“We are in danger of destroying ourselves by our greed and stupidity. We cannot remain looking inwards at ourselves on a small and increasingly polluted and overcrowded planet.”
Stephen Hawking
Who was Stephen Hawking?
Stephen William Hawking CH CBE FRS FRSA was an English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author who was director of research at the Centre for Theoretical Cosmology at the University of Cambridge at the time of his death
“Anything else you’re interested in is not going to happen if you can’t breathe the air or drink the water. Don’t sit this one out. Do something.”
Carl Sagen
Who was Carl Sagen?
Carl Edward Sagan was an American astronomer, planetary scientist, cosmologist, astrophysicist, astrobiologist, author, and science communicator.
Read more:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Sagan
“If the bee disappeared off the surface of the globe, then man would have only four years of life left. No more bees, no more pollination, no more plants, no more animals, no more man.”
Albert Einstein
Who was Albert Einstein?
Albert Einstein was a German-born theoretical physicist who developed the theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics. His work is also known for its influence on the philosophy of science.
Read More:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Einstein
Take Action to save bees
Information and easy ways to save bees from Friends of the Earth
https://friendsoftheearth.uk/bees
“Every particular in nature, a leaf, a drop, a crystal, a moment of time is related to the whole, and partakes of the perfection of the whole.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Who was Ralph Waldo Emerson?
Ralph Waldo Emerson, who went by his middle name Waldo, was an American essayist, lecturer, philosopher, and poet who led the transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century.
Read more:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Waldo_Emerson
“We are in danger of destroying ourselves by our greed and stupidity. We cannot remain looking inwards at ourselves on a small and increasingly polluted and overcrowded planet.”
Stephen Hawking
Who was Stephen Hawking?
Stephen William Hawking CH CBE FRS FRSA was an English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author who was director of research at the Centre for Theoretical Cosmology at the University of Cambridge at the time of his death.
“One of the first conditions of happiness is that the link between man and nature shall not be broken.
Leo Tolstoy
Leo Tolstoy
Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy, usually referred to in English as Leo Tolstoy, was a Russian writer who is regarded as one of the greatest authors of all time. He received nominations for the Nobel Prize in Literature every year from 1902 to 1906 and for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1901, 1902, and 1909.
“We still do not know one thousandth of one percent of what nature has revealed to us.”
Albert Einstein
Who was Albert Einstein?
Albert Einstein was a German-born theoretical physicist who developed the theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics. His work is also known for its influence on the philosophy of science.
“It is in your hands to create a better world for all who live in it.”
Nelson Mandela
Who Was Nelson Mandela?
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was a South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, political leader and philanthropist who served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999. He was the country’s first black head of state and the first elected in a fully representative democratic election.
“The world will not be destroyed by those who do evil, but by those who watch them without doing anything.”
Albert Einstein.
Who was Albert Einstein?
Albert Einstein was born at Ulm, in Württemberg, Germany, on March 14, 1879. Six weeks later the family moved to Munich, where he later on began his schooling at the Luitpold Gymnasium. Later, they moved to Italy and Albert continued his education at Aarau, Switzerland and in 1896 he entered the Swiss Federal Polytechnic School in Zurich to be trained as a teacher in physics and mathematics. In 1901, the year he gained his diploma, he acquired Swiss citizenship and, as he was unable to find a teaching post, he accepted a position as technical assistant in the Swiss Patent Office. In 1905 he obtained his doctor’s degree.
Read more:
https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1921/einstein/biographical/
Take action:
There are many organisations, charities/non profits which campaign for the environment here are just two.
Extinction Rebellion UK:
https://extinctionrebellion.uk/
Extinction Rebellion International:
https://rebellion.global/
Greenpeace UK
https://www.greenpeace.org.uk/
Greenpeace International
https://www.greenpeace.org/global/
“Water and air, the two essential fluids on which all life depends, have become global garbage cans.”
Jacques Yves Cousteau
Who was Jacques Yves Cousteau?
Jacques-Yves Cousteau, AC was a French naval officer, explorer, conservationist, filmmaker, innovator, scientist, photographer, author and researcher who studied the sea and all forms of life in water. He co-developed the Aqua-Lung, pioneered marine conservation and was a member of the Académie française.
Read more:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Cousteau
More information
The Cousteau Society
Saving and protecting marine life for present and future generations since 1973
https://www.cousteau.org/
The Picture Quotes Blog 