“Caelum non animum mutant qui trans mare currunt.
(They change their sky, not their soul, who rush across the sea.)”
― Horace, The Odes of Horace

“Gardening is easier and quicker when spacings are correct for different plants.”
― Charles Dowding, Charles Dowding's Skills for Growing

“Progress is measured by the speed at which we destroy the conditions that sustain life.”
― George Monbiot

“Keep an open mind and try some new methods.”
― Charles Dowding, Charles Dowding's Skills for Growing

“Try things out, be happy to make mistakes, but above all have a go.”
― Charles Dowding, Charles Dowding's Skills for Growing

“Once your soil is fertile and weed-free, everything else becomes easier.”
― Charles Dowding, Charles Dowding's Skills for Growing

“If we take all this actions and if it turns out not be true, we have reduced pollution and have better ways to live, the downside is very small. The other way around, and we don’t act, and it turns out to be true, then we have betrayed future generations and we don’t have the right to do that.”
― Tony Blair

“At every step, we must demand not only more than they are willing to concede us, but more than they are capable of conceding us, such that the limitations of the present society are exposed and pushed towards their breaking point. After all, at the moment, it is the ruling class which demands of us more than we can give - what is "reasonable" to it is the sacrifice of thousands upon thousands to a global pandemic and impending climate catastrophe. In such a case, being unreasonably ambitious is the bare minimum. One may doubt whether a global revolutionary movement is still possible, but one cannot doubt that it is necessary.”
― Jonas Čeika, How to Philosophize with a Hammer and Sickle: Nietzsche and Marx for the Twenty-First Century

“Ecology's implications for capitalism are too horrendous for the capitalist to contemplate.”
― Michael Parenti, Blackshirts and Reds: Rational Fascism and the Overthrow of Communism

“What might our descendants wish we had done better for them?”
― Roman Krznaric, The Good Ancestor: A Radical Prescription for Long-Term Thinking

“We know the Roman Empire fell into oblivion but can scarcely imagine let alone admit that we might face a similar fate.”
― Roman Krznaric, The Good Ancestor: A Radical Prescription for Long-Term Thinking

“It occurred to me... I ought to treat Antarctica not as a desolate outpost at the end of the earth but as a place where life begins.”
― Elizabeth Rush, The Quickening: Creation and Community at the Ends of the Earth

“Everyone is in favor of environmental sustainability...until they have to pay for it.”
― Scott Irwin, Back to the Futures: Crashing Dirt Bikes, Chasing Cows, and Unraveling the Mystery of Commodity Futures Markets

“It's winter
but
what winter is this?

What would we do
if there were no winter?”
― Shellen Lubin

“What would we do
if there were no winter?
This tepid season
is making me wonder ...
Is there still enough winter left
to wonder?
Enough to recover?
Enough to prepare?
Enough to rekindle our faith
in the imperative and beauty
of the cycles of our years?”
― Shellen Lubin

“He was definitely saying something. That we could become something magnificent, or at least interesting. That we began as we still are now, child geniuses. That there is no other home for us than here. That we will cope no matter how stupid things get. That all couples are odd couples. That the only catastrophe that can't be undone is extinction. That we can make a good place. That people can take their fate in their hands. That there is no such thing as fate.”
― Kim Stanley Robinson, The Ministry for the Future

“Sun will rise, or not,
And sleet will fall;
Grass sprout
Through the wall
Why should you think
One cog in the wheel can hold
The structures it helps turn,
In command?
Look at our climate now
Yes, we have made this weather
But grass does not pull the sun
Cog does not rule the wheel
Users and dog shit cannot make more land.

- Points Failure: A Conversation”
― Jenny Joseph, The Thinking Heart: Poems

“Cold goes towards heat and heat goes towards cold. Those who live in warmer regions seek regions with less hot climates. Those who live in colder regions seek less cold regions. In the end, everyone will find themselves in regions with a temperate climate, in search of balance.”
― Geverson Ampolini

“Siberia is more of a state of mind than a place to live. Ever heard of Hysteria Siberiana? Farmers would plow the field all alone in the tundra. If they turn towards the east, it is a horizon; to the west, it is a horizon; in every direction, there are snow-cladded plains and exploding trees. A perfect cuff-off location near the pole. Days and nights are the same. Sometimes the farmers would walk towards the pole just to find the sun, day and night, like a possessed devil with no food, water, or shelter, only to collapse in the cold and die without pain. This is Hysteria Siberiana.”
― - Oren Tamira aka Thanigaivelan, Whispers of a Amur Devil

“It is pointless waiting for perfect weather. You’ll never get anywhere or do anything worthwhile if you do. Perfect weather never comes, and even if it comes, it doesn’t last long. Make a move. Make a move now.”
― Bhuwan Thapaliya

“The use of crude oil enabled humanity to reach a higher level of prosperity”
― Gun Gun Febrianza

“Are these the birthing days of the end? Or are they perhaps the birth of a new beginning?”
― H. C. Roberts

“Are these the birthing days of the end? Or are they perhaps the birth of a new beginning?”
― H.C. Roberts, Harp and the Lyre: Extraction

“The roaring of the seas; the turmoil of the sands; the howling of the winds; the fall of the hail; the burning sulphur. Woeful was the episode of the unexpected.”
― H.C. Roberts, Harp and the Lyre: Exchange

“I'm not denying other forms of damage to the climate... I'm simply saying we can't have a legitimate discussion about climate anything from any perspective without first and foremost focusing on the climate engineering elephant in the equation.”
― Dane Wigington

“The bad news is that, measured in terms of geologic time, if the Earth’s history is an accurate guide, glaciers will soon return to more southerly latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere.”
― Andrew Bernstein, The Truth About Climate Change: Is nature’s inherent dynamism responsible for the climate change of our era? Or are the cause(s) man-made?

“Time passed, and the world above seemed to forget the danger lurking beneath.”
― Aaron Gilbee, How to Catch a Níð-höggr: Without Popping the World

“One ancient account claims it was vast enough to gnaw at the roots of the World Tree itself. If true, its size could be unimaginable.”
― Aaron Gilbee, How to Catch a Níð-höggr: Without Popping the World

“At first, the damage seemed insignificant. But when the first heavy rain fell, the saturated ground gave way, collapsing ...”
― Aaron Gilbee, How to Catch a Níð-höggr: Without Popping the World

“though masters of air currents, had never encountered such a beast before. They hadn’t the faintest clue what it was, let alone how it thrived. All they knew was that it was moving, causing quakes and shaking the ground beneath a volcano, its rumblings a terrible drumbeat rumbling through the earth’s mantle.”
― Aaron Gilbee, How to Catch a Níð-höggr: Without Popping the World