42 Powerful Sustainability Quotes To Inspire Eco Friendly Living
Sustainability quotes got you feeling a certain way?
You’re not alone. These can hit hard!
Our planet is in critical need of our help and a big time overhaul of our values as a society.
I hope these move you, motivate you, and inspire you to live kinder to Earth. 🌻
Take action. Reduce your waste.
Psst… here’s a fun little challenge for ya. Read through these sustainability quotes and find the one that resonates with your the most.
Write it, print it, paint it, draw it on your shoe… basically put it somewhere that you’ll see it every single day.
Maybe even tattoo it (or just start to think about it 😉).
And start taking action in the direction that you feel inspired.
Deal? Deal. Okay, ready, go!
Sustainability Quotes
Single-Use Plastic Doesn’t Make Sense
It’s pretty amazing that our society has reached a point where the effort necessary to extract oil from the ground, ship it to a refinery, turn it into plastic, shape it appropriately, truck it to a store, buy it and bring it home, is considered to be less effort than what it takes to just wash the spoon when you’re done with it. – Unknown
We Need Millions of Imperfect Zero Wasters
“We don’t need a handful of people doing zero waste perfectly. We need millions of people doing it imperfectly.” – Anne Marie Bonneau
Be A Part Of The Solution
“Be part of the solution, not part of the pollution.” – Unknown
Don’t Just Think, You Have To Take Action
“The world is changed by your example, not by your opinion.” – Paulo Coelho
Single-Use Sucks
It cannot be right to manufacture billions of objects that are used for a matter of minutes, and then are with us for centuries. – Roz Savage
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You Can Change The World
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.”— Margaret Mead
It’s Only One Straw…
“It’s only one straw,” said 8 billion people. – Unknown
Throwing Things Away
“There is no such thing as ‘away’. When we throw anything away, it must go somewhere.” – Annie Leonard
More To Life
“There must be more to life than having everything!” – Maurice Sendak
Waste Makes Me Angry
“I only feel angry when I see waste. When I see people throwing away things we could use.”— Mother Teresa
The Most Eco-Friendly Products
“The most environmentally friendly product is the one you didn’t buy.” – Joshua Becker
Love Everything, Plant Trees
“He that plants trees loves others besides himself.”— Thomas Fulle
So You Want To Do Good?
“To do good, you actually have to do something.” – Yvon Chouinard
Decide What Impact You Will Have On The World Today
“You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference and you have to decide what kind of a difference you want to make.”— Jane Goodall
You Have To Care
“Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not.” – Dr. Seuss, The Lorax
I Can’t Do Everything, But I Can Do Something
I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And I will not let what I cannot do interfere with what I can do. – Edward Everett Hale
How To Reduce Your Waste
“Refuse what you do not need; reduce what you do need; reuse what you consume; recycle what you cannot refuse, reduce, or reuse; and rot (compost) the rest.” ― Bea Johnson
Do You Love The Outdoors?
“The Earth will not continue to offer its harvest, except with faithful stewardship. We cannot say we love the land and then take steps to destroy it for use by future generations.”— John Paul II
Sacrifice Today For Future Generations
“The ultimate test of man’s conscience may be his willingness to sacrifice something today for future generations whose words of thanks will not be heard.”— Gaylord Nelson
Beautiful House, Ugly Planet
“What’s the use of a fine house if you haven’t got a tolerable planet to put it on.”— Henry David Thoreau
The Forests Are Our Lungs
“A nation that destroys its soils destroys itself. Forests are the lungs of our land, purifying the air and giving fresh strength to our people.”— Franklin D. Roosevelt
The Planet Is Worth Fighting For
“The Earth is a fine place and worth fighting for.”— Ernest Hemingway
Be A Kind and Courteous Guest
“We have forgotten how to be good guests, how to walk lightly on the earth as its other creatures do.”— Barbara Ward
Use It
“Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without.” – New England proverb
Do Little Bits of Good
“Do your little bit of good where you are; it’s those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world. – Archbishop Desmond Tutu
Plastic For Dinner
Plastic will be the main ingredient of all our grandchildren’s recipes.” ― Anthony T. Hincks
Conscious Shopping
If we want to move towards a low-polluting, sustainable society, we need to get consumers to think about their purchases. – David Suzuki
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Examine Your Lifestyle
Modern society will find no solution to the ecological problem unless it takes a serious look at its lifestyle. – Pope John Paul II
Waste Is A Design Flaw
“Waste is a design flaw.” – Kate Kreba
Choose Wisely
“Buy less, choose well, make it last.” – Vivienne Westwood
Hold Yourself Accountable
“You have to hold yourself accountable for your actions, and that’s how we’re going to protect the Earth.” – Julia Butterfly Hill
Small Acts Will Transform The World
“We don’t have to engage in grand, heroic actions to participate in change. Small acts, when multiplied by millions of people, can transform the world.” – Howard Zinn
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Cut The Plastic!
“Do something drastic – cut the plastic! “– Unknown
Educate Yourself
“…most of the damage we cause to the planet is the result of our own ignorance.” – Yvon Chouinard
Ordinary People Will Save The World
“The strongest governments on earth cannot clean up pollution by themselves. They must rely on each ordinary person, like you and me, on our choices, and on our will.” — Chai Jing
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The Future Is In Our Hands
“It is one world. And it’s in our care. For the first time in the history of humanity, for the first time in 500 million years, one species has the future in the palm of its hands.” — David Attenborough
Don’t Wait For Someone Else To Take Action
“The greatest threat to our planet is the belief that someone else will save it.” — Robert Swan
The Most Destruction Weapon: Plastic
“Plastic is the most destructive weapon than a nuclear bomb or an atom bomb, its impact shall remain for centuries on the future generation” — Sir P.S. Jagadeesh Kumar
Be The Change
“Be the change you wish to see in the world.” – Mahatma Gandhi
Do Your Best Always
“Try to leave this world a little better than you found it, and when your turn comes to die you can die happy in feeling that at any rate you have not wasted your time but have done your best.” — Robert Baden-Powell
We Are Only Borrowing This Planet
“We do not inherit the Earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children.” – Native American Proverb
Learn To Live Lightly
“We have to cultivate contentment with what we have. We really don’t need much. When you know this, the mind settles down. Cultivate generosity. Delight in giving. Learn to live lightly. In this way, we can begin to transform what is negative into what is positive. This is how we start to grow up.” – Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo
I hope these sustainability quotes moved you and you’re feeling fired up to take sustainable action! Pow pow! 🔥
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