The people of each generation perceive the state of the ecosystems they encountered in their childhood as normal and natural. When wildlife is depleted, we might notice the loss, but we are unaware that the baseline by which we judge the decline is in fact a state of extreme depletion. George Monbiot Read Quote
I might find myself standing, transfixed, by the roadside, watching a sparrowhawk hunting among the bushes, astonished that other people could ignore it. But they might just as well be wondering how I could have failed to notice the new V6 Pentastar Sahara that just drove past. George Monbiot Read Quote
We should be cautious about embracing data before it is published in the academic press, and must always avoid treating correlation as causation. George Monbiot Read Quote
In talking about my cancer with family and friends, I feel the love that I know will get me through this. The old strategy of suffering in silence could not have been more misguided. George Monbiot Read Quote
There are, I believe, three steps to overcoming fear: name it, normalise it, socialise it. George Monbiot Read Quote
The notions that nature exists to serve us; that its value consists of the instrumental benefits we can extract; that this value can be measured in cash terms; and that what can’t be measured does not matter, have proved lethal to the rest of life on Earth. George Monbiot Read Quote
One-planet living means not only seeking to reduce our own consumption, but also mobilising against the system that promotes the great tide of junk. This means fighting corporate power, changing political outcomes and challenging the growth-based, world-consuming system we call capitalism. George Monbiot Read Quote
The ideology of consumption is so prevalent that it has become invisible: it is the plastic soup in which we swim. George Monbiot Read Quote
As a child and young adult, I delighted in being able to identify almost any wild plant or animal. George Monbiot Read Quote
