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Welcome to the Think Low Carbon Centre

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In a few decades, the relationship between the environment, resources and conflict may seem almost as obvious as the connection we see today between human rights, democracy and peace.

Wangari Maathai

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We won't have a society if we destroy the environment.

Margaret Mead

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We are living on this planet as if we had another one to go to.

Terri Swearingen

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Think Low Carbon Centre

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Conservation is a state of harmony between men and land.

Aldo Leopold

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Out of all those millions and millions of planets floating around there in space, this is our planet, this is our little one, so we just got to be aware of it and

take care of it.

Paul McCartney

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If we gave up eating beef we would have roughly 20 to 30 times more land for food than we have now.

James Lovelock

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I think the cost of energy will come down when we make this transition to renewable energy.

Al Gore

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Not all is doom and gloom. We are beginning to understand the natural world and are gaining a reverence for life - all life.

Roger Tory Peterson

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The only way forward, if we are going to improve the quality of the environment,

is to get everybody involved.

Richard Rogers

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The Think Low Carbon Centre

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Unless we keep this planet healthy, everything else is for naught.

Victoria Principal

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You may be able to fool the voters, but not the atmosphere.

Donella Meadows

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Local innovation and initiative can help us better understand how to protect our environment.

Gale Norton

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The Think Low Carbon Centre

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We don't have to sacrifice a strong economy for a healthy environment.

Dennis Weaver

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In today's world, it is no longer unimaginable to think that business can operate - and even thrive - in an environmentally-friendly manner.

Olympia Snowe

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Within 10 years it will be impossible to travel to the North Pole by dog team. There will be too much open water.

Will Steger

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The Think Low Carbon Centre

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I have a private plane. But I fly commercial when I go to environmental conferences.

Arnold Schwarzenegger

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I believe we should reframe our response to climate change as an imperative for growth rather than merely being a way of being green or meeting environmental commitments.

William Hague

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If we want to address global warming, along with the other environmental problems associated with our continued rush to burn our precious fossil fuels as quickly as possible, we must learn to use our resources more wisely, kick our addiction, and quickly start turning to sources of energy that have fewer negative impacts.

David Suzuki

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Raising awareness on the most pressing environmental issues of our

time is more important than ever.

Leonardo DiCaprio

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Environmental pollution is an incurable disease. It can only be

prevented.

Barry Commoner

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Practically every environmental problem we have can be traced to

our addiction to fossil fuels, primarily oil.

Dennis Weaver