This past Saturday was Earth Day. Started forty-seven years ago, it led to various environmental protection bills, participation from 195 countries, and worldwide awareness for millions of our co-habitants. Too bad so much of our current US administration isn’t among those aware. Here we are, nearly a half-century on, and we still have to march for environmental protections, and the science that supports those protections. Boy, are we slow on the uptake or what?
So in honor of Earth Day and science, I present to you some of my favorite quotes relating to both, because others have already said it better than me.
Amen, Brother.
That’s what happens when the sacred dictates to the secular.
I’ve been questioning our sanity…
We have the technology… We can rebuild it…
This ain’t such a brave new world right now.
I believe in you, Neil deGrasse Tyson.
This has applications in so many areas.
Usually followed by the haz-mat warning…
Boy, are they going to be pissed.
Hopefully we have enough science today to survive until tomorrow.
This one wins this year’s Earth Day prize.
Not yet, anyway. Mars, anyone?
There were a couple of other signs I liked: “Knowing stuff is good; I can’t believe I have to marching for this. Geez” ” I have to marching in favor of fact?” It would be ridiculous if it wasn’t so scary.