urgent need of the hour
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The only way to reverse this alarming situation is by restoring vegetation that we have lost in the process of development without an ecological plan in the last 70 years
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Adverse effects of pollution & depletion of water & soil is propelling us to restore lost green cover for wellbeing of future generations. As one of the fastest growing economies & responsible nation, India must emulate this Chinese effort to combat pollution & Climate Change
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Wildlife is an integral & inseparable part of the planet. Their survival is paramount for the survival & growth of every life upon this planet
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As a generation of people, we have the responsibility & opportunity of restoring our severely-depleting ecology, one of the most urgent needs of the hour. Mobilization of finances, people & political class is paramount in making it a reality
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It’s time we transform, not destroy the polluting businesses because between economy & ecology, the former will win. This is at the core of "Rally for Rivers" implementation - to marry economy and ecology
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Most people think because of water there are trees. But it has been proven time & again that because of trees there is water
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The planet is losing 24 billion tonnes of fertile soil a year. Time to bring back tree cover & cattle on our agricultural land
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Ecology knows no boundaries. Regional cooperation & a common, implementable policy are must for revitalization of rivers in the world
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Protecting rights & enhancing livelihoods of our forest-dwelling communities should be paramount while working on ecological conservation
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It's time to take an integrated approach towards ecology & economy for well-being of every stakeholder associated with our rivers
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It is not because of us that the planet is there. It is because of the planet, we are there
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If we do not act decisively, perennial rivers will turn seasonal, and several will vanish altogether.
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You don't need humility to handle the planet gently. You just need a little more wisdom, an understanding that the resources you are using are limited. There are no unlimited resources on the planet.
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Ecological work is not about my part of the world and your part of the world. Wherever it is planted, everybody will benefit from this.
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Economic wellbeing of the nation depends on the wellbeing of its farmers & agrarian communities. "Cauvery Calling" is an effort to make economic process a sustainable & ecologically sensitive processEconomics Well being Cauvery calling
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The depletion of rivers, water bodies & forest cover in the land of rising Sun, Arunachal Pradesh, is alarming.
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