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David R. Brower quotes about thinking

American Ecologist July 1, 1912 – November 5, 2000

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David R. Brower quote: "We must begin thinking like a river if we are to leave a..."
We must begin thinking like a river if we are to leave a legacy of beauty and life for future generations. David R. Brower
I don't think we have very good records about what they were thinking except, as I pointed out earlier today, that they did invent our political system. David R. Brower
We've got to search back to our last known safe landmark. I can't say exactly where, but I think it's back there at the start of the Industrial Revolution, we began applying energy in vast amounts to tools with which we began tearing the environment apart. David R. Brower
For how many people do you think might yet stand on this planet before the sun grows cold? That's the responsibility we hold in our hands. David R. Brower
Perhaps most ridiculous of all is the suggestion that we 'keep' our radioactive garbage for the use of our descendants. This 'solution', I think, requires an immediate poll of the next 20,000 generations. David R. Brower

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