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“All life is linked together in such a way that no part of the chain is unimportant. Frequently, upon the action of some of these minute beings depends the material success or failure of a great commonwealth.”
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“Sustainability is now a big baggy sack in which people throw all kinds of old ideas, hot air and dodgy activities in order to be able to greenwash their products and feel good.”
― Kevin McCloud's 43 Principles of Home: Enjoying Life in the 21st Century.
― Kevin McCloud's 43 Principles of Home: Enjoying Life in the 21st Century.

“The world as first seen by the child becomes his lifelong standard of excellence, mindless of the fact he is admiring the ruins of his parents.”
― Where the Wild Things Were: Life, Death, and Ecological Wreckage in a Land of Vanishing Predators
― Where the Wild Things Were: Life, Death, and Ecological Wreckage in a Land of Vanishing Predators
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